SIR CR REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

1 St ASSIGNMENT SECTION-A&B
3-1 SEMESTER DMM-2
1. a) A particular bearing application provides a life of 5000 hours for 90% reliability.
What are the corresponding lives for 50% and 99% reliability?
b) The following data is given for a full, hydrodynamic bearing:

Journal speed =1440 rpm, journal diameter = 60 mm, Bearing length = 60 mm, radial
clearance = 0.06 mm, Radial load = 3 kN, viscosity of lubricant = 30 cP. Assume that
total heat generated due to friction in bearing is carried by the total lubricant flow.
Calculate: (a) coefficient of friction (b) minimum oil thickness (c) flow requirement,
(d) temperature rise, (e) power lost in friction.
2.a)Design crank pin and crank web of an overhung crankshaft for a 300 × 350 mm single

cylinder vertical engine using the following data:

The engine is vertical and the crank is at the top dead centre position
Maximum gas pressure = 2.5 MPa; (L/r) ratio = 4.5
Assume suitable data and state the assumptions made.
b) Differentiate between an overhung crankshafts and centre crank shafts.
3. Design a cast iron piston for a single acting four stroke engine from the following
data;
Cylinder Bore = 100 mm; Stroke = 120 mm; Speed = 2000 rpm;
Maximum gas pressure = 5 MPa; Break Mean Effective Pressure = 0.5 MPa
Fuel consumption is 0.15 kg per kW hour break power.
4. The section of a crane hook is trapezium. At the critical section, the inner and outer
sides are 40 mm and 25 mm respectively and depth is 75 mm. The center of curvature
of the section is at a distance of 60 mm from the inner fibers and the load line is 50
mm from the inner fibers. Determine the maximum load that the hook can carry if the
maximum stress is not to exceed 120 MPa
5. a) Following data is given for a 3600 hydrodynamic bearing. Journal diameter=100mm,
bearing length=100mm, radial load=50kN, journal speed=1440 rpm, radial
clearance=0.12 mm, viscosity of lubricant =16 Cp. Calculate: i) Minimum oil film
thickness, ii) Coefficient of friction and iii) Power lost in friction.
b) A single row deep groove ball bearing No.6002 is subjected to an axial thrust of
1000 N and a radial load of 2200 N. Find the expected life that 50 % of the bearings
will complete under this condition.
6. a) Under what forces the big end bolts and the cap are designed in the connecting rod?
b) Design a connecting rod for a single cylinder four stroke diesel engine with the
following data: Power =7.5kW, Mechanical efficiency =80%, length of connecting
rod =0.3m, weight of reciprocating pumps= 20N, speed=1500 rpm with possible
over speed of 2500 rpm. Assume suitable missing data.
7. a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of aluminum piston?
b) Design a Cast Iron piston for a single acting four stroke engine for the following
data: Cylinder bore = 100 mm, Stroke = 125 mm, Maximum gas pressure= 5 N/mm2,
Indicated mean effective pressure = 0.75 N/mm2,
Mechanical efficiency=80%, fuel
consumption= 0.15 kg/break power/ hour, higher calorific value of fuel = 42x103
kj/kg, speed=2000 rpm, Any other data required for the design may be assumed.
8. a) Explain the design procedure to determine the resultant stresses in a crane hook.
b) A central horizontal section of a hook is a trapezium with inner width =80 mm, outer
width =50 mm, and depth=150 mm, the center of curvature of the section is at a
distance of 120 mm from the inner fiber and the load line is 100 mm from the inner
fiber. What maximum load the hook will carry, if maximum stress is not to exceed
120 MN/m2.
9. a) Select a ball bearing for an industrial machine press fit onto a shaft and intended
for continuous 8-hour per day operation at 1800 rpm. Radial and thrust loads are
1.2 and 1.5 kN, respectively, with light-to-moderate impact.
 b) A 100-mm-diameter shaft is supported by a bearing of 80-mm length with a
diametral clearance of 0.10 mm. It is lubricated by oil having a viscosity of 50 m
Pa-s. The shaft rotates 600 rpm and carries a radial load of 5000 N. Estimate the
bearing coefficient of friction and power loss.
10. The following data is given for the cap and bolts of the big end of the connecting rod:
Engine speed = 1500 rpm; Length of connecting rod = 320 mm
Length of stroke = 140 mm; Mass of reciprocating parts = 1.75 kg
Length of crank pin = 54 mm; Diameter of crank pin = 38 mm
Permissible tensile stress for bolts and Caps = 120 MPa
Calculate the nominal diameter of bolts and thickness of cap for the big end.
11. a) The cylinder of a four-stroke diesel engine has the following specifications:
Cylinder bore = 150 mm; Maximum gas pressure = 3 MPa
Allowable tensile stress = 50 MPa.
Determine the thickness of cylinder wall. Also, calculate the apparent and net
circumferential and longitudinal stresses in cylinder wall.
b) State the function of the Piston rings in an internal combustion engine.
12. Calculate, using Winkler’s formula, the maximum distance d for which tangential
stress does not exceed 80 MPa on the cross section A-B of the frame shown in
Figure 1. Also locate the neutral axis. Given load P = 25 kN