Departmcnt of Mechanical Enginecring
DOM -I|: Tutorial sheet for Balancing
i. A rotor has following properties:
Mi 3kg R30 mm O, 30 L 00 nm
M;=4 kg R, 20 mm 0, = 120 L;300 mm
Ma2kg R1=25 mm Li00 mm
Re35 mm R 20 mm
IfL, L and L:are distanccs from lcft hand bearing and axial distance between bearings is 700 mm.
Deternine counter maSS to be placed inplane of M; and mid planeof M;and Mi for complete balance
(Ans: I96 kg: S4.3", 3.25 kg: 238.2")
2. Four masses A,B. Cand Dare completely balanced. Masses Cand Dmake angle of 90° and 210° respeetively
with Bin the same sense. The plancs containing Band Care 300 mm apart. Masses A, B, Cand Dcan be
assumed to be concentrated at radi of 360, 480.240 and 300 mm respectively. The mass B, Cand Dare 15 kg.
25 kg and 20 kg respectively. Determine: (a) mass Aand its angular position (b) positions of planes Aand )
(Ans: 10 k: 236°; Ais 985 mm towards right and Dis 378 mm towards left of plane B)
3. A single cylinder reciprocating engine has a reciprocating mass of 60 kg. The crank rotates at 60 rpm and stroke
is 320 mm. The mass of the revolving parts at 160 mm radius is 40 kg. If two-third of the reciprocating part
mass and whole of the revolving part mass is to be balanced, determine: (a) balance mass required at a radius
of 350 mm and (b) unbalanced force when the crank has turned S0° rom the top dead centre.
(Ans: 36.57 kg: 209.9 N)
4. The following datarefer to two cylinder locomotives with cranks at 90° Reciprocating mass per cylinder 300
cylinder centre hnes 650)
kg, crank radius 300 mm, driving wheei diameter 800 mn. distance between
mm and distance between driving wheels centre planes 1$5 cm. Determinc: (a) fraction of reciprocating parts
trxtive force.
to be balanced if hammer blow is not to exceed 4SI26 N at 0 krn per hour ad (b) variation in
(Ans: 0.763; + 114669.4 N)
as 400 kg.
5 Two outer cranks of' a four crank engine are set at 120 to caah other with cach reciprocating mass Determine
mm and 60 mm.
The spacing between the planes of rotation of adjacent cranks are 450 mm, 750
the reciprocating mass and relative angular position of each of the inner cranks if the engine is to be in conplete
length of the crank ancd
primary balance. Also determine the maxiam secondary unbalaced force if the
878 kg, 314°, 853 kg.
connecting rod are 300 mm and 1200 mm respctively and the speed is 240 rpm (Ans:
162°; 90 kN)
the first, secod and fourth
6. Each crank of afour cylinder vertical engine is 225 mm. The reciprocating masses ofand 300 mm from the plare
cranks are 100 kg, 120kg and 100 kg and planes of rotation are 600 mm, 360 mm
cylinder and the relative
of rotation of third crank. Determine the mass of the reciproxating parts of the third
6°: 157 7: 229.5.
angular positions of thecranks if the engine is in complete primary balance. (Ars: 120 kg:
27.2")
reciprcating mass per
7. Atwo cylinder un-coupled locomotive with cranks at 0° has following particulars. cylinders 600 mm., The
cylinder 350 kg; rotating mass per cylinder 300 kg. crank radius 300 mm. pitch of of the driving wheels is
balance masses are placed in the planes of driving wheels 1.5 m apart. if the diasneter
1.8m andengine runs at 60 km per hour, find: (a) magnitude and angular position of balancing nasses if whoie
Swayíng couple c) maximurm and
of the rotating ad 2/3 of the reciprocating masses are to be balarced (b) N and (d) Maxinum seed at
minimum pressure on rails if pressure due to dead weight on each wheei is 2943)
which the wheels do not lift from the rails. (Ans: 197.5 kg; 6131.3 N-: 62588 N:87 kmihr)
