Question

Ritterhaus’ construction is used to determine graphically the velocity and acceleration of reciprocating parts of an IC engine.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me in an interview for internship.

My query is from Ritterhaus Construction in section Inertia Forces in Reciprocating Parts of Machine Dynamics

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) True

The explanation is: The velocity and acceleration of the reciprocating parts of the steam engine or internal combustion engine may be determined by the graphical method or analytical method, Ritterhaus’ construction provides graphical solution.