Question

A tappet valve mechanism in an IC engine comprises a rocker arm ABC that is hinged at B as shown in the figure. The rocker is assumed rigid and it oscillates about the hinge B. The mass moment of inertia of the rocker about B is 10-4 kg.m2. The rocker arm dimensions are a = 3.5 cm and b = 2.5 cm. A pushrod pushes the rocker at location A, when moved vertically by a cam that rotates at N rpm. The pushrod is assumed massless and has a stiffness of 15 N/mm. At the other end C, the rocker pushes a valve against a spring of stiffness 10 N/mm. The valve is assumed massless and rigid.

Resonance in the rocker system occurs when the cam shaft runs at a speed of ______ rpm (round off to the nearest integer).

Options :

  1. 496

  2. 4739

  3. 2369

  4. 790

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Answer :

4739

Solution :

(Irad)A = 10-4 kg/m2, S1 = 15 N/mm, S2 = 10 N/mm, a = 3.5 cm, b = 2.5 cm

Now,

Applying Torque method

IA θ̈ + (S1 a2 + S2 b2) θ = 0

θ . ( S 1 a 2 + S 2 b 2 ) θ I A = 0

Now,

By comparing the above equation with the equation of motion,

θ . ω n 2 θ = 0

ω n = S 1 a 2 + S 2 b 2 I A

ω n = 1.5 × 1000 × ( 0.035 ) 2 + 10 × 1000 × ( 0.025 ) 2 10 4

ωn = 496.236 rad/s

Now,

N = 60 × ω n 2 π = 60 × 496.236 2 π = 4738.7 r p m

∴ N ≈ 4739 rpm

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