9.

a) A vibrating system consist of mass 8kg and spring of stiffness of

5.6N/mm and a dash pot of damping co-efficient of 40NM/S.Find
Part - A (Answer all) 7 X 2 = 14 Marks i) Critical damping Co-efficient
1. Can a single cylinder engine be fully balanced? Why? ii) Damping factor
2. Define swaying couple. iii) Natural frequency of damped vibration.
3. Define tractive force in a two cylinder locomotive engine and state iv) logarithmic decrement
when its magnitude is maximum and minimum. v) Ratio of two consecutive amplitude
4. What are the conditions required for complete balancing of (Or)
reciprocating parts?
b) A shaft 30mm diameter and 1.5m long has a mass of 16kg/m.It is
5. Why complete balancing of reciprocating masses is not possible in a
simply supported bean and carries isolated three load 1KN,1.5KN and
single cylinder engine?
2KN at 0.4m,0.6m and 0.8m respectively from left support. Find the
6. Define logarithmic decrement.
frequency of transverse vibration 1.Neglecting mass,2. Considering mass
7. What are the causes and effects of vibrations?
. Part - C(Answer all) 1X10=10 Marks
Part - B (Answer all) 2X13 = 26 Marks
10.a) A stepped shaft is 0.05m in diameter for the first 0.6m,0.08m in
8. a)The following data refer to an outside cylinder uncoupled
diameter for neat 1.8m and 0.03m in diameter for remaining 0.25m.while
locomotive the 0.05m end is fixed, the 0.03m diameter end of shaft carries of mass of
. Mass of reciprocating parts per cylinder = 350 kg inertia 14.7kg/m2 if modulus of rigidity of shaft material is
Angle between cranks = 900
0.8X1011N/m2.find the natural frequency of torsion vibration, neglecting
Crank radius = 0.3 m
Cylinder centers = 1.8 m the inertia effect of Shaft
Radius of balance masses = 0.8 m (Or)
Wheel centers = 1.5 m b) Find the equation of motion for the spring mass dashpot system
If whole of the rotating and 2/3 rd of the reciprocating parts are to be balanced shown in figure.For i)
in planes of the driving wheels find (i) magnitude and angular positions of
balance masses (ii) speed in km/hr at which the wheel will lift off the rails when
the load on each driving wheels is 30 kN and the diameter of tread driving
wheels is 1.8 m and (iii) swaying couple at speed found in (ii) plane.
(Or)
b) A four cylinder inline engine has two outer cranks placed at 120 0 apart
and their individual reciprocating masses are 200 kg. The distances
between cranks are 200mm, 600mm and 500mm respectively. The crank
radius is 300 mm and length of connecting rod is 1200mm.The crank
rotates at 340 rpm. If the engine is to be incomplete primary balance, find
the reciprocating masses and relative angular positions for each of the
inner cranks. Also find the magnitude of secondary unbalanced force.