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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Design of Macine Elements
Question bank – 03
Unit – 02
‘Part – A’ University Exam Questions
1. Classify keys with its applications
2. Write the advantages of knuckle joints.
3. What are the various stresses induced in the shafts
4. Name any two of the rigid couplings
5. State Castiglione’s theorem
6. What is the difference between rigid and flexible coupling?
7. How is the strength of the shaft affected by the keyway?
8. What is the use of register in a flange coupling?
9. A shaft of 70 mm long is subjected to shear stress of 40 Mpa and has an
angle of twist equal to 0.017 radian. Determine the diameter of the shaft.
Take G=80 Gpa.
10. What is the main use of woodruff keys
11. Why is a circumferential flange provided in flange couplings?
12. Mention the assumptions made in the design of keys.
13. Shaft A has diameter which is double the diameter of shaft B of same
material and transmit 80 kW if both shafts rotate at same speed. What is
the power transmitted by shaft B.
14. Discuss forces on keys.
15. What are the materials used in shafts?
16. In what situation flexible coupling is used?
17. What is the difference between spindle and axle?
18. How the length and diameter of the shaft affect its critical speed?
19. Why a hollow shaft has greater strength and stiffness than solid shaft of
equal weight?