Question

Partial balancing of locomotives

Answer 1

Answer:

1 Variation of Tractive force:

The resultant unbalanced force due to the cylinders, along the line of stroke, is known as tractive force.

2 Swaying Couple:

The couple has swaying effect about a vertical axis, and tends to sway the engine alternately in clock wise and anticlockwise directions. Hence the couple is known as swaying couple.

3 Hammer blow:

The maximum magnitude of the unbalanced force along the perpendicular to the line of stroke is known as Hammer blow.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Variation of Tractive force: The resultant unbalanced force due to the cylinders, along the line of stroke, is known as tractive force.