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I B.Tech Regular Examinations, Apr/May 2007
ENGINEERING MECHANICS
( Common to Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Metallurgy & Material
Technology, Aeronautical Engineering and Automobile Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. Determine the resultant of the four forces and one couple that act on the plate
shown.
{As shown in the Figure1}
Figure 1
2. (a) Explain the principles of operation of a screw-jack with a neat sketch.
(b) Outside diameter of a square threaded spindle of a screw Jack is 40mm. The
screw pitch is 10mm. If the coefficient of friction between the screw and the
nut is 0.15, neglecting friction between the nut and collar, determine
i. Force required to be applied at the screw to raise a load of 2000N
ii. The efficiency of screw jack
iii. Force required to be applied at pitch radius to lower the same load of
2000N and
iv. Efficiency while lowering the load
v. What should be the pitch for the maximum efficiency of the screw and
what should be the value of the maximum efficiency.
3. (a) Show that the maximum power can be transmitted at Tmax = 3 Tc

(b) A belt embraces the shorter pulley by an angle of 1650 and runs at a speed of
1700m/min. Dimensions of the belt are width = 200mm and 8mm thickness.
It weight 1000 kg/m3 . Determine the maximum power that can be transmitted
at the above speed, if the maximum permissible stress in the belt is not to
exceed 2.5N/mm2 and µ = 0.25. [8+8]
4. (a) Deduce an equation for moment of inertia of right circular solid cone about
its generating axes of base radius ‘R’ and altitude ‘h’
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(b) Locate the centroid of a shaded area as shown in figure4b.
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5. (a) Show that the moment of inertia of a thin circular ring of mass M and mean
radius R with respect to its geometric axis is M R2 .
(b) Find out the mass moment of inertia of a right circular cone of base radius R
and mass M about the axis of the cone. [8+8]
6. (a) Ram and Rahim are sitting in cars A and B respectively. The cars are 300m
apart and at rest. Ram starts the car and moves towards B with an accelera-
tion of 0.5m/s2 . After three seconds , Rahim starts his car towards A with an
acceleration of 1m/s2 . Calculate the time and point at which two cars meet
with respect to A.
(b) A projectile is fired at a speed of 800 m/s at an angle of elevation of 500 from
the horizontal. Neglecting the resistance of air, calculate the distance of the
point along the inclined surface at which the projectile will strike the inclined
surface which makes an angle of 150 with the horizontal.
7. (a) A homogeneous sphere of radius of a=100mm and weight W=100N can rotate
freely about a diameter. If it starts from rest and gains, with constant angular
acceleration, an angular speed n=180rpm, in 12 revolutions, find the acting
moment. .
(b) A block starts from rest from‘A’ . If the coefficient of friction between all
surfaces of contact is 0.3, find the distance at which the block stop on the
horizontal plane. Assume the magnitude of velocity at the end of slope is
same as that at the beginning of the horizontal plane.
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8. A clock with a second’s pendulum is running correct time at a place where the
acceleration due to gravity is 9.81m/s2 . Find the length of the pendulum. This
clock is taken at a place where the acceleration due to gravity is 9.80m/s2 . Find
how much the clock will loose or gain in a day at this place?
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1. (a) Two forces equal to ZP and P respectively act on a particle. If first be doubled
and the second increased by 12N the direction of the resultant is unaltered,
find the value of ‘P’ ?
(b) A 675 N man stands on the middle rung of a 225 N ladder, as shown in
Figure1b. Assuming a smooth wall at B and a stop at A to prevent slipping,
find the reactions at A and B.
Figure 1b
2. A smooth circular cylinder of weight Q and radius r is supported by two semicircular
cylinders each of the same radius r and weight Q/2, as shown in Figure2. If the
coefficient of static friction between the flat faces of the semicircular cylinders and
the horizontal plane on which they rest is µ = 0.5 and friction between the cylinders
themselves is neglected, determine the maximum distance b between the centers B
and C for which equilibrium will be possible without the middle cylinder touching
the horizontal plane.
Figure 2
3. (a) Distinguish between cone pulley and loose & fast pulley drive.
(b) A shaft rotating at 200 r.p.m drives another shaft at 300 r.p.m and transmits
6KW through a belt, the belt is 100mm wide and 10mm thick. The dis-
tance between the shafts is 4000mm the smaller pulley is 500mm in diameter
calculate the stress in,
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i. Open - belt and
ii. Crossed belt. Take µ = 0.3. Neglect centrifugal tension.
4. (a) From the first principles determine product of inertia for right angle triangle
of base ‘ b’ and altitude ‘ h’.
(b) State and prove transfer formula for product of inertia.
and mass M about the axis of the cone. [8+8]
6. (a) A railway car is moving with a velocity of 20m/s. The diameter of the wheel
is 1m. The wheel is running on a straight rail without slipping. Find the
velocity of the point on the circumference at 600 in the clockwise direction
from the top at any instant.
(b) A 600mm diameter flywheel is brought uniformly from rest to a speed of
350rpm in 20 seconds. Determine the velocity and acceleration of a point on
the rim 2 seconds after starting from rest. [8+8]
moment. .
Figure 7b
8. In a mechanism, a cross-head moves in straight guide with simple harmonic motion.
At distances of 125mm and 200mm from its mean position, it has velocities of
6m/sec and 3m/sec respectively. Find the amplitude, maximum velocity and period
of vibration. If the cross-head weighs 2N, calculate the maximum force on it in the
direction of motion.
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1. Calculate the magnitude of the force supported by the pin at B for the bell crank
loaded and supported as shown.
Figure 1
2. (a) A short semicircular right cylinder of radius ‘r’ and weight ‘w’ rests on a
horizontal surface and is pulled at right angles to its geometric axis by a
horizontal force applied at the middle B of the front edge. Find the angle ‘α’
that the flat face will make with the horizontal plane just before sliding begins
if the coefficient of friction at the line of contact A is µ . The gravity force
W must be considered as acting at the center of gravity ‘C’ as shown is the
figure2a.
Figure 2a
(b) The mean diameter of the threads of a square – threaded screw is 50 mm. The
pitch of the thread is 6 mm. The coefficient of friction µ = 0.15. What force
must be applied at the end of a 600 mm lever, which is perpendicular to the
longitudinal axis of the screw to raise a load of 17.5 kN? To lower the load.
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3. A leather belt is required to transmit 9kW from a pulley 1200 mm in diameter
running at 200 r.p.m The angle embraced is 1650 and the coefficient of friction
between leather belt and pulley is 0.3. If the safe working stress for the leather
belt is 1.4N/mm2 the weight of leather is 1000Kg/m3 and the thickness of the
belt is 10mm, determine the width of the belt taking the centrifugal tension in to
account.
4. (a) Locate the centroid of given parabola bounded by x- axis the line x = a.
{As shown in the Figure4a}
Figure 4a
(b) Locate the centroid of the wire bent as shown in figure4b.
of inertia
Figure 4b
5. (a) Define mass moment of inertia and explain Transfer formula for mass moments
(b) Derive the expression for the moment of inertia of a homogeneous sphere of
radius ‘r’ and mass density‘ w’ with reference to its diameter.
6. (a) With respect to the plane motion of rigid bodies, explain

