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SET 1 OF 2 (UNIT 4) PROBLEM 1:- A solid shaft of 150mm diameter is used to transmit torque. Find the maximum torque transmitted by the shaft if the maximum shear stress induced to the shaft is 45N/mm2. (Answer: -29805.586N-m) PROBLEM 2:- The shearing stress in a solid shaft is not to exceed 40N/mm2 when the torque transmitted is 20000N-m. Determine the minimum diameter of the shaft. (Answer: -136.2mm) PROBLEM 3:- In a hollow shaft of outer and inner diameters of 20cm and 10cm respectively, the shear stress is not to exceed 40N/mm2. Find the maximum torque which the shaft can safely transmit. (Answer: -55875 Nm) PROBLEM 4:- Two shafts of the same material and of same lengths are subjected to the same torque, if the first shaft is of a solid circular section and the second shaft is of a hollow circular section, whose internal diameter is 2/3 of the outside diameter and the maximum shear develop in each shaft is the same, compare the weight of the shafts. (Answer: )

PROBLEM 5:- A hollow circular shaft 20mm thick transmits 300kW power at 200r.p.m. Determine the external diameter of the shaft if the shear strain due to torsion is not to exceed 0.00086. Take modulus of rigidity= N/mm2. (Answer: -107.5mm) PROBLEM 6:- A hollow shaft of external diameter 120mm transmits 300kW power at 200r.p.m. Determine the maximum internal diameter if the maximum stress in the shaft is not to exceed 60N/mm2.
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(Answer: -88.5mm) PROBLEM 7:- Find the maximum shear stress induced in a solid circular shaft of diameter 15cm when the shaft transmits 150kW at 180r.p.m. (Answer: -12N/mm2) PROBLEM 8:- A solid cylindrical shaft is to transmit 300kW power at 100r.p.m. (i) If the shear stress is not to exceed 80N/mm2, find the diameter. (ii) What percent saving in weight would be obtained if this shaft is replaced by a hollow one whose internal diameter equals to 0.6 of the external diameter, the length, the material and maximum shear stress being the same? (Answer: -122mm, 29.55%) PROBLEM 9:- A solid steel shaft has to transmit 75kW at 200r.p.m. Taking allowable shear stress as 70N/mm2, find suitable diameter for the shaft, if the maximum torque transmitted at each revolution exceeds the mean by 30%. (Answer: -70mm) PROBLEM 10:- A hollow shaft is to transmit 300kW power at 80r.p.m. if the shear stress is not to exceed 60N/mm2 and the internal diameter is 0.6 of the external diameter, find the external and the internal diameters assuming that the maximum torque is 1.4 times the means. (Answer: -Do=170mm and Di=102mm) PROBLEM 11:- A hollow shaft, having an inside diameter 60% of its outer diameter, is to replace a solid shaft transmitting the same power at the same speed. Calculate the percentage saving in material, if the material to be used is also the same. (Answer; -29.88%)

