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(Flat and V belt drive short questions)

1. How do you designate chains and V belts?
2. What is creep in belts?
3. What are the various losses in the transmission of the belt?

(Flat belt drive long questions)

1. An engine running at 150 RPM drive a line shaft means of a belt drive the engine Pulley is
750 mm diameter and the pulley on the line shaft is 450 mm and a 900 mm diameter Pulley
of the line Shaft drive a 150 mm diameter of pulley to a dynamo shaft find the speed of
dynamo shaft when

(a) There is a no slip.

(b) There is a slip of 2% of each shaft

2. Two pullies 450 mm diameter and other is 200 mm on a parallel shaft 1.95m apart connect
by the cross belt find the length of the belt angle of contact between the belt and each
pulley. What power can be transmitted by belt when larger pulley rotated 200 Revolution
per minute? If the maximum permissible tension in belt 1 KN and take coefficient of friction
0.25.
3. A leather belt 9 mm * 250 mm is used to drive a cast iron Pulley 900 mm diameter and 336
RPM if the driver on a smaller Pulley is 120° (degree) and the stress in the tight side 2 MPa.
Find the Power capacity of belt the density of the leather may be taken as 980 kg/m³ (kg per
metre cube) and the coefficient of friction of leather belt and cast iron pulley 0.35.
4. A flat belt is required to transmit 30 kW from a Pulley of 1.5 m effective diameter and
running at 300 RPM the angle of contact of spread over 11/24 of the circumference the
coefficient of friction belt and Pulley is 0.3. Determine the centrifugal tension into account.
width of the belt is required to given that the t= 9.5 mm density of material 1100 kg per
meter cube the relative permissible working stress is 2.5 MPa.
5. Design a rubber belt to drive a dynamo generating 20 kW at 2250 RPM and the fitted with a
Pulley 200 mm diameter. Assume the dynamo efficiency to be 85% allowable stress of the
belt 2.1 MPa. Density of the material 1000 kg per meter cube the angle of contact dynamo
Pulley 165 degree coefficient of the friction of belt and Pulley is 0.3.

6. A belt 100 mm wide and 10 mm thick is transmitting a power at 1000 m/min the net driving
tension 1.8 time of the tension on the slack side. if the safety permissible stress on the belt
section is 1.6 MPa. Calculate the maximum power can be transmitted at this speed. Density
of leather 1000 kg/m³ (kg per meter cube) calculate absolute maximum power that can be
transmitted by this belt and speed in which can be common be transmitted.
 (V-belt long questions)

1. a compressor require 90 KW is to run at about 250 rpm the driven is by V belt from an
electric motor running at 750 rpm the diameter of pulley in compressor shaft must be
greater than 1m. While central difference pulleys is 1.75 m belt speed should not be
1600m/min.
2. Determine the no. Of v belt require to transmit the power if each belt has the cross section
area of 375mm². And density 1000kg/m³ and allowable tensile stress 2 MPa grooves of
pulley is 35°. Coefficient of friction is 0.25 calculate the length require

Chain drive short questions

1. State any three the advantages and disadvantages of the chain drive over belt and rope
drive.
2. What do you understand by simplex, duplex and triplex chains?

Chain drive long questions

1. Write the design procedure of chain derive
2. Design a chain drive to actuate a compressor from 15 kW electric motor running at
1000 r.p.m., the compressor speed being 350 r.p.m. The minimum centre distance
is500 mm. The compressor operates 16 hours per day. The chain tension may be
adjusted by shifting the motor on slides

2. Bearing slider short questions

1. What are journal bearings? Give a classification of these bearings.

2. List the basic assumptions used in the theory of hydrodynamic lubrication.
3. List the important physical characteristics of a good bearing material.
4. What are the commonly used materials for sliding contact bearings?
5. What are rolling contact bearings?Discuss their advantages over sliding contact
bearings.
6. Write short note on classifications and different types of antifriction bearings.

Bearing slider long questions

1. Design a journal bearing for a centrifugal pump from the following data: Load on the
journal = 20 000 N; Speed of the journal = 900 r.p.m.; Type of oil is SAE 10, for
which the absolute viscosity at 55°C = 0.017 kg / m-s; Ambient temperature of oil =
15.5°C; Maximum bearing pressure for the pump = 1.5 N / mm2.Calculate also mass
of the lubricating oil required for artificial cooling, if rise of temperature of oil be
limited to 10°C. Heat dissipation coefficient = 1232 W/m2/°C.
 2. A full journal bearing of 50 mm diameter and 100 mm long has a bearing pressure of
1.4 N/mm2. The speed of the journal is 900 r.p.m. and the ratio of journal diameter to
the diametral clearance is 1000. The bearing is lubricated with oil whose absolute
viscosity at the operating temperature of 75°C may be taken as 0.011 kg/m-s. The
room temperature is 35°C. Find 1. The amount of artificial cooling required, and 2.
The mass of the lubricating oil required, if the difference between the outlet and inlet
temperature of the oil is 10°C. Take specific heat of the oil as1850 J / kg / °C.
1. What are rolling contact bearings? Discuss their advantages over sliding contact
bearings.
2. Explain how the following factors influence the life of a bearing:
(a) Load (b) Speed (c) Temperature (d) Reliability

3.Flywheel short questions

1. How a flywheel does is differ from governor?

2. Define coefficient of fluctuation of energy in flywheel
3. List the stresses produced in a flywheel arm
4. Why the arm of a flywheel is tapered?

