FLYWHEELS – PRACTICE PROBLEMS 6.

A punching machine flywheel accelerates from rest

1. A flywheel rotates at 120 rpm or 12.57 rad/sec with a = 10 radians/sec-sec. In 20 seconds, how
slowed down to 102 rpm or 10.68 rad/sec during many revolutions are achieved?
the punching operation that requires ¾ second of a. 313.8 rev
the punching portion of the cycle. Compute the b. 318.3 rev
angular acceleration of the flywheel in rad/sec2. c. 331.8 rev
(ME Board April 2006). d. 381.3 rev
a. -2.52
b. 3.15
c. -2.75
d. 2.22
2. A solid disk flywheel has a diameter of 1.5 m, and a - End -
mass of 8000 kg. What torque is needed to produce
an angular acceleration of 100 revolutions per
minute per second?
a. 3265 N-m
b. 5236 N-m
c. 2356 N-m
d. 6325 N-m
3. A shearing machine requires 150 kg-m of energy to
shear a steel sheet, and has a normal speed of 3
rev/sec, slowing down to 2.8 rev/sec during the
shearing process. The flywheel of the machine has
a mean diameter of 75 cm and weighs 0.0155
kg/cm3. The width of the rim is 30 cm. If the hub
and arms of flywheel account for 15% of its total
weight, find the weight of the flywheel.
a. 457 kg
b. 754 kg
c. 547 kg
d. 985 kg
4. A flywheel weighing 6 kN has a mean diameter of
90 cm. The maximum speed of the flywheel is 7
rev/sec slowed down to 4 rev/sec during the
shearing process. Determine the energy released
by the flywheel.
a. 7856 kg-m
b. 9872 kg-m
c. 8145 kg-m
d. 8241 kg-m
5. It is found that a shearing machine requires 300 J
of energy to shear a specific gauge of sheet metal.
The mean diameter of the flywheel is to be 762
mm. The normal operating speed is 200 rpm, and
slows down to 180 rpm during shearing process.
The rim width is 304 mm and the weight of the cast
iron is 7,200 kg/m3. Find the thickness of the rim,
assuming that the hub and arms account for 10%
of the rim weight concentrated on the mean
diameter.
a. 5.6 mm
b. 6.6 mm
c. 7.6 mm
d. 8.6 mm
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