MECORREL3 – SW4 8.

Two parallel shafts connected by pure rolling

turn in the opposite direction having a speed
1. A gripping device with two or more adjustable ratio of 2.75. What is the distance of the shafts if
jaws set radially the smaller cylinder is 20 cm in diameter?
a. Chuck a. 36
b. Gripper b. 36.5
c. Carriage c. 37
d. Holder d. 37.5
2. The process of producing checkers on the 9. A 4 ft wide x 8 ft long and 1/2 in thick steel
surface of a piece by rolling checkered plate is to be cut into 4 equal parts crosswise. If
depressions into the surface cutting rate is 0.02 in/stroke and saw speed is
a. beading 110 rpm, how long will it take to do the job in
b. knurling seconds?
c. embossing a. 3600
d. hemming b. 3900
c. 4100
3. The diametral pitch of a gear is 8 in. What is the d. 4500
circular pitch? 10. It takes 0.5 min to mill a 3/4’’ x 4’’ keyway of a
a. 0.39 hub by means of a cutter having 30 teeth at 120
b. 25.13 rpm. Find the equivalent feed per tooth in
c. 0.79 in/tooth.
d. 50.27 a. 0.001
4. The 20-tooth pinion rotates at 500 rpm, what is b. 0.0014
the rpm of the 100-tooth driven gear? c. 0.0018
a. 50 d. 0.0022
b. 100 11. Compute the shaft diameter in inches to transmit
c. 150 12 hp at 180 rpm with torsional deflection of
d. 200 0.08 degrees per foot length. Use G = 12x106
5. Gear A with a diametral pitch equal to 6 is in psi.
mesh with a driven gear B whose pitch diameter a. 2
is 12 in. Determine the tooth thickness and tooth b. 2 ¼
space in inches if backlash is 0.03 of the c. 2 ½
diametral pitch. d. 2 ¾
a. 0.35, 0.17 12. A keyed sprocket delivers a torque of 778.8 N-m
b. 0.38, 0.20 through the shaft of 54 mm outside diameter.
c. 0.41, 0.23 The key thickness is 1.5875 cm and the width is
d. none of the above 1.11 cm. Compute the length of the same key in
6. A single reduction gear of 120 kW with a pinion cm. Use the permissible stress of 70 MPa for
300 mm pitch circle diameter and speed 650 shear while 90 MPa for tension.
r.p.m. is supported in bearings on either side. a. 3.6
Calculate the total load in kN due to the power b. 3.8
transmitted, pressure angle is 20. c. 4
a. 11 d. 4.2
b. 11.5 13. A flange bolt coupling consists of 12 pcs 20 mm
c. 12 diameter steel bolts space evenly around a bolt
d. 12.5 circle 300 mm in diameter. If the coupling is
7. Two pulleys, one 450 mm diameter and the other subjected to a torque of 15.1 kN-m, determine
200 mm diameter, on parallel shafts 1.95 m apart the maximum shearing stress in the bolts in
are connected by a crossed belt. Find the length MPa.
of the belt required in m. a. 22.8
a. 3 b. 37.2
b. 5 c. 31.4
c. 7 d. 26.7
d. 9

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14. A thick wall cylinder has 50 mm thick and lower springs are rated at 0.64 kg/mm. Compute
internal diameter of 300 mm. If stress is limited the total deflection in mm.
to 30 MPa, determine the maximum internal a. 398
pressure in MPa. b. 422
a. 7.2 c. 473
b. 7.6 d. 511
c. 8 21. A spring has a rate of 50 lbs with spring index of
d. 8.4 8. If stress induced is 80,000 psi, determine the
15. A cylindrical tank has an inside diameter of 5 in wire diameter in inches.
and is subjected to an internal pressure of 500 a. 0.123
psi. If maximum stress is 1200 psi, determine b. 0.155
the required thickness in inches if it is thick- c. 0.179
walled. d. 0.192
a. 1.2 22. Determine the maximum shearing stress of a
b. 1.3 helical spring in MPa composed of 20 turns of
c. 1.4 20 mm diameter wire on a mean radius of 80
d. 1.5 mm when the spring is supporting a load of 3
16. Compute the working strength in lbs of 1-inch kN.
bolt that is screwed up tightly in packaged joint a. 170
if the allowable stress is 12,000 psi. b. 181
a. 3300 c. 192
b. 3400 d. 203
c. 3500 23. A double thread worm has a pitch diameter of 3
d. 3600 inches. The wheel has 25 teeth and a pitch
17. A press is used to punch 12 holes per minute of diameter of 5 inches. Material for both the worm
30 mm diameter hole from 25 mm thick plate. and the wheel is of phosphor bronze. Compute
Determine the power needed to punch a hole in the tangent of helix angle.
kW if ultimate shear stress is 400 MPa. a. 0.10
a. 2.4 b. 0.13
b. 2.6 c. 0.17
c. 2.8 d. 0.2
d. 3 24. Compute the circular pitch of a pair of gears
18. A single square thread power screw has a lead of having a ratio of 4 and a center distance of
6 mm and mean diameter of 34 mm. If it is used 10.23. Each gear has 72 teeth and pinion has 18
to lift a load of 30 kN and coefficient of friction teeth.
of thread is 0.15, determine the torque required a. 0.49
to turn the screw in N-m. b. 0.59
a. 92 c. 0.69
b. 96 d. 0.79
c. 103 25. A 20 mm shaft uses sleeve bearings. The total
d. 106 load per bearing is 3000 N. An L/D ratio of 2.5
19. A flywheel has a total weight of 500 kg and the is desired. What is the bearing pressure in MPa?
weight of the arm and hub is 8 % of total weight. a. 1
It has a mean diameter of 1 m and width of 300 b. 2
mm. Determine the thickness of the flywheel if c. 3
density of material is 7200 kg/m3. d. 4
a. 64.1 26. A sleeve bearing is to have an L/D ratio of 1 and
b. 65.4 an allowable bearing pressure of 0.5 MPa. Find
c. 66.5 the inside diameter of the bearing in inches if it
d. 67.8 is to sustain a load of 2550 N.
20. A three extension coil springs are hooked in a. 2
series that supports a single weight of 75 kg. The b. 2.4
first spring is rated at 0.4 kg/mm and the other 2 c. 2.8
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27. A 6-inch diameter pulley turning at 600 rpm is
belt connected to a 12-inch diameter pulley. If
there is 3 % slip, find the speed of the 12 in
pulley.
a. 289
b. 291
c. 296
d. 302
28. Find the frictional radius for a disc clutch in
inches. The disc clutch has an outside diameter
of 10 inches and an inside diameter of 6 inches.
Assume uniform pressure.
a. 3.8
b. 4.1
c. 4.5
d. 4.9
29. A 3/8 in flat leather belt is 12 in wide and is used
on a 24 in diameter pulley rotating 600 rpm. The
specific weight of the belt is 0.035 lb/in3. The
angle of contact is 150 o. If the coefficient of
friction is 0.3 and the allowable stress is 300 psi,
how much hp can be transmitted?
a. 65.5
b. 67.5
c. 69.5
d. 71.5
30. A cone clutch has cone elements at an angle of
100. The mean diameter of the conical friction
sections is 16 in and the coefficient of friction is
0.3. find the axial force needed to engage the
clutch considering that the clutch transmits 20
hp at a speed of 1000 rpm.
a. 345.43 lbs
b. 246.37 lbs
c. 145.75 lbs
d. 324.45 lbs