i. Instantaneous centre of Rotation
ii. Centrode
iii. Absolute and relative velocity
(b) A bomber flies along a horizontal line at an altitude of 1500m with a velocity
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i. Find at what horizontal distance before passing over a target on the
ground, a bomb should be dropped so as to hit the target on the ground.
ii. calculate the magnitude and direction of the velocity with which the bomb
will hit the target.
iii. Where will be the bomber when the bomb strikes the target? Take g =
9.81 m/sec2 .
7. If Wa :Wb :Wc is in the ratio of 3:2:1 , find the accelerations of the blocks A, B, and
C. Assume that the pulleys are weightless.
Figure 7
8. The shaft shown in the (figure8) carries two masses. The mass A is 300Kg with
radius of gyration of 0.75m and the mass B is 500Kg with radius of gyration of
0.9m. Determine the frequency of torsional vibrations. It is desired to have the
node at the mid-section of the shaft of 120mm diameter by changing the diameter
of the section having a 90mm diameter. What will be the new diameter?
Figure 8
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1. Find the reactions Ra and Rb induced at the supports A and B of the right-angle
bar ACB supported as shown in Figure1 and subjected to a vertical load P applied
at the mid-point of AC.
Figure 1
2. The vertical position of the 100-kg block is adjusted by the screw-activated wedge.
Calculate the moment M which must be applied to the handle of the screw to raise
the block. The single-threaded screw has square threads with a mean diameter of
30 mm and advances 10 mm for each complete turn. The coefficient of friction for
the screw threads is 0.25, and the coefficient of friction for all mating surfaces of
the block and wedge is 0.40. Neglect friction at the ball joint A.
Figure 2
3. (a) Distinguish between cone pulley and loose & fast pulley drive.
(b) A shaft rotating at 200 r.p.m drives another shaft at 300 r.p.m and transmits
6KW through a belt, the belt is 100mm wide and 10mm thick. The dis-

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tance between the shafts is 4000mm the smaller pulley is 500mm in diameter
calculate the stress in,
i. Open - belt and
ii. Crossed belt. Take µ = 0.3. Neglect centrifugal tension.
4. (a) Explain the terms:

i. Moment of inertia
ii. Polar moment of inertia
iii. Product of inertia
(b) Locate the centroid of the shaded area
and mass M about the axis of the cone.
Figure 4b
[8+8]
6. (a) A particle under a constant deceleration is moving in a straight line and covers
a distance of 20m in first two seconds and 40m in the next 5 seconds. Calcu-
late the distance it covers in the subsequent 3 seconds and the total distance
covered, before it comes to rest.
(b) Deduce the general expression to determine the maximum height and horizon-
tal range of projectile.
moment. .
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8. (a) Explain how a simple pendulum differ from a compound pendulum, briefly
with the help of differential mathematical equations.
(b) Determine the stiffness in N/cm of a vertical spring to which a weight of 50
N is attached and is set vibrating vertically. The weight makes 4 oscillations
per second.
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