Inertia Forces
in
Reciprocating Parts
Md. Bakhtierkhalzi 1
Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Inertia Force
Inertia is the resistance to change any state of an object.
The inertia force is an imaginary force, which when acts upon a rigid body, brings it
in an equilibrium position.
It is numerically equal to the accelerating force in magnitude, but opposite in
direction.
Mathematically,
Inertia force = – Accelerating force = – m.a
Md. Bakhtierkhalzi 2
Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Inertia Force
Similarly, the inertia torque is an imaginary torque, which when applied upon the
rigid body, brings it in equilibrium position.
It is equal to the accelerating couple in magnitude but opposite in direction.
D-Alembert’s Principle
Consider a rigid body acted upon by a system of forces.
The system may be reduced to a single resultant force acting on the body whose
magnitude is given by the product of the mass of the body and the linear
acceleration of the centre of mass of the body.
Md. Bakhtierkhalzi 3
Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Inertia Force
According to Newton’s second law of motion,
The equation (i) may also be written as:
F – m.a = 0 ...(ii)
A little consideration will show, that if the quantity – m.a be treated as a force, equal, opposite and with
the same line of action as the resultant force F, and include this force with the system of forces of which
F is the resultant, then the complete system of forces will be in equilibrium.
This principle is known as D-Alembert’s principle.
Md. Bakhtierkhalzi 4
Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Inertia Force
The equal and opposite force – m.a is known as reversed effective force or the inertia force (briefly
written as FI).
The equation (ii) may be written as
F + FI= 0 ...(iii)
Thus, D-Alembert’s principle states that the resultant force acting on a body together with the
reversed effective force (or inertia force), are in equilibrium.
This principle is used to reduce a dynamic problem into an equivalent static problem.
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Velocity and Acceleration of the Piston
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Velocity and Acceleration of the Piston
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Velocity and Acceleration of the Piston
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Velocity and Acceleration of the Piston
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Velocity and Acceleration of the Piston
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Velocity and Acceleration of the Piston
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Velocity and Acceleration of the Piston
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Velocity and Acceleration of the Piston
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Velocity and Acceleration of the Piston
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Velocity and Acceleration of the Piston
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Forces on the reciprocating parts of an Engine
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Forces on the reciprocating parts of an Engine
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
Forces on the reciprocating parts of an Engine
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
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Lecturer, Dept. of ME, RUET
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