MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination: November 2016 Manufacturing Seience Total marks: 100 Total time: 2 hours PART-—A Q.1 Select the right answer i Total solidification time i defined as between pouring and complete solidification, between pouring and cooling to room temperature, (©) time between solidification and cooling to room temperature (d) time to give up the heat of fusion. 0) ii) For a cylindrical riser ofa given volume, the diameter-to- length ratio, maximizing the solidification time, is @) 2 Coo) 1 @ 05 @) 0.25 UF iil) Binders used for making cores in sand mould casting are generally organic in nature because (a) Organic binders are inexpensive and easily available (b) Organic binders do not evolve poisonous gas after burning oce binders make the core more collapsible during the cooling of the @ oan binders provide strength to the core after burning. rt) iv) A wedge-shaped too! with 0° rake angle and 2° flank angke gave a tool life of T minute Assuming the too! wear rate, normal to the wear land, to be constant, the increase in too! life when the flank angke is increased to 8°, is go fo} en carbide (WC) cannot be used for machining steel because (@) itis brittle (b) it is economically not justified _ (©) WC hoses its hot hardness during machining of ste! on occurs, 0