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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2010

Third Semester

Mechanical Engineering

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ME2203 — KINEMATICS OF MACHINERY

(Regulation 2008)
Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 Marks

Answer ALL Questions

PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)

1. Define Degree of Freedom and give the DOF for a cam with roller follower.
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2. List out the applications of Straight line motion mechanisms.

3. A slider sliding at 100 mm/sec on a link, which is rotating at 60 rpm is

subjected to Coriolis acceleration. Find its magnitude.

4. Define rubbing velocity.

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5. Name any two types of cams with specified contours. -

6. What are the different types of motion with which a follower can move?

7. What is axial pitch of a helical gear?

8. What is the role of “Idlers” in gear trains?

9. Define virtual coefficient of friction.

10. State the condition for maximum power transmission in a belt drive and
deduce the expression for corresponding belt velocity.
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PART B — (5 × 16 = 80 Marks)

11. (a) Perform the kinematic analysis of the following Exact Straight Line
motion mechanisms. (2 × 8 = 16)

(i) Peaucellier Mechanism.

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(ii) Hart’s Mechanism.

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(b) (i) Sketch and explain any three inversions of a double slider crank
chain. (9)

(ii) Illustrate a crank and slotted lever mechanism as an inversion of

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single slider crank chain. Deduce an expression for length of stroke
in terms of link lengths. (7)

12. (a) The mechanism of a warping machine is shown in the figure given
below. Various dimensions are as follows. O1 A = 100 mm; AC = 700 mm;
BC = 200 mm ; BD = 150 mm; O2D = 200 mm; O2E = 400 mm; O3C = 200mm .

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The crank O1 A rotates at a uniform speed of 100 rad/sec. Determine the

(i) Linear velocity of the point E on the bell crank lever

(ii) Angular velocity of link AC and BD.

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Or
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(b) Derive the expression for determining the angular position of the coupler
link and the output link of a four bar mechanism.

13. (a) It is required to set out the profile of a cam to give the following motion to
the reciprocating follower with a flat mushroom contact face:
(i) Follower to have a stroke of 20 mm during 120° of cam rotation
(ii) Follower to dwell for 30° of cam rotation
(iii) Follower to return to its position during 120° of cam rotation
(iv) Follower to dwell for the remaining period.
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The minimum radius of the cam is 25 mm. The outstroke of the

follower is performed with simple harmonic motion and the return
stroke with equal uniform acceleration and retardation.
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(b) Construct a tangent cam and mention the important terminologies on it.
Also derive the expression for displacement, velocity and acceleration of a
reciprocating roller follower when the roller has contact with the nose.
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14. (a) (i) State and prove “Law of gearing”, and thus derive the expression
for “Velocity of sliding”. (10)
(ii) Prove that the maximum length of arc of contact between a pair of

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gear tooth to avoid interference is (r + R ) tan φ . (6)
Or
(b) (i) Diagrammatically show the following with reference to a spur gear
tooth:
Face width, Pitch circle, Clearance, Tooth thickness,
Addendum and Dedendum. (6 × 1 = 6)

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(ii) An epicyclic gear train is shown in the following figure. How many
revolutions does the arm makes when (1) A makes one revolution in
clockwise and D makes 1/2 a revolution in the opposite sense and
(2) A makes one revolution in clockwise and D remains stationary?
The number of teeth in gears A and D are 40 and 90 respectively.
(10)

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15. (a) (i) Prove that the torque transmitted by a cone clutch, when the
2 µW  r13 − r23 
intensity of pressure is uniform is given by, T =  
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3 sin α  r12 − r22 
with usual notations. (8)
(ii) An effort of 200 N is required to just move a certain body up an
inclined plane of an angle 15°, the force is acting parallel to the
plane. If the angle of inclination of the plane is made 20°, the effort
required parallel to the plane is found to be 230 N. Determine the
weight of the body and the coefficient of friction. (8)

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(b) A compressor requires 90 kW to operate at 250 rpm. The drive is by V
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belts from an electric motor running at 750 rpm. The diameter of the
pulley on the compressor shaft must not be greater than 1 meter while
the center distance between the pulleys is limited to 1.75 m. The belt
speed should not exceed 1600 m/min. Determine the number of V belts
required to transmit the power if each belt has a cross sectional area of
375 mm2; density 1000 kg/m3 and an allowable tensile stress of 2.5 MPa.
The groove angle of the pulley is 35°. The coefficient of friction between
the belt and the pulley is 0.25. Also calculate the length of each belt.
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