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List the four links of crank rocker Mechanism in the order of their connection.
What is the difference between linkage and mechanism?
What are X&Y axes in the displacement and velocity plots?
List any two practical applications of Crank rocker mechanism.
What is the difference between higher pair and lower pair? Give few examples
for both
What is toggle position? Does crank rocker mechanism fall into it?
What is the best procedure to construct the tangents in displacement plot?
What other methods are available to determine the velocity of a rocker?
What were your suggestions in simplifying the determination of rocker's velocity?
What are the possible errors that can incur with the present procedure of finding
rocker's velocity?
What is kinematic analysis?
Gyroscopic effect
What is a gyroscope?
What are the three couples that act on gyroscope called?
What couple will lie in a plane containing gyroscopic axis and spin plane?
What is the expression used for calculating the gyroscopic couple theoretically?
What is the expression used for calculating the actual gyroscopic couple of this
experiment?
What is the probable reason for deviation between theoretical and actual
readings?
What suggestions do you have for reducing the %error calculated in the
gyroscopic couples?
List few practical applications of gyroscopic couple.
How does a gyroscopic couple created in the experiment?
How is the precision couple measured?
How does the gyroscopic effect change with increase in q?
What happens to precision time, if gyroscopic effect is increased?
What is the purpose of using gyroscopic effect in aircrafts?
If spinning time is reduced for same number of disc rotations, what happens to
gyroscopic couple?
What is moment of inertia? Write its relation for disc.
What is radius of gyration? Write relation for radius of gyration of disc.
Volumetric efficiency and Air fuel ratio
What is meant by volumetric efficiency of an engine?
What is meant by air fuel ratio? What is its value for petrol and diesel engines?
How do we estimate the amount of air part-taking in combustion?
How does the load change influence FC of an engine?
How is BP estimated in this experiment? Write its expression.
What is your finding about the volumetric efficiency of vertical diesel engine?
What performance plots were prepared to understand the volumetric
performance of engine? Why?
What were the performance parameters of the engine?
List the specifications of the diesel engine used for finding volumetric efficiency?
What is 3way cock used for?
What is the use of having decompression lever?
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What are the methods that you suggest for increasing the volumetric efficiency of
engine?
How does air intake change with increase in engine load?
What is the expected change in air fuel ratio if engine load is increased? Explain
the reason.
What is the expected change in volumetric efficiency if engine load is increased?
Explain the reason.
What is the reason for change in air fuel ratio? Is it because of much change in air
intake or fuel intake?
Morse Test
What is Morse test?
What aspects of engine performance can be estimated using Morse test?
What are the methods that we have for determining FP of an engine?
What are the limitations of Morse test?
Can Morse test be used for single cylinder engines? Provide reasons for your
answer.
What is the nature of load applied on the engine while conducting Morse test?
How is BP of the engine calculated while conducting Morse test?
How is total IP of the engine calculated while conducting Morse test?
How is FP of the engine calculated while conducting Morse test?
What is the reason for decreasing the load on the engine after cutting one of the
cylinders off?
What made the engine to lower its speed after cutting one of the cylinder?
How is the engine speed measured in the experiment of Morse test?
What are the other methods available for determining the FP of multi cylinder
engine?
What were your suggestions to simplify the procedure of Morse test?
Retardation Test
What is retardation test?
For what sort of engines can the retardation test be used?
Do we also have acceleration test? If yes where is it used? If no why?
What is the nature of the load applied on the retardation test?
Why does we have large flywheel to the engine of retardation test?
What is the dependence of size of flywheel to engine speed?
What are the methods we have to determine FP of an engine?
How is retardation related to engine's performance?
How can we measure the retardation of an engine?
Can retardation test be used to other engines of this lab? Support your answer
with a reason?
How is the engine made to retard in retardation test?
What is the influence of fuel consumption in the engine's rate of retardation?
In your opinion, what is the best way of finding FP of an engine? Why?
What maximum load can be applied on the engine? What happens if more load is
applied?