1. The turning moment diagram for a petrol engine is drawn to the following

Turning moment, 1 mm = 5 N-m;

Crank angle, 1 mm = 1º

The turning moment diagram repeats itself at every half revolution of the engine and the
areas above and below the mean turning moment line, taken in order are 295, 685, 40, 340,
960, 270 mm2.Determine the mass of 300 mm diameter flywheel rim when the coefficient of
fluctuation of speed is 0.3% and the engine runs at 1800 r.p.m. Also determine the cross-
section of the rim when the width of the rim is twice of thickness. Assume
density of rim material as 7250 kg / m3.

2. The intercepted areas between the output torque curve and the mean resistance line of
a turning moment diagram for a multicylinder engine, taken in order from one end are
as follows:– 35, + 410, – 285, + 325, – 335, + 260, – 365, + 285, – 260 mm2.The
diagram has been drawn to a scale of 1 mm = 70 N-m and 1 mm = 4.5°. The engine
speed is 900 r.p.m. and the fluctuation in speed is not to exceed 2% of the mean
speed. Find the mass and cross-section of the flywheel rim having 650 mm mean
diameter. The density of the material of the flywheel may be taken as 7200 kg / m3.
 The rim is rectangular with the width 2 times the thickness. Neglect effect of arms,
etc.
3. Single cylinder double acting steam engine develops 150 kW at a mean speed of 80
r.p.m. The coefficient of fluctuation of energy is 0.1 and the fluctuation of speed is ±
2% of mean speed. If the mean diameter of the flywheel rim is 2 meters and the hub
and spokes provide 5 % of the rotational inertia of the wheel, find the mass of the
flywheel and cross-sectional area of the rim. Assume the density of the flywheel
material (which is cast iron) as 7200 kg / m3.

4.(Spring short questions)

1. When the use of non-circular section wire spring is recommended?

2. What is the function of a centre bolt in a leaf spring?
3. What is nip as applicable to leaf spring?
4. Give four uses of conical helical springs.
5. What is double helical gear?
6. How do we express the life of the spring?
7. How do we express the life of the spring? How are average life and rating life
related?
8. Differentiate between open coiled and closed coiled helical spring. Give one usage of
each.
9. What is Wahl’s factor? Why it is used in design of helical spring?

(Spring long questions)

1. A compression coil spring made of and alloy steel is having following specification mean
diameter of coil 50 mm, wire diameter 5 mm, no. Of active coil 20, if this spring subjected to
an axial load of 500N. Calculate the max. Shear stress (neglecting the curvature effect) to
which the spring material is subjected.
2. A helical spring made from wire 6 mm dia. Outer diameter is 75mm is the permissible shear
stress 350 MPa and modules of rigidity is 84 KN/mm² find the axial load which the spring can
carry and deflection, no. Of coil.
3. Design a helical compression spring for a max. Load of 1000N for a deflection of 25mm using
the value of spring index as 5, the max permissible shear stress for spring wire 420 MPa and
modules of rigidity is 84 KN/mm² take whirl factor (K)
4. Design a compression helical spring to carry a load of 500N with a deflection of 25 mm the
spring index may be taken as 8. Assume that following values for the spring material

(a) Permissible shear stress 350MPa

(b) Modules of rigidity 84KN/mm²

(c) K
 5. A spiral spring is made of a flat stick 6 mm wide and 0.25 mm thick the length is 2.5 m
assume that max stress 800 MPa to occur at the point of greatest bending moment calculate
the bending moment, no. Of turn to wind up the spring and stress energy stored in the
spring take E= 200 KN/mm²

5.(Short Questions clutch)

1. Name a few automatic clutches

2. Name any two positive contact clutches.
3. Name any two positive contact clutches. What are the limitation of a positive contact
clutch?
(Long Questions clutch)
1. Determine the maximum and minimum and average pressure in a flat plate clutch where the
axial force is 4 KN and the inside radius of contact surface 50 mm and the outer side radius is
100 mm assume the uniform wear.
2. A plate clutch having a single disc plate with contact surface on each side is required to transmit
110 KW at 1250 rpm and the outer diameter of surface is 300 mm and the coefficient of friction
is 0.4.

Part A: uniform wear pressure of 0.17 N/mm² determine the inner radius of friction surface.

Part B: assuming the same dimension and same total axial thrust determine the maximum
torque and transmitting maximum intensity of pressure when uniform wear condition have been
reached.

3. Single plate clutch effective on both side is required to transmit 25 KW and 300 RPM determine
the outer inner radius of friction surface is coefficient of friction is 0.25 ratio of diameter is 1.25
and the maximum pressure not to exceed 0.1 N/mm² also determine the axial thrust to be
provided on the springs assume the theory of uniform wear.
4. A multi disc clutch having 3 disc on the driving shaft and the 2 on the driven shaft inside
diameter of contact surface is 120 mm and the maximum pressure between the surface is
limited 0.1 N/mm² design the clutch for transmitting 25 KW at 1575 RPM assume uniform wear
condition.

5. A multi disc clutch have 5 plate having 4 pair of active friction surface if the intensity of
pressure is not to exceed 0.127 N/mm² find the power transmitted as 500 RPM the outer and
inner radius of friction surface is 125 mm, 75 mm respectively assume the uniform wear
condition Tech operation operation is 0.3.

6. A centrifugal clutch is to be designed to transmit 15 KW at 900 RPM the shoes of 4 in number.

The speed at the engaged beginning 3/4 of the running speed the inside radius of pulley Rim
150 mm the shower lining for which coefficient of friction taken as 0.25
1: determine mass of shoe

2: size of shoe.

6.Brake short questions

1. How does the function of a brake differ from that of a clutch?
2. What are the thermal considerations in brake design?
3. Discuss the different types of brakes giving at least one practical application for each.
4. What is a self-energizing brake? When a brake becomes self-locking.