1.

Determine the shear stress at the inside surface of a What must be the angular deflection of the shaft if the
hollow circular shaft where the torque is 8000 ft-lb of length is 5 meters? Take G = 12,000,000 psi.
inside and outside diameters are 2 in and 4 inches A. 0.019 deg
respectively. B. 1.14 deg
A. 4.1 Mpa C. 1.94 deg
B. 28.1 MPa D. 2.44 deg
C. 5.5 ksi
D. 12.4 ksi 7. A bolt has a tensile load of 300 lbs. The bolt is made
of SAE 1040 material with Sy = 55 ksi, what is the stress
2. Two parallel shaft connected by pure rolling turn in area of the bolt?
the same direction and having a speed ratio of 4. What A. 0.1023 in2
is the distance of the two shaft if the small cylinder is 8 B. 0.1230 in2
cm? C. 0.327 in2
A. 11 cm D. 0.5190 in2
B. 12 cm
C. 19 cm 8. What is the size of an air cylinder operating at 10 bar
D. 21 cm with a required force of 7854 N? Use a load ratio of
90%. Load ratio means the ratio of required force and
3. What modulus of elasticity in tension is required to theoretical force.
obtain a unit deformation of 0.00107 m/m from a load A. 100 mm
producing a unit tensile stress of 50, 000 psi? B. 105 mm
A. 3.45 x 107 psi C. 150 mm
B. 46.7 x 107 psi D. 300 mm
C. 46.7 x 106 psi
D. 4.67 x 106 psi 9. A prismatic bar at 50 deg F is imbedded in a rigid
concrete wall. The bar is 40 in long, and has a cross
4. A cylindrical aluminum bar 1.0-in-diameter and 10 sectional area of 4 sq. in. What is the axial force in the
inches long is to fit snugly in a steel collar when the bar bar if it is temperature is raised to 100 deg F? Note: the
is subjected to an axial compressive force of 10,000 lb. coef of thermal expansion is 5 x 10 (raised to 6 )/ deg F
How much larger in diameter should the collar be? and the modulus of elasticity is 32 x 10 (raised to 6) psi.
Note: E = 10 x 10(6) psi and poisons ratio = 0.33. A. 32 kips
A. 0.0019 in B. 45 kips
B. 0.00032 in C. 205 kips
C. 0.0024 in. D. 204 kips
D. 0.00042 in.
10. What is the root diameter of a 1-in coarse-thread
5. The section modulus of a circle of radius 5 cm is equal (Unified and American National) series screw having 8
to: threads per inch.
A. 58.2 cm3 A. 0.8376 in
B. 78.2 cm3 B. 0.9222 in.
C. 98.2 cm3 C. 0.8035 in
D. 108.2 cm3 D. 0.7987 in.

6. A hollow shaft with outside diameter of 14 cm and SET 2

wall thickness of 0.08 cm transmits 200 kW at 400 rpm.
11. A 60—kg motor sits on four cylindrical rubber
blocks. Each cylinder has a height of 3 cm and a cross—
sectional area of 15 sq cm. The shear modulus for this
rubber is 2 Mpa. If a sideway force of 300 N is applied to
the motor, how far will it move sideways?
A. 0.025 cm
B. 0.25 cm
C. 0.075 cm
D. 0.3 cm
12. A 15 hp motor, whose speed is 1200 rpm is belt
connected to the drive shaft of a machine. The pulley A,
on the armature shaft of a motor is 12 inches in
diameter while that of drive shaft, B, is 30 inches in
diameter. What is the torque in the armature shaft?
A. 234 in-lb
B. 788 in-lb
C. 750 in-lb
D. 135 in-Ib
13. A 2—ft inside diameter spherical vessel has a wall
thickness of 3 inches. Compute for the tensile at its
inner surface as caused by an internal pressure of 1500
psi and an external pressure of 300 psi.
A. 3123.87 psi
B. 4113.38 psi
C. 1833.33 psi
D. 1244.25 psi
14. Determine the maximum permissible velocity V in a
cast iron thin rim of a flywheel if the maximum
allowable tensile stress in cast iron is 4000 psi. The cast
iron weighs 0.255 lb/cu in.
