Question

Balancing of reciprocating masses is the process of providing the second mass in order to counteract the effect of the centrifugal force of the first mass.

(a) True

(b) False

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The question is from Balancing of Rotating Masses in portion Balancing of Rotating Masses of Machine Dynamics

Answer 1

Right choice is (b) False

To elaborate: The process of providing the second mass in order to counteract the effect of the centrifugal force of the first mass, is called balancing of rotating masses. The main objective of balancing is to minimize the unbalanced forces.