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PROBLEM 12:- Determine the diameter of a solid steel shaft which will transmit 90kW at 160r.p.m. Also determine the length of the shaft if the twist must not exceed 10 over the entire length. The maximum shear stress is limited to 60N/mm2. Take the value of modulus of rigidity= N/mm2. (Answer: -D=76.8mm, L=893.6mm) PROBLEM 13:- Determine the diameter of a solid shaft which will transmit 300kW at 250r.p.m. The maximum shear stress should not exceed 30N/mm2 and twist should not be more than 10 in a shaft length of 2m. Take modulus of rigidity= N/mm2. (Answer: -125mm) PROBLEM 14:- A hollow shaft of diameter ratio (internal diameter to outer diameter) is to transmit 375kW power at 100r.p.m. The maximum torque being 20% greater than the mean, the shear stress is not to exceed 60N/mm2 and twist in a length of 4m not to exceed 20. Calculate its external and internal diameters which would satisfy both the above condition. Take modulus of rigidity, C= N/mm2. (Answer: -Do=157mm, Di=59mm) PROBLEM 15:- A solid circular shaft transmits 75kW power at 200r.p.m. Calculate the shaft diameter, if the twist in the shaft is not to exceed 10 in 2 meters length of shaft, and shear stress is limited to 50N/mm2. Take C= N/mm2. (Answer: - 81mm) PROBLEM 16:- A hollow shaft, having an internal diameter 40% of its external diameter, transmits 562.5kW power at 100r.p.m. Determine the external diameter of the shaft if the shear stress is not to exceed 60N/mm2 and the twist in a length of 2.5m should not exceed 1.3 degrees. Assume maximum torque=1.25 mean torque and modulus of rigidity = N/mm2. (Answer: -180mm, greater of the two values)
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PROBLEM 17:- Two shafts are connected end to end by means of a flanged coupling in which there are 12 bolts, the pitch circle diameter being 25cm. The maximum shear stress is limited to 55N/mm2 in the shafts and 20N/mm2 in the bolts. If one shaft is solid of 5cm diameter and the other is hollow of 10cm external diameter, calculate the internal diameter of the hollow shaft and the bolt diameter so that both shafts and the coupling are equally strong in torsion. (Answer: -Di=96.72mm) PROBLEM 18:- A shaft is to be fitted with a flanged coupling having 8 bolts on a circle of diameter 150mm. The shaft may be subjected to either a direct tensile load of 400kN or a twisting moment of 18kNm. If the maximum direct and shearing stresses permissible in the bolt material are 125N/mm2 and 55N/mm2 respectively, find the minimum diameter of the bolt required. Assume that each bolt takes an equal share of the load or torque. (Answer: -26.35mm) PROBLEM 19:- A shaft ABC of 500mm length and 40mm external diameter is bored, for a part of its length AB, to a 20mm diameter and for the remaining length BC to a 30mm diameter bore. If the shear stress is not to exceed 80N/mm2, find the maximum power, the shaft can transmit at a speed of 200r.p.m. If the angle of twist in the length of 20mm diameter bore is equal to that in the 30mm diameter bore, find the length of the shaft that has been bored to 20mm and 30mm diameter.

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(Answer: -P=14.39kW, L1=289mm, L2=211mm) PROBLEM 20:- A steel shaft ABCD having a total length of 2.4m consists of three lengths having different sections as follows: AB is hollow having outside and inside diameters of 80mm and 50mm respectively and BC and CD are solid, BC having a diameter of 80mm and CD a diameter of 70mm. If the angle of twist is the same for each section, determine the length of each section and the total angle of twist if the maximum shear stress in the hollow portion is 50N/mm2. Take N/mm2.

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PROBLEM 21:- A hollow shaft 1m long and has external diameter 50mm. It has 20mm internal diameter for a part of the length and 30mm internal diameter for the rest of the length. If the maximum shear stress in it is not to exceed 80N/mm2, determine the maximum power transmitted by it at a speed of 300r.p.m. If the twists produced in the two portions of the shafts are equal. Find the lengths of the two portions.

(Answer: -P=53.688kW, L1=528.2mm, L2=471.8mm) PROBLEM 22:- Two solid shafts AB and BC of aluminum and steel respectively are rigidly fastened together at B and attached to two rigid supports A and C. Shaft AB is 7.5cm in diameter and 2m in length. Shaft BC is 5.5cm in diameter and 1m in length. A torque of 20000N-cm is applied at the junction B. Compute the maximum shearing stresses in each material. What is the angle of twist at the junction? Take modulus of rigidity of the materials as and .

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(Answer: -AB=0.882N/mm2, BC=3.884N/mm2, 0.0890) PROBLEM 23:- A composite shaft consists of a steel rod 60mm diameter surrounded by a closely fitting tube of brass. Find the outside diameter of the tube so that when a torque of 1000Nm is applied to the composite shaft, it will be shared equally by the two materials. Take C for steel and . Find also the maximum shear stress in each material and common angle of twist in a length of 4m.

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PROBLEM 24:- A composite shaft consists of copper rod of 30mm diameter enclosed in a steel tube of external diameter 50mm and 10mm thick. The shaft is required to transmit a torque of 1000Nm. Determine the shear stresses developed in copper and steel, if both the shafts have equal lengths and welded to a plate at each end, so that their twist are equal. Take modulus of rigidity for steel as twice that of copper. (Answer: )

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