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1. A single square thread power screw is to raise a load of 70 kN.
The screw has a major

diameter of 36 mm and a pitch of 6 mm. The coefficient of thread friction and collar
friction are 0.13 and 0.10 respectively. If the collar mean diameter is 90 mm and the
screw turns at 60rpm, find the combined efficiency of screw and collar.
2. Find the horsepower required to drive a power screw lifting a load of 4000 lbs. A 2 and
½ inches double square thread with two threads/in is to be used. The friction radius of
the collar is 2 inches and the coefficients of friction are 0.1 for the threads and 0.15
for the collar. The velocity of the nut is 10 ft/min.
3. A leather belt 6 inches by ¼ in. thick running at 4000 ft/min. connects 12 in and 60 in.
in diameter pulleys. The angles of contact are 270 deg. And 240 deg for small and
large pulleys respectively. Coefficient of friction on large pulley is 0.4 on small pulley
0.3. if the allowable tension is 100 lb per in. determine the maximum horsepower that
can be transmitted without considering centrifugal force.
4. A 10" diameter pulley is belt driven with a net torque of 250 ft-lbs. The ratio of tensions
in the tight to stack sides of the belt is 4 to 1. What is the maximum tension in the belt?
5. A multiple disc clutch of 10 steel disc and 9 bronze disc. the effective outside and
inside diameter are 20.32 cm and 15.24 cm, respectively if the axial force of 450
Newton is applied and the shaft turns at 1200 rpm, find the horsepower capacity,
assume a coefficient of friction of 0.27.
6. The large diameter and face of the disk of a multiple disk clutch are 255 mm and 25
mm respectively the helical compression spring used to engage the clutch has 9 and
1/2 effective coils of 10 mm steel wire. the outer coil diameter is 80 mm. the free length
of the spring is 185 mm. when in place with clutch engaged, its length is 130 mm.
Assuming that there is 10 pairs of friction surface in contact, that the motor runs at
1200 rpm, f=0.15, determine axial force available for the clutch.
7. A cast iron flywheel with a mean diameter of 36 inches changes speed from 300 rpm
to 280 while it gives up 8000 ft-lb of energy. What is the coefficient of fluctuation?
8. Find the rim thickness for a cast iron flywheel with a width of 200 mm, a mean diameter
of 1.2 in a normal operating speed of 300 rpm, a coefficient fluctuation of 0.05 and
which is capable of handling 3000 N-m of kinetic energy. Assume that the hub and
arms represent 10% of the rim weight and the specific weight of cast iron is 7200 kg/m³
9. A flywheel has a mean diameter of 4 ft and is required to handle 2200 ft-lb of kinetic
energy. The flywheel has a width of 8in. Normal operating speed is 300 rpm and the
coefficient of fluctuation is to be 0.05. Find the weight of the rim assuming that the
arms and hub are equivalent is 10% of the specific weight.
10. A thin walled cylindrical pressure vessel is subjected to internal pressure which varies
from 750 kPa to 3350 kPa continuously. The diameter of the shell is 150 cm. Find the
required thickness of the cylinder based on yield point of 480 MPa net endurance limit
of 205 MPa and a factor of safety of 2.5.
11. A storage tank of air, 36 in. in diameter, is to withstand an internal pressure of 200 psi
with a design factor of 4 based on Su. The steel has the strength equivalent of C1020
annealed and the welded joints should have a relative strength (efficiency) of 90%.
Compute St given that for annealed C1020 steel the value of Su is 57 ksi.
12. A cylinder having an internal diameter of 508 mm and external diameter if 914.4 mm
is subjected to an internal pressure of 69 MPa and an external pressure of 14 MPa.
Determine the hoop stress at the inner surface of the cylinder.
13. A single threaded trapezoidal metric thread has a pitch of 4 mm, and a mean diameter
of 18 mm. It is used as a translation screw in conjunction with a collar having an
outside diameter of 37 mm and an inside diameter of 27 mm. Find the required torque
in N-m to raise a load of 400 kg if the coefficient of friction is 0.3 for both thread and
collar.
14. A single square thread power screw is to rotate a load of 70 kN. The screw has a
major diameter of 36 mm and pitch of 6 mm. The coefficient of thread friction and
collar friction are 0.13 and 0.10 respectively. If the collar mean diameter is 90 mm and
the screw turns 60 rpm, find the axial linear speed of the screw
15. A double thread ACME screw driven by a motor at 400 rpm raises the attached load
of 900 kg at a speed of 10 m/min. The screw has a pitch diameter of 36 mm, the
coefficient of friction on threads is 0.15. The friction torque on the thrust bearing of the
motor is taken as 20% of the total input. Compute the lead angle.
16. A compression ring is to be used at the junction of a conical head and shell. Determine
the required area of a compression ring if the pressure is 50 psi and the stress is
13750 psi. Assume efficiency of the joint is 80%.
17. Pressurized water at 1.37 MPa is stored in a steel cylindrical tank 1.4 meters in
diameter. If the allowable tangential stress is 8.5 MPa, compute the required wall
thickness of the tank.
18. A cylinder having an internal diameter of 20 in and external diameter of 36 in is
subjected to an internal pressure of 10000 psi and an external pressure of 2500 psi.
Determine the hoop stress at the inner surface of the cylinder.
19. The shell plates of a boiler 4.5 m diameter are 42 mm thick and the tensile strength of
the material is 495 MPa. The efficiency of the longitudinal seams is 85% and that of
the circumferential seams 85%. Find the working pressure allowing a factor of safety
of 5.
20. A plate clutch has a single pair of mating surface 30 cm outside diameter and 22.5 cm
inside diameter. The maximum pressure was found to be 825 kPa considering the
coefficient of friction of 0.25. Find the power that can be handled based on the drive
that rotates 200 rpm considering that this clutch has been used already or this clutch
is already installed.
21. How much torque can a cone clutch transmit if the angle of conical elements is 10
degrees, the mean diameter of the conical clutch sections is 200 mm and an axial
force of 550 N is applied? Note: the coefficient of friction between the clutch elements
is 0.45.
22. A cone clutch has cone elements at an angle of 10°. The mean diameter of the conical
friction sections is 16 in. and the coefficient of friction is 0.3. Find the axial force
needed to engage the clutch considering that the clutch transmits 20 hp at a speed of
1000 rpm.
23. A ¼-inch belt transmits 30 hp while running on a 2-ft pulley rotating at 600 rpm. The
allowable belt stress is 500 psi; the angle of contact is 150°. Compute the belt width
required, assuming the coefficient of friction is 0.40 and the specific weight of the belt
material is 0.035 lb./in2.
24. An ammonia compressor is driven by a 20-kW motor. The compressor and the motor
are 360 rpm and 1750 rpm, respectively. The small sheave has a pitch diameter of
152.4 mm. If the belt to be used is standard C-120 (with length of 3121.7 mm), what
is the approximate angle of contact?
25. Two pulleys which are 24 inches in diameter, and which run at 370 rpm are connected
by a leather belt 3/8 inch thick. If the belt transmits 30 hp and the distance between
shafts is 10 ft, what is the approximate length of the belt required?

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