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In a locomotive, the maximum magnitude of the unbalanced force along the perpendicular to the line of stroke, is known as

(a) tractive force

(b) swaying couple

(c) hammer blow

(d) none of the mentioned

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The query is from Primary and Secondary Unbalanced Forces of Reciprocating Masses in portion Balancing of Reciprocating Masses of Machine Dynamics

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The correct answer is (c) hammer blow

For explanation: The maximum magnitude of the unbalanced force along the perpendicular to the line of stroke is known as hammer blow. The effect of hammer blow is to cause the variation in pressure between the wheel and the rail.

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