A. 24.60 in./s
B. 1250 in./s
C. 2460 in/s
D. 62.5 in/s
15. A fixture experiences a static stress of 3500 psi and
dynamic stress of 4000 psi. The yield strength is 43, 000
psi, and the endurance strength is 8,820 psi. The fatigue
stress concentration factor is 1.2. What is the
approximate alternating stress?
A. 21.5 ksi
B. 20 ksi
C. 2 Mpa
D. 13.8 Mpa
16. Compute the length of a nut such that the shearing
failure of the threads shall equal to the tensile failure
load of the bolt when the shearing strength is 728 of the
tensile strength. Assume pitch diameter of the threads
to be the same as the bolt diameter.
A. 0.4d
B. 0.2d
C. 0.9d
D. 0.7d
17. A 1¾ in. diameter shaft is supported by two sleeve
bearings. The total load on the two bearings is 2800 1b.
What Is the frictional force per bearing the coefficient of
friction between shaft and bearing Is 0. 10 and the shaft
rotates 200 rpm?
A. 240 lb
B. 120 lb
C. 140 lb
D. 280 lb
18. A spherical pressure vessel is made by bolting two
hemispherical flanged sections together. How many 1—
in diameter bolts are required to secure two halves if
the pressure within the vessel is 25 psi? Use working
stress of 15,000 psi and a cross—sectional area of 0.551
sq in for the bolts.
A. 24
B. 22
c. 20
D. 28
19. How many revolutions are needed to lift table of
height 300 mm if a machine table is lifted by means of a
two start screw thread which has a pitch of 6 tm?
A. 20
B. 50
c. 30
D. 40
20. A bridge's steel midspan is to be installed at 35 deg.
F during winter. Rivets holes at each end of the midspan
must measure 54.7 ft from the center. The I—beams for
the midspan are prepared in a fabrication shop with a
controlled temperature of 72 deg F. Compute the
change to the center distance that should be made b. 10
when the rivet holes are drilled in the shop. c.9
A. 4.0 mm d.7.7
B. 0.12 mm
c. - 0.12 mm 25. A short 61 mm shaft transmits 120 Hp. Compute
D. -4.0mm the linear speed of a pulley 55 cm mounted on the
shaft.
21. A punch press is to have a capacity of 8000 1b a. 1796 fpm
through a inch stroke. For the efficiency and cost a small b. 1766 fpm
motor, a flywheel was used. What flywheel effect is c. 1856 fpm
required to maintain the flywheel within 208 of its no— d. 2106 fpm
load speed of 600 rpm?
C. 2.8 in-lb-sec(squared) 26. A steel cylindrical air receiver with 5 feet diameter
A. 1.5 in-lb-sec(squared) and pressure load of 180 psi, design stress of 9500 psi
D. 3.2 in-lb-sec(squared) maximum. The pressure vessel is to be provided with
B. 3.4 in-lb-sec(squared) 1½” diameter drain valve installed at the bottom of the
vessel and safety pressure relief valve installed either at
22. A heavy—duty sleeve bearing is used with good the top most or at the side with pop-out rating of 200
ventilation. The bearing has a diameter of 2 in and a psi. Assume a 100% weld joint efficiency. The lap
length of 4 in. The load on the bearing is 2200 lb. A shaft welding tensile strength is 65,000 psi. Determine the
rotates 200 rpm in the bearing. Find the heat radiating bursting pressure of this air receiver.
