ME 452: Machine Design II Spring Semester 2017

Name of Student: ____________________________________________________

Circle your lecture division number: Division 1 Division 2

9:30 am – 10:20 am 1:30 pm – 2:20 pm

FINAL EXAM
Thursday, May 4th, 8:00 am – 10:00 am

MTHW 210 AND LILY 3118

OPEN BOOK AND CLOSED NOTES

For full credit you must show your solutions clearly and logically on the sheets of paper attached to the
end of each problem.

Use only the blank pages for your solutions and write on one side of the paper only. In general, do not
write your work on the exam pages unless instructed to do so.

Draw any free body diagrams, and other diagrams, clearly and to a reasonable size.

Staple each problem separately at the end of the exam with this cover sheet in front of Problem 1.

Problem 1 (25 points)

Problem 2 (25 points)

Problem 3 (25 points)

Problem 4 (25 points)

Total (100 points)

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Problem 1 (25 points). The gear of the commercial spur gearset shown in Figure 1 is rotating at 500
rpm and transmits 6 horsepower to the pinion. The pitch diameter of the pinion is 5 inches, the diametral
pitch of the gear is 5 inches 1, and the gear ratio is 2. The gear has full-depth teeth with a pressure angle
of 20 o and a face width of 0.8 inches. The gear is subjected to a light shock load and the pinion to a
moderate shock load where the loads are applied at the tips of the teeth. The gear and pinion operate at
room temperature. The gear is nitrided through-hardened grade 2 steel with a Brinell hardness
H B  300. The known AGMA factors for the gear are: dynamic factor K v  1.25, size factor K s  1.0,
and load distribution factor K m  1.0. The backup ratio for the gear is m B  1.5. Determine:
(i) The load transmitted by the gearset.
(ii) The AGMA bending stress on the teeth of the gear.
(iii) The AGMA safety factor guarding against bending fatigue failure for the gear for 108 load cycles
and 95 percent reliability.

Gear

Input

Pinion
Output

Figure 1. A spur gearset (Not drawn to scale).

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Problem 2 (25 points). The mean coil diameter of a linear helical compression spring is 2.25 inches and
the spring index is 9. The spring has squared and ground ends and is placed between two flat parallel
plates as shown in Figure 2. The spring material is music wire A228 and the spring is set and peened.
When the spring is subjected to a preload of 45 lbs, the distance between the parallel plates is 5 inches
(as shown on the left). The spring is then subjected to a fluctuating load and at the maximum working
load of 95 lbs, the distance between the parallel plates is 3.75 inches (as shown on the right). Determine:
(i) The number of active coils (round up to the nearest quarter of a coil).
(ii) The free length and the shut height of the spring.
(iii) The alternating component and the mean component of the shear stress.
(iv) The fatigue factor of safety for the spring using the Gerber-Zimmerli failure criterion.

F = 45 lbs

F = 95 lbs

5 in

3.75 in

F = 45 lbs F = 95 lbs

Figure 2. The loads acting on the compression spring (Not drawn to scale).

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Name of Student: __________________________________Circle one: Division 1 Division 2

Problem 3 (25 points). A UNF 3/ 4 inch - 16 SAE grade 8 steel bolt with rolled threads is used to
clamp two identical plates together. Each plate is 1.5 inches thick as shown in Figure 3. The length of
the bolt is 3.75 inches and the diameter of the washer face under the bolt head is d w  1.5 d (where d is
the diameter of the bolt shank). The half-apex angle of the pressure cone distribution in the plates is
  300. The bolt is preloaded to 30 x 103 lbs and then the bolted connection is subjected to an external
load which fluctuates between 6 x 103 lbs and 9 x 103 lbs. The modulus of elasticity of the bolt is
E  30 x 106 lbs/in 2 and the modulus of elasticity of each plate is E  36 x 106 lbs/in 2 . Determine:
b p
(i) The stiffness of the bolt and the total stiffness of the plates (use the pressure-cone method).
(ii) The factor of safety guarding against joint separation.
(iii) The load factor, that is, the factor of safety guarding against overloading.
(iv) The factor of safety guarding against fatigue for the bolt using the modified Goodman criterion.

1.5 in

1.5 in

Figure 3. Two identical plates clamped together by a bolt (Not drawn to scale).
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Problem 4 (25 points). An actuating force is applied at point A on the arm of the external rim-type
brake shown in Figure 4. The radius of the drum is 5 inches, the distance from the hinge pin O to the
center of the drum C is 7 inches, and the distance from point C to point A is 9 inches. The drum is
rotating counterclockwise, the shoe lining material is cermet, and the face width of the shoe is 3 inches.
(i) Determine the magnitude of the limiting actuating force F acting at point A.
(ii) Determine the braking capacity of the brake.
(iii) Determine the magnitude and direction of the reaction force at pin O. Show this force on Figure 4.

OC = 7 inches CA = 9 inches

Drum Rotation

r = 5 in

C A
O
30o 30o
60o

120o
F

Figure 4. The external contracting rim-type brake (Not drawn to scale).

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