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Subject with Course code : Machine Design (2095701)

Year and Semester : IV B.Tech – I SEM
Time: 3 hours Total Max.Marks: 70
PART-A (2x5=10 Marks) PART-B (5x12=60 Marks)
First Question is compulsory
Answer ONE question from each unit of PART – B
All parts of the questions must be answered at one place only

1. PART – A
a. Mention the causes for failure in gear tooth? CO 1 2M
b. What are the forces acting on connecting rod? CO 2 2M
c. What is the function of a brake? CO 3 2M
d. Explain briefly about bearing modulus? CO 4 2M
e. State the applications of composite materials CO 5 2M
PART – B
2 a. What is Beam strength of gear tooth? CO 1 03 M
b. Design a spur gear with 200 full depth involute teeth consisting of 30 teeth CO 1 09 M
pinion meshing with 50 teeth gear. The pinion shaft is connected to 22.5
kW, 1450 rpm electric motor. The starting torque is 150% of rated torque.
The material is plain carbon steel (Sut = 410 N/mm2). While the gear is made
of grey C.I (Sut = 200 N/mm2) the factor of safety is 1.5
OR
3 a. Explain Lewis equation? CO 1 02 M
b. It is required to design a pair of spur gears with 20° full-depth involute teeth CO 1 10 M
based on the Lewis equation. The velocity factor is to be used to account for
dynamic load. The pinion shaft is connected to a 10 kW, 1440 rpm motor.
The starting torque of the motor is 150% of the rated torque. The speed
reduction is 4 : 1. The pinion as well as the gear is made of plain carbon
steel 40C8 (Sut = 600 N/mm2). The factor of safety can be taken as 1.5.
Design the gears, specify their dimensions and suggest suitable surface
hardness for the gears

4 a. A four stroke diesel engine ha the following specifications: B.P = 5 kW; CO 2 12 M

Speed = 1200 rpm; Indicated mean effective pressure = 0.35 MPa;
Mechanical efficiency = 80%; Determine-
a. Bore and length of the cylinder;
b. Thickness of the cylinder head and
c. Size of the studs for the cylinder head.
OR
5 a. Design a connecting rod for a four stroke petrol engine with the following CO 2 12 M
data: Piston diameter = 0.10 m; stroke = 0.14 m; length of connecting rod =
0.315 m; weight of reciprocating parts = 18.2 N; speed = 1500 rpm with a
possible speed over 2500 rpm; compression ratio = 4:1; probable maximum
explosion pressure = 2.45 MPa

6 a. A simple band brake operates on a drum 0.6 m in diameter that is running CO 3 08 M

at 200 rpm. The coefficient of friction is 0.25. The brake band has a contact
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of 2700 and at one end is fastened to a fixed pin and the other end to the
brake arm is 0.125 m from the pin. The straight brake arm is 0.75 m long
and is placed perpendicular to the diameter that bisects the angle of contact
What is the minimum necessary pull on the end of the brake to stop the
wheel if 30 kW of power is absorbed? What is the direction of rotation for
this minimum pull?
b. Explain the detailed design procedure of block brakes? CO 3 04 M
OR
7 a. Derive the torque transmission capacity of single plate clutch? CO 3 04 M
b. A single plate clutch is designed to transfer a power of 10 kW at 2000 rpm. CO 3 08 M
The equivalent mass and radius of gyration for the input shaft are 20 kg and
75 mm respectively. The equivalent mass and radius of gyration of output
shaft are 35 kg and 125 mm. Calculate:
a. The time required to bring the output shaft to rated speed from rest.
b. Heat generated during clutching operation

8 a. A single-row deep groove ball bearing is subjected to a radial force of 8 kN CO 4 08 M

and thrust force of 3 kN. The values of X and Y factors are 0.56 and 1.5
respectively. The shaft rotates at 1200 rpm. The diameter of the shaft is 75
mm and Bearing No. 6315 (C =112 000 N) is selected for this application.
a. Estimate the life of this bearing, with 90% reliability.
b. Estimate the reliability for 20 000 h life.
b. Explain about static load carrying capacity of a bearing CO 4 04 M
OR
9 a. Why lubrication is done? Differentiate between hydrostatic and CO 4 04 M
hydrodynamic lubrication
b. The following data is given for full hydrodynamic bearing: radial load = 1200 CO 4 08 M
N, journal speed = 1440 rpm, journal diameter = 50 mm, static load on
journal bearing = 350 N. the values of surface roughness of journal and
bearing is 2 and 1. The minimum oil thickness should be 05 times the sum of
surface roughness of journal and bearing. Calculate: radial clearance,
minimum oil film thickness, viscosity of lubricant.

10 a. Classify wire ropes with neat diagrams CO 5 04 M

b. A workshop crane is lifting a load of 25 kN through a wire rope and a hook. CO 5 09 M
The weight of the hook etc. is 15 kN. The rope drum diameter may be taken
as 30 times the diameter of the rope. The load is to be lifted with an
acceleration of 1 m/s2. Calculate the diameter of the wire rope. Take a
factor of safety of 6 and Young’s modulus for the wire rope 80 kN/mm2. The
ultimate stress may be taken as 1800 MPa. The cross-sectional area of the
wire rope may be taken as 0.38 times the square of the wire rope diameter
OR
11 a. Explain in detail the classification of composite materials CO 5 06 M
b. Explain the stresses in wire ropes CO 5 06 M