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How Fast?!? (Posted on 2005-08-08) Difficulty: 2 of 5
You are driving a 3.2 Litre, V6 car whose engine speed is 3500rpm.

If the piston face diameter is 80mm, then what is the average speed of the piston?

3.2 litres, refers to total piston volume

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Since total piston volume is 3.2l and we a a v6 car, each piston has volume of 3.2e-3 / 6  m³.

To find the height of the cylinders we can use volume and base area of piston (which is ð*(40e-3)² m²).

height of cylinder is (3.2e-3/6)/(ð*(40e-3)²)=0.1061 meters.

At each revolution pistons moves up and down, thus at 3500rpm piston travels 0.1061 m 7000 times.

Avr.speed of piston than becomes 0.1061*7000=742.72 m/min or 12.38 m/s.


  Posted by bekiryenilmez on 2005-08-08 12:50:36
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