capacity. The coefficient of friction is 0.02. a. 1154 psi
A. 0.7404 Btu/min—sq.in b. 1454 psi
B. 0.8765 Btu/min—sq.in c. 1354 psi
C. 0.7654 Btu/min-sq.in d. 1254 psi
D. 0.8043 Btu/min—sq.in
27. A drop hammer of 1 ton dead weight capacity is
SET 4 propelled downward by a 12 in. diameter cylinder. At
100 psi air pressure, what is the impact velocity if the
23. Find the horsepower capacity of a standard A60 size stroke is 28 inches.
V-Belt for a drive in which the pitch diameter of a small a. 63.2 fps
sheave is 4” and that by the large sheave is 10 inches. b. 15.8 fps
The small sheave is connected to a drive motor of 3 Hp c. 31.6 fps
x 1750 rpm. d. 47.4 fps
a. 1.8326
b. 1.90 28. Compute the nominal shear stress at the surface in
c.1.56 MPa for a 40 mm diameter shaft that transmits 750 KW
d.1.48 at 1500 rpm. Axial and bending loads are assumed
negligible. Torsional shearing stress is 28 N/mm2.
24. A 100 Hp engine running at 225 rpm is belted to an a. 218
electric generator. The band wheel in the engine is 6 b. 312
feet in diameter. Assuming an arc of contact on the c. 232
generator pulley to be 150°, determine the necessary d. 380
width for a double-ply oak tanned leather belt 3/8 in.
thick. 29. To facilitate the milling (roughing) work of a cast
a. 6.7 steel material using a 1½ inch diameter cutter choose
between the two available stock. Find the speed of the A. 27,500 lb
cutter in rpm. B. 30,000 lb
-high speed steel cutter with a cutting speed of 50 fpm C. 60,000 lb
-carbide tipped cutter with a cutting speed of 200 fpm D. 15,000 lb
a. 389
b. 572 34. The ultimate shearing stress of the rivet used tojoin
c. 509 plates is 44 ksi. For a factor of safety of 4, calculate the
d. 412 safe shearing resistance of a unit strip of a single-riveted
lap joint in which the plate thickness of 1/3-in, the pitch
30. A lineshaft runs at 360 rpm. A 18” pulley on the of the joint is ¼ inches, and the diameter of the rivet
same shaft is belt connected to a 12” pulley on the hole ½ inch.
countershaft. From a 15” pulley on the countershaft, A. 2.2 kips
motion is transmitted to the machine. Compute/check B. 7.6 kips
the required diameter of the pulley on the machine to C. 3.3 kips
give a spindle speed of 660 rpm. D. 1.5 kips
a. 16”
b. 12¼” SET 6
c. 10½”
d. 8½” 34. 900 kg of load is to be raised using a double
threaded ACME screw driven by a motor at 400rpm.
31. Find the shearing stress of a rectangular steel tank The load is to be raised at a speed of 10 m/min. The
with dimensions L = 800 mm, W = 100mm, H = 400 MM. screw has a pitch diameter of 36 mm; the coefficient of
A force 2000 kN is applied at the edge of the which is friction on threads is 0.15. The friction torque on the
welded at the bottom. thrust bearing of the motor is taken as 20 % of the total
a. 15,000 kPa input. Determine the lead angle.
b. 20,000 kPa a) 12.465o
c. 25,000 kPa b) 14.265o
d. 30,000 kPa c) 15.462o
d) 16.452o
SET 5
35. A 500 mm brake drum has a simple brake that is to
32. A tie-bar of rectangular section 150 mm broad by 25 absorb a torque of 250 N-m. If the coefficient of friction
mm thick is subjected to a pull of 300 kN applied at 5 and the contact angle between the band and drum are
mm off the center of the thickness of the section. 0.2 and 180º, respectively, and that the length of the
Calculate the maximum stress induced at the outer skin. brake arm is twice the drum diameter, determine the
A. 167MPa minimum braking force applied at the free end of the
B. 175MPa brake arm.
C. 156MPa a) 721.5 N
D. 176MPa b) 752.1 N
c) 275.1 N
33. Two ½-in, plates are placed so they overlap 2 in. and d) 572.1 N
are joined by a single lap shielded weld placed normal
to the load. The weld Is a ½-in. fillet weld 6 in. long.
