The angular speed of wheels is 29.3 rad/s All points on the side rod have a downward acceleration ap The locomotive is moving with uniform velocity, therefore acceleration ao=0 ap=ao+apo =apo=322.51m/s^2 Inertia force acting upward on the rod, Fi=58051.15 N Net force acting upward on the rod, Fup=56285.35 N Axial force F can be determined by assuming rear wheel and rod as free bodies and taking moments about centre of wheel. Cl*F= Et*R The axial force F is 109800.00 N Maximum bending moment for simple beam carrying unifornmly distributed load is (W*L)/8 Normal Stress Sx= (P/A) + (M*c)/I The maximum normal stress is Sn_max = Sx = 59.8 MN/m^2 The maximum shear stress is Tmax = Sx/2 = 29.9 MN/m^2