Locomotive operation; a technical and practical analysis (1904)
Henderson, G. R. (George R.), b. 1861 · Chicago, Railway Age · leaf 162
=P sm a cos a sin a -|- Vi sm a (58) all angles being in terms of the crank angle. rBut as — sin a is generally verv small, we r can neglect this term and write equation 58simply Pt=P sin a -f — sin a cos aJ (59) STEAM ACTION. 151 At the two (lead points, where 3 = 0° and 180° we havesina = o and… … radius of 5, 8 and to and for a connecting rod of infinite length.These values multiplied hy P, the force acting at the instantupon the piston, give us the tangential force. As the position 1 of the piston in its stroke is different for various ratios of —, r c\en at the same crank angle a. there…
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