MEng 116

Machine Design II

Long Examination 1

INSTRUCTIONS:

• This exam is open for 3 days and has no time limit.

• Provide the correct solutions and answers to the given problems.
• Solutions should be encoded. However, complex equations may be handwritten if
deemed difficult to encode.
• Submit the PDF form of your answer sheet in VSUEE Long Examination 1 (Turnitin
Assignment page) with the file name “lastnameLE1.pdf”
• CHEATING or ANY FORM OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY is highly discouraged.
If caught, you will be immediately dropped and possibly be expelled from the
university.

1. A 2 7/16-in. countershaft in a machine shop transmits 52 hp at 315 rpm. It is made

of AISI 1117, as rolled, and supported upon bearing A and B, 59-in. apart. Pulley
C receives the power via a horizontal belt, and pulley D delivers it vertically
downward (Figure 1). Calculate N based on the Octahedral Shear Stress theory
considering varying stresses.

Figure 1. Countershaft

2. A 3-in rotating shaft as shown (Figure 2) carries a bevel gear whose mean is D m
= 10 in and which is keyed (profile) to the left end. Acting on the gear are a radial
force G = 1570.8 lb, a driving force Q = 3141.6 lb. The thrust force is taken by the
right-hand bearing. Let a = 5 in. and L = 15 in.; material, AISI C1040, annealed.
Base calculations on the Maximum Shearing Stress theory with variable stress.
Compute the indicated design factor N. With the use of a sketch, indicate the exact
point of which maximum normal stress occurs.

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 Figure 2. Shaft

3. A cast-steel (SAE 080, N & T) pulley is keyed to a 2 1/2-in. shaft by means of a

standard square key, 3 1/2-in. long, made of cold-drawn SAE 1015. The shaft is
made of cold-drawn AISI 1045. If the shaft is in virtually pure torsion, and turns at
420 rpm, what horsepower could the assembly safely transmit for steady loading?

4. A pair of carefully cut, full length, 200 involute gears, made of cast iron, ASTM 30,
is transmitting 5 hp at 1150 rpm of the pinion; Np = 24, Ng = 32, Pd = 8, b = 1.5 in.
for the teeth, determine (a) the endurance, (b) the dynamic load, (c) the service
factor.

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