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Old 01-25-2008 | 08:30 AM
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Harry Lagman
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Default RE: LONG stroke vs. SHORT stroke (?????)

ORIGINAL: DarZeelon

Did you calculate the maximum piston acceleration numbers at TDC, or at BDC?
Maximum acceleration/deceleration will always take place on the TDC side of the equation. As the rod length approaches infinity, the forces at BDC start to equalise with those at TDC.
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