Determine the total static load that this joint will sustain 36. A ¾ inch thick steel plate is to punch for a 1-in
If the allowable static load per linear Inch of the weld is diameter hole every 10 sec. The actual punching takes 1
5000 lb/inch. sec. The ultimate shear strength of the plate is 60,000
psi. The flywheel of the punch press has a mass moment b) 600 lb
of inertia of 500 in-lb-sec2 and rotates at a mean speed c) 900 lb
of 150 rpm. What is the speed fluctuation, in rpm? d) 700 lb
a) 65.4 rpm
b) 64.5 rpm 42. A carbon steel UNC bolt has a stress area of 0.606
c) 6.749 rpm in2, determine its permissible working stress.
d) 67.49 rpm a) 4055.49 psi
b) 4505.49 psi
37. Determine the kinetic energy of a 48-inch diameter c) 4550.49 psi
spoked steel flywheel ( = 0.28 lb/in3) having a 12-in d) 4455.09 psi
wide x 10-in deep rim rotates at 200 rpm. Neglect the
weight of its spokes and hub.
a) 84,448 ft-lb 43. A shaft is made of a material that weighs 0.28 lb/in3
b) 68,488 ft-lb and a modulus of elasticity of 30 x 106 psi. Bearings, 90
c) 42,248 ft-lb inches apart, support the 2-inch shaft that carries no
d) 53,123 ft-lb rotating disc. The shaft has a uniform cross section. Find
the second critical speed, in rpm.
38. Find the moment of inertia, in inches4, of the rod ¼ a) 4217.28 rpm
inch in diameter and 14 inches long. b) 4172.28 rpm
a) 1.917 x 10-4 c) 4228.17 rpm
b) 1.917 x 10-5 d) 4712.28 rpm
c) 3.83 x 10-4
d) 3.83 x 10-6
44. A 75 lb disc is mounted midway a 1-inch diameter
39. A wheel has an outside and inside diameter of 1 shaft supported by bearings 20 inches apart. Find the
meter and 0.75 meter, respectively. If its arms and hub lowest critical speed in rpm. Neglect the weight of the
is neglected, determine the radius of gyration of the shaft. Assume that the modulus of elasticity is 30 000
wheel. 000 psi.
a) 0.5125 m a) 5763.43 rad/s
b) 0.6125 m b) 301.77 rad/s
c) 0.3125 m c) 1207.09 rad/s
d) 0.4125 m d) 401.77 rad/s

40. For a bolted connection, specification suggests that 45. Find the efficiency of a triple-thread square power
a high grade material of 13 mm bolt be tightened to an screw raising a load of 3000 lb. The power screw has a
initial tension of 55 000 N. What is the appropriate root diameter of 2 inches and 2 threads per inch. It is
tightening torque? used in conjunction with a collar with an outer diameter
a) 134 N-m of 4 inches and an inner diameter of 2.5 inches. The
b) 143 N-m coefficient of friction is 0.2 for both threads and collar.
c) 341 N-m a) 25.25 %
d) 431 N-m b) 39.29 %
c) 29.29 %
41. An 18-inch high spring deflects 6 inches when strike d) 24.29 %
by 100lb load. Find the average force acting on the
spring. 46. A 2-foot pulley rotating at 600 rpm carries a ¼-inch
a) 800 lb thick belt that transmits 30 Hp of power. The allowable
belt stress is 500 psi; the angle of contact is 150o. Find 51. What will be the resulting critical speed of a shaft if
the belt width required, assuming the coefficient of you double its diameter? The original critical speed of
friction is 0.4 and the specific weight of the belt material the shaft is 800 rpm.
is 0.035 lb/in3. a) 1600 rpm
a) 2.61 inches b) 3600 rpm
b) 3.61 inches c) 800 rpm
c) 4.61 inches d) 900 rpm
d) 5.61 inches
52. A hollow shaft with inside diameter of 1 inch is to
replace a 1.5-inch diameter solid shaft in a power
47. A punch machine uses 10 kJ of energy to punch a transmission. Considering equal torsional strengths,
square in 20 mm thick plate. If the ultimate strength of determine the required outside diameter of the hollow
the plate is 420 MPa, determine the maximum sides of shaft.
square that can be punched. a) 2.25 in.
a) 45 mm b) 1.5 in.
b) 30 mm c) 1.75 in.
