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acceleration angle anticlockwise applied beam belt bending block body Calculate cast iron centre of gravity chain circumference clockwise coefficient of friction connecting rod cord crank pin cubic curve diagram diameter direction distance elastic limit engine equilibrium EXERCISES ON CHAP experiment Expt factor of safety feet per second flange foot forces acting frictional resistances ft.-lbs give given forces horse-power kinetic energy length load machine mass material measured mechanical advantage motion moving parallel parallelogram of forces perpendicular piece piston plate pound poundals pressure produced proportional pull pulley push radius resultant revolutions per minute rivets rope rotate scale pan screw shaft shear stress shearing force shown in Fig sliding span speed square inch steel straight line supported Suppose surface teeth tensile stress tons per square torque velocity ratio vertical W₁ weight wheel wire wrought iron Young's modulus