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The secondary unbalanced force produced by the reciprocating parts of a certain cylinder of a given engine with crank radius r and connecting rod length l can be considered as equal to primary unbalanced force produced by the same weight having

(a) an equivalent crank radius r^2/4l and rotating at twice the speed of the engine

(b) r^2/4l as equivalent crank radius and rotating at engine speed

(c) equivalent crank length of r^2/4l and rotating at engine speed

(d) none of the mentioned

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The doubt is from Balancing of Several Masses Rotating in the Same Plane topic in division Balancing of Rotating Masses of Machine Dynamics

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Right answer is (a) an equivalent crank radius r^2/4l and rotating at twice the speed of the engine

The explanation is: We know that secondary force = primary force

              FS = FP

 Therefore, to balance the force the primary force should contain an equivalent crank radius r^2/4l and rotating at twice the speed of the engine.

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