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This document contains 9 multiple choice questions about mechanical engineering concepts like shaft design, stress calculations, pulley systems, and thrust washers. The questions involve calculating things like modulus of elasticity, shear stress, shaft diameters, beam dimensions, lifting efficiencies, and maximum loads based on given torque, power, speed, material properties, and dimensional specifications.

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Instruction: Solve The Following Problems

This document contains 9 multiple choice questions about mechanical engineering concepts like shaft design, stress calculations, pulley systems, and thrust washers. The questions involve calculating things like modulus of elasticity, shear stress, shaft diameters, beam dimensions, lifting efficiencies, and maximum loads based on given torque, power, speed, material properties, and dimensional specifications.

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Adriel John
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MACHINE DESIGN 1 6.

Compute the nominal shear stress at the


PLATE 1 surface, in MPa, for a 50 mm diameter shaft that
Instruction: Solve the following problems is subjected to a torque of 0.48 kN-m.
completely. Write your answer before each
number. Strictly NO ERASURES and show your a) 16.95 b) 21.65
COMPLETE SOLUTION.
c) 19.56 d) 25.12
1. What modulus of elasticity in tension is
7. A 50-mm diameter shaft is to transmit 12 kW
required to obtain a unit deformation of 0.00105
from a load producing a unit tensile stress of power at a speed of 500 rpm, determine the
3163.27 kg/cm2? mean diameter of the pin, under double shear,
for a material having a safe unit stress of 40
N/mm2.
a) 40 x 106 psi b) 43 x 106 psi
a) 11.08 mm b) 12.08 mm
c) 45 x 106 psi d) 46 x 106 psi
c) 13.08 mm d) 10.08 mm

2. The transmitted torque of a hollow shaft is 8. A simple beam, 48 in. long, with a static load
3400 N-m at a shearing stress of 55 MPa. If the of 6000 lbs at the center is made of the C1020
outside diameter is 1.25 times that of the inside structural steel. Determine the dimensions
diameter, what is the inside diameter, in mm?
based on the yield strength with Sy= 48 ksi &
a) 64.87 b) 46.87
factor of safety based on yield strength = 2.
c) 84.67 d) 74.64 (note: h=2b)

A. b= 1 3/8 and h= 3 ¼

3. A round steel shaft transmits 0.75 Hp at 1750 B. b= 1 5/8 and h=3 5/16
rpm. The shaft is subjected to torsion only and
the design stress is 7000 psi. Determine the C. b= 1 5/8 and h= 2 ¼
diameter.
a) 0.37 inch b) 0.27 inch D. b= 1 3/8 and h=2 3/16

c) 0.72 inch d) 0.57 inch 9. A hoist is connected to a pulley for lifting of


heavy loads. It is then coupled to an engine
having a working torque of 2kN and an angular
4. What diameter of a steel shaft is required to speed of 300 rpm. If the hoist is capable of lifting
transmit 2 200 Hp at 2 000 rpm with a maximum
a 4500 kg load, at a height of 6 m in 10 seconds.
fiber stress in the shaft of 15 000 psi? Use the
standard commercial size. What is the efficiency of this machine if the
a) 2.75 inches b) 3 inches frictional losses from the gearbox of the coupler
accounts to 15 percent of the output power?
c) 2.95 inches d) 3.125 inches
a. 34.57 %

5. A thrust washer has an inside diameter of b. 35.83 %


12.7 mm and an outside diameter of 76.2 mm.
For an allowable bearing pressure of 90 psi, c. 38.53 %
determine the axial load that the washer can
sustain.
a) 618.5 lb b) 537.2 lb d. 35.47 %

c) 702.2 lb d) 871.2 lb

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