c) 60 mm d) 2.0 in.
d) 55 mm
53. A 1.5-inch diameter shaft has a driver with variable
48. A 40 kg load falls through a height of 0.20 m before torque. Shaft has a yield strength of 60000 psi. If torque
striking the free end of a cantilever beam. The beam is varies from 2000 to 6000 in-lb, determine the shaft
60 mm wide and 100 mm deep. Compute the maximum mean or average stress.
bending stress and deflection caused by the impact. a) 6 036.10 psi
Neglect the mass of the beam and assume that the 40 b) 6306.10 psi
kg mass remains in contact with the beam. c) 3 018.05 psi
a) 162 MPa d) 9 054.15 psi
b) 261 MPa
c) 126 MPa 54. A machine shop is to mill a 0.75 inch by 2 inches
d) 621 MPa keyway in a 3 inches diameter shafting with 24-tooth
cutter turning at 100 rpm. If the mill has a rate of 0.005”
49. A steel rod of 6 inches long is to resist an impact feed per tooth, how long will it take to mill the keyway?
load of 500 lb dropped through a distance of 2 inches. If a) 10 seconds
the maximum computed stress is to be 20 ksi, b) 8 seconds
determine the required diameter of the rod. c) 12 seconds
a) 5.65 inches d) 15 seconds
b) 6.55 inches
c) 4.65 inches 55. In an open belt drive, the driving pulley is 450 mm in
d) 6.45 inches diameter and the driven pulley is 1000 mm in diameter.
The belt is 300 mm wide and 10 mm thick. The
50. A chain and sprocket has 18 teeth with chain pitch coefficient of friction of the belt drive is 0.30 and the
of 0.5 inch. Find the pitch diameter of the sprocket. mass of the belt is 2.8 kg/m of belt length. Other data
a) 2.88 inches are as follows: center distance between shafts, 4 m;
b) 2.66 inches maximum allowable tensile stress on the belt, 1500 kPa;
c) 2.55 inches and speed of driving pulley, 900 rpm. Calculate the
d) 2.77 inches maximum power that can be transmitted, in kW.
a) 40.82 kW
b) 42.80 kW d. 2341 in- lbf
c) 48.20 kW
d) 28.40 kW 60. If the principal stress on a body are 400 kPa, - 700
kPa and 800 kPa, compute the maximum shear stress.
56. A 14½o spur gear has a pitch of 4. Calculate its tooth a. 750 kPa
thickness. b. 550 kPa
a) 0.3927 inch c. 250 kPa
b) 9.975 mm d. 600 kPa
c) 0.9975 cm
d) Any of these 61. The ultimate shearing stress of the rivet used to join
plates is 44 ksi. For a factor of safety of 4, calculate the
57. There are three parallel shafts A, B, and C. Shaft A safe shearing resistance of a unit strip of a single riveted
has 24 teeth gear of Pd = 4 meshing with a larger gear lap joint in which the plate thickness of ⅓ in the pitch of
on shaft B having 70 teeth. A smaller gear, 20 teeth and the joint is 1 ½ inches, and the diameter of the rivet
pitch of 3, on shaft B meshes with 50 teeth gear on shaft hole is ½ inch
C. Find the torque on shaft C if the input Hp to shaft A is a. 3.8 kips
50 Hp turning at 1200 rpm, and the efficiency of each b. 5.6 kips
gear combination is 98 %. c. 2.2 kips
a) 1532 ft-lb d. 4.5 kips
b) 1352 ft-lb
c) 1253 ft-lb
d) 1325 ft-lb 62. Calculate the ultimate compressive resistance of a
unit strip of a single riveted lap joint in which the plate
SET 8 thickness of ½ in the pitch joint of 1 ½ inches and the
diameter of the rivet hole is 11/16 inch. Note the
58. A block with mass of 115 slugs slides down a ultimate compressive stress of 90 ksi and a factor of
frictionless wedge with a slope of 40 deg. The wedge is safety of 4
moving horizontally in the opposite direction at a a. 7.7 kips
constant velocity of 16 ft/s compute the absolute speed b. 5.6 kips
of the block 2 seconds after its is released from rest? c. 2.2 kips
a. 21.4 ft/s d. 4.5 kips
b. 34.5 ft/s
c. 12.4 ft/s SET 10
d. 30.91 ft/s
63. The mass of pole piece on an alternator is 10 kg and
59. The cylinder head is 10 in x 18 in. The freon its center of gravity is at 300 nun from the shaft center •
compressor is attached by 10 stud bolts made of SAE It is secure4 by 4 bolts and alternator runs at 1000 rpm.
