NELLIANDAVAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
PUDHUPALAYAM
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MODEL EXAM
DEPARTMENT : MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEM: V
COURSE TITLE : DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS CODE: ME 3591
MAX MARKS: 100 DURATION: 3 hrs
Q. BT
QUESTION MARKS CO
NO. LEVEL
PART - A
1 What is the factor of safety, why it is important in design? 2 CO1 BT1
2 List out the various phases of design process. 2 CO1 BT1
3 List out types of stresses that induced in shafts. 2 CO2 BT2
4 Differentiate between keys and splines. 2 CO2 BT2
5 What is knuckle joint, and where is it typically used? 2 CO3 BT1
6 What is a transverse fillet weld? 2 CO3 BT1
7 List two common types of springs and their applications. 2 CO4 BT2
8 List out the main function of a flywheel in an engine. 2 CO4 BT2
9 List the physical characteristics of a good bearing material. 2 CO5 BT1
10 Why ball and roller bearings are called “antifriction” bearings? 2 CO5 BT2
PART- B
a) An electric generator rotates at 200rpm and receives 300KW from
the driving engine. The armature of the generator is 60cm long and
located between bearing 120cm center to center. Owing to the
11.a) combined weight of armature and magnetic pull, the shaft is 13 CO1 BT1
subjected to 9000kg acting at right angles to the shaft. The ultimate
stress for the shaft is 4480kg/cm 2 and shear stress is
3920kg/[Link] the diameter of the shaft for a f actor of safety of 6.
OR
A shaft to transmit 50KW at 1200rpm. It is also subjected to a
bending moment of [Link] shear stress is 60N/mm [Link]
b) 13 CO1 BT2
shaft is not to twist more than 20 in a length of
2m.G=80XI03N/[Link] a shaft
A 45mm diameter shaft is made of steel with yield strength of
400 MPa. A parallel key of size 14mm wide and 9mm thick
made of steel with yield strength of 340 MPa is to be used.
12. a) 13 CO2 BT5
Find the required length of key. If the shaft is loaded to
transmit the maximum permissible torque. Use maximum
shear stress theory and assume a factor of safety of 2.
OR
A shaft to transmit 50KW at 1200rpm. It is also subjected to a
bending moment of [Link] shear stress is 60N/mm [Link]
shaft is not to twist more than 20 in a length of
b) 13 CO2 BT3
2m.G=80XI03N/[Link] a shaft.
A steel member is subjected to a 3-D stress system and resulting
principal stress are 120N/mm2 tension, 80N/mm2and 40N/mm2
13.a) compression. If the proportional limit of the material in simple 13 CO3 BT2
tension is 280N/mm2 and its poison's ratio is [Link] the
factor of safety according to (a) Maximum principal stress theory (b)
Maximum principal strain theory (c) Maximum shear stress theory.
OR
Design and draw a cast iron flange coupling for a mild steel shaft
transmitting 90KW at 250rpm. The allowable shear stress in the
b) shaft is 40MPa and the angle of twist is not to exceed 10mm in a 13 CO3 BT2
length of 20mm diameters. The allowable shear stress in the
coupling bolt is 30MPa.
OR
A safety valve of 60 mm diameter is to blow off at a pressure
of 1.2 N/mm2. It is held on its seat by a close coiled helical
spring. The maximum lift of the valve is 10 mm. Design a
suitable compression spring of spring index 5 and providing an
initial compression of 35 mm. The maximum shear stress in
14.a) 13 CO4 BT2
the material of the wire is limited to 500 MPa. The modulus of
rigidity for the spring material is 80 kN/mm 2. Calculate: 1.
Diameter of the spring wire, 2. Mean coil diameter, 3. Number
of active turns, and 4. Pitch of the coil.
A composite spring has two closed coil helical springs as
shown in Fig. The outer spring is 15 mm larger than the inner
spring. The outer spring has 10 coils of mean diameter 40 mm
and wire diameter 5mm. The inner spring has 8 coils of mean
b) diameter 30 mm and wire diameter 4 mm. When the spring is 13 CO4 BT5
subjected to an axial load of 400 N, find (1) compression of
each spring, (2) load shared by each spring, and (3) shear
stress induced in each spring. The modulus of rigidity may be
taken as 84 kN/[Link] dimensions in mm
Design a journal bearing for a centrifugal pump with the
following data: load on the journal = 2000N, Speed of journal
= 900rpm, type of oil is SAE10, for which the absolute
15.a) viscosity at 55 degree Celsius= 0.017 kg/m-s. Ambient 13 CO5 BT5
temperature of oil=15.5 degree Celsius. Calculate the mass of
the lubricating oil required for artificial cooling.
OR
Load on a hydrodynamic full journal bearing is 30KN. The
diameter and speed of a shaft are 150 mm respectively.
Diameter clearance 0.2 mm. Summerfield number is 0.631.
b) 13 CO6 BT1
L/D ratio 1:1. Calculate temperature rise of oil, quantity of oil,
heat generated and types of oil required.
PART-C
A hollow shaft of 0.5 m outside diameter and 0.3 m inside
diameter is used to drive a propeller of a marine vessel. The
shaft is mounted on bearings 6 metre apart and it transmits
5600 kW at 150 r.p.m. The maximum axial propeller thrust is
16.a) 15 CO1 BT3
500 kN and the shaft weighs 70 kN. Determine (1) The
maximum shear stress developed in the shaft, and [Link]
angular twist between the bearings.
OR
1. The shaft of an overhang crank is subjected to a force F of
2KN as shown in figure 1 below. The shaft is made of 30Mn2
2
steel having allowable shear strength equal to100N/mm .
Determine the diameter of the shaft.
b) 15 CO2 BT5
COURSE OUTCOMES:
SLNO QUESTION NUMBER CO’S
1 1,2,11a,11b,16a CO1
2 3,4,12a,12b,16b CO2
3 5,6,13a,13b CO3
4 7,8,14a,14b CO4
5 9,10,15a,15b CO5
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY:
BT1-Remember, BT2- Understand, BT3 –Apply, BT4- Analyse, BT5-Evaluate, BT6 - Create
Level BT1 BT2 BT3 BT4 BT5 BT6
Percentage 31% 40% 13.6% - 18.18%
COURSE INSTUCTOR HOD PRINCIPAL
