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(a) 395 (b) 790
One Mark Questions (c) 1580 (d) 3 160

0 1. Which of the following statement is correct? 03. C onsider a slider crank mechanism with
(GATE-ME-01) nonzero masses and inertia. A constant

(a) Flywheel reduces speed fluctuations torque 't is applied on the crank as shown in

during a cycle for a constant load, but the figure. Which of the following plots best
flywheel does not control the mean resembles variation of crank angle, 0 versus
speed of the engine if the load changes. time
(b) Flywheel does not reduce speed
fluctuations during a cycle for a
constant load, but flywheel does control
the mean speed of the engine if the load
changes
(c) Governor control a speed fluctuations (GATE-15 -Set 1)
during a cycle for a constant load, but (b)
(a)
governor does not control the mean
speed of the engine if the load changes. e e
(d) Governor controls speed fluctuations
during a cycle for a constant load, and time
governor also controls the mean speed
of the engine if the load changes.

(c) (d)
02. A circular solid disc of uniform thickness
20mm, radius 200mm and mass 20kg, is e e
used as a fly wheel. If it rotates at 600 rpm,
time
the kinetic energy of the flywheel, in joules
1s (GATE-ME-12)

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in kinetic energy is found to be 400 Nm.

Two Marks Questions The inertia of the flywheel in kgm2 is
(GATE-ME-07)
01. A flywheel of moment of inertia 9.8 kg m 2
(a) 0. 1 0 (b) 0.20 (c) 0.30 (d) 0.40
fluctuates by 30 rpm for a fluctuation in
energy of 1 936 Jouls. The mean speed of 05. A flywheel connected to a punching
the flywheel is (in rpm) (GATE-ME-98) machine has to supply energy of 400 Nm
(a) 600 (b) 900 (c) 968 (d) 29470 while running at a mean angular speed of 20
rad/s. If the total fluctuation of speed is not
02. For a certain engine having an average to exceed ±2%, the mass moment of inertia
speed of 1 200 rpm, a flywheel approximated of the flywheel in kg-m2 is
as a solid disc, is required for keeping the (GATE-ME-13)
fluctuation of speed within 2% about the (a) 25 (b) 50 (c) 1 00 (d) 1 25
average speed. The fluctuation of kinetic
energy per cycle is found to be 2kJ. What is 06. Consider a flywheel whose mass M is
the least possible mass of the flywheel if its distributed almost equally between a heavy,
diameter is not to exceed l m? ring-like rim of radius R and a concentric
(GATE-ME-03) disk-like feature of radius R/2. Other parts
(a) 40 kg (b) 51 kg of the flywheel, such as spokes, etc, have
(c) 62 kg (d) 73 kg negligible mass. The best approximation for
a, if the moment of inertia of the fly wheel
03. If Cf is the coefficient of speed fluctuation of about its axis of rotation is expressed as
a flywheel then the ratio of ffimax/ffimin will be (GATE-ME-14)
(GATE-ME-06)
1-2Cr 2-Cr 07. Maximum fluctuation of kinetic energy in an
(a) (b)
1 + 2Cr 2 + Cr engine has been calculated to be 2600 J.
1-2Cr 2 + Cr Assuming that the engine runs at an average
(c) (d)
1- 2Cr 2-Cr speed of 200 rpm, the polar mass moment of
inertia (in kg.m2) of a flywheel to keep the
04. The speed of an engine varies from 2 10
(GATE-ME-14)
speed fluctuation within ±0.5% of the
rad/s to 1 90 rad/s. During cycle the change average speed is __

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08. Torque and angular speed data over one 09. The torque (in N-m) exerted on the crank
cycle for a shaft carrying a flywheel are shaft of a two stroke engine can be describeq
shown in the figures. The moment of inertia as T=l OOOO+ 1 000sin20-1 200 cos20, where
(in kg.m2) of the flywheel is __ 0 is the crank angle as measured from inner
(GATE-ME-14) dead center position. Assuming the resisting
torque to be constant, the power (in kW)
Tor ue

3000 N-m .......... . developed by the engine at 1 00 rpm is

(GATE -15 _;Set 3)
3n/2 2n
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7t
0 n/2
-1 500 N-
_____.
....................... ....__ 10. An engme, connected with a flywheel, is
designed to operate at an average angular
speed of 800 rpm. During operation of the
Angular speed

engine, the maximum change in kinetic

energy in a cycle is found to be 6240 J. In
1 0 rad/s order to keep the fluctuation of the angular
speed within ± 1 % of its average value, the
moment of inertia (in kg-m2) of the flywheel
should be _____. (GATE - PI-16)

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