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Q: 1: The shaft in the figure has parallel belt pulls with the tension on the loose side of pulley at C
being 20 percent of the tension on the tight side. The shaft runs at 800 rev/min and the radial ball
bearings to be selected for A and D, are to have a reliability of 99 percent corresponding to a life of
24 kh. Use an application factor of 1.2, same-size bearings; specify the size of 02-series bearing
needed.
Q: 2: Determine the safety factor for the bracket shown in the figure for a reliability of 99.9%. The
material is hot rolled steel BS 080M40. The applied load various from F=1500N to – 500N. The
load is dynamic and the assembly is at room temperature. Neglect shear due to transverse loading.
The notch radius at the wall is 4mm and stress concentration factors are for bending K t = 1 . 7 and
for shear K ts = 1 . 35
Q: 3: The figure shows a geared countershaft with an overhanging pinion at C. The force on gear A
is F A = 12000 N . A uniform diameter, cold drawn steel shaft having S y = 324 MPa and
S u = 386 MPa is to be used for the shaft. Find a safe diameter using a factor of safety of 2.5, a
reliability of 99 percent and the von Mises-Hencky-Goodman approach. All important surfaces are
finished by grinding.
Q: 4: In the figure shown, shaft A, made of hot rolled steel BS 070M20 with 200MPa yield strength,
is joined to a fixed support and is subjected to loading by equal and opposite forces F via shaft B. A
theoretical stress concentration K ts of 1.6 is induced by the 3-mm fillet. The length of shaft A from
the fixed support to the connection at shaft B is 1 m. The load F cycles from 500 to 2000 kN. Find
the factors of safety for shaft A, that guard against static and fatigue failures, using von-Mises-
Hencky theory and assuming a load factor of 0.7 and a size factor of 1.0.
Q: 2: A 1000 rpm motor drives a centrifugal pump at 300 rpm by means of a leather belt.
The pulleys are of cast iron and are 1.2 meter central distance. The pulleys of diameter less
than 150 mm should not be used. The coefficient of friction between the leather belt and the
cast iron pulley is 0.35 and the mass of the belt is 10 Kg/m width/m length of the belt is 10 N.
Design a flat belt drive to transmit 20 Kw power.
What would be the necessary installation force between the pulley bearings and what will be
the force between the pulley bearings when the full power is transmitted?
Q: 3: Indexing is used in machine operations when a circular part being manufactured must
be divided into a certain number of segments. The figure shows a portion of an indexing
fixture used to successively position a part for the operation. When the knob is pulled up,
part 6, which holds the work piece, is rotated to the next position and locked in place by
releasing the index pin. We wish to design the spring to fit in the space shown and to exert a
force of about 30N when the pull knob raised 20 mm to permit indexing. The space for
spring is 20 mm OD by 10 mm ID and 40mm long, with the pin down as shown.
Q: 4: A power screw is used in an application similar to that shown in the figure below. It has
a major diameter of 76 mm and a pitch of 6 mm with double threads. The press has a rated
load of 20 kN. The twin threads have Acme threads. Coefficients of friction are 0.5 for the
threads and 0.6 for the collar bearings. Collar mean diameters are 120 mm. The gears have a
total speed ratio of 75:1 .The full-load motor speed is 1720 rev/min.
What should be the power rating of the motor?
Q: 5: The figure illustrates the connection of a cylinder head to a pressure vessel using N
bolts and a confined-gasket seal. The effective sealing diameter is 150 mm. Other dimensions
are: A=100, B=200, C=300, D=20 and E=25, all in millimeters. The cylinder is used to store
gas at a static pressure of 9 MPa. The bolts are M16×2 class 8.8 with a length of 65 mm. The
members are of BS 180 cast iron. Find the minimum number of bolts required using a factor
of safety of about 2 and accounting for the fact that bolts may be reused when the joint is
taken apart. What is the bolt preload?
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Q: 3: A V-belt drive system transmits 100kW at 475 rpm. The belt has a
mass 0.6kg/m. The maximum permissible tension in the belt is 900 N.
The groove angle is 38º and the angle of contact is 160º. Find minimum
number of belts and pulley diameter. The coefficient of friction
between belt and pulley is 0.2.
Q: 4: Not all springs are made in conventional way.
The compression helical spring shown in the figure is made of spring
steel wire having torsional yield strength of 640 MPa.
(a)Compute the spring rate.
(b)What force is required to close the spring to its solid height?
(c)After the spring has been closed to its solid height once, and the
compressive force removed, will it spring back to its original free
length? Explain that using factor of safety?