grade 5. The cylinder pressure is 200 psi. What is the What is the diameter of the bolts if the stress in them is
approximate tightening torque should be used to induce not to exceed 40 MPa?
a tightening stress (Si) of 0.90 times the proof stress if a. 12.16 mm
the diameter of the bolt is ⅝ in and coefficient of collar b. 14.24 mm
friction c=0.2 c. 16.12 mm
a. 3245 in-lbf d. 12.44 mm
b. 1438 in - lbf
c. 2161 in -lbf 64. A 60-kg motor sits on four cylindrical rubber blocks.
Each cylinder has a height of 3 cm and a cross-sectional
area of 1.5 sq cm. The shear modulus for this rubber is 2 C. 5
MPa. If a sideways force of 300 N is applied to the D. 0.8
motor, how far will it move sideways?
A. 0.025 cm 69. A punch press is to have a capacity of 8000 lb
B. 0.25 cm through a 1 inch stroke. For the efficiency and cost a
C. 0.075 cm small motor, a flywheel was used. What flywheel effect
D. 0.3 cm is required to maintain the flywheel within 20% of its no
—load speed of 600 rpm?
65. A disk brake has two pads of included angle of A. 1.5 in—lb-sec(squared)
45deg each. Outside radius 6 in. inside radius 4 in. B. 3.4 in—lb-sec(squared)
coefficient of friction 0.4. Maximum lining pressure 100 C. 2.8 in—lb—sec(squared)
psi. Find the torque capacity for both shoes. D. 3.2 in—lb—sec(squared)
A. 1256.6 in—lb
B. 2513.2 in—lb. 70. A wet, steel—backed asbestos clutch with hardened
C. 2143.5 in—lb steel plates is being designed to transmit 33 N.m. The
D. 628.3 in— lb coefficient of friction is 0.12. Slip will occur at 300% of
the rated torque. The maximum and minimum friction
66. Two sheets of aluminum on an aircraft wing are to surface diameters are 115 mm and 65 sm respectively.
held by aluminum rivets of cross—sectional area of 0.25 The contact pressure is 700 k?a. How many plates are
sq. in. The shearing stress on each rivet must not exceed needed?
one-tenth of the elastic limit for aluminum. How many A.4
rivets are needed if each rivet supports the same B.6
fraction of a total shearing force of 25,000 kN? Assume C.3
that the elastic limit stress is 131 Mpa. D.5
A. 10 rivets
B. 20 rivets 71. Neglecting spoke effect, calculate the energy stored
c. 35 rivets in of the the rim of a flywheel made of cast iron 24 in. in
D. 53 rivets diameter, having a rim 5 inches wide by 4 inches deep
when running at 1000 rpm. The internal radius of the
67. A double threaded right— handed worm gear rim is 8 inches. Note: density of material is 450 lb/cu.ft.
transmits 15 Hp at 1150 rpm. The pitch of the worm is A. 40,122.28 ft—lb
3/4 inches and pitch diameter of 3 inches. The pressure 3. 38,614.21 ft—lb
angle is 14 degrees and the coefficient of friction is 0.12. C. 58,234.36 ft—lb
Compute for the tangential force on the worm, express D. 50,165.32 ft—lb
the answer in pounds.
A. 840
8. 950
C. 498
D. 548

68. An inclined plane 5 long has its upper end 1 meter

above the ground. A load of 100 N is pushed up the
plane against a force of friction of 5 N. What the is
actual mechanical advantage?
A. 1.25
B.4