DEI Technical College, Dayalbagh, Agra

Question bank
III Semester Electrical Engineering
Course No. DME 306 (General Mechanical Engineering)
Session 2019 - 2010

Unit I

1. Explain Simple stress and strain with the help of example.

2. Explain the following terms:
a. Tensile stress
b. Compressive stress
c. Elastic limit
d. Hooks Law
e. Young’s modulus
f. Poisson’s Ratio
3. A steel rod of 1 m long and 20 mm x 20 mm in cross section is subjected to a tensile force of 40 kN.
Determine the elongation of the rod if modulus of elasticity for the rod material is 200 GPa.
4. A steel bar of cross sectional area 200 mm2 is loaded as shown in the figure.

50 kN 20 kN 30 kN

300 mm 500 mm
Find the change in length of the bar. Take E = 200 GPa.
5. A brass bar having cross sectional area of 500 mm2 is subjected to axial force as shown in figure.

100 kN 80 kN 50 kN 30 kN
500 1000 mm 1200 mm
Find the elongation of the bar. Take E = 80 GPa.
6. A brass bar 3 cm in dia and 30 cm long is subjected to tensile force of 15 kN. If the Poisson’s ratio is
0.23 and E = 150 GPa find the decrease in diameter.
7. Explain the following:
(i)Torsion (ii) Polar Moment of Inertia (iii) Power transmitted by a shaft.
8. A solid steel shaft is to transmit a torque of 10 kN-m. If the shearing stress is not to exceed 40 MPa,
find the minimum diameter of the shaft.
9. A solid shaft is subjected to a torque of 15 KN-m. Find the necessary dia. Of shaft, if the allowable shear
tress is 40 MPa. The allowable twist is 1 degree for every 20 diameter length of the shaft.
10. A solid circular shaft of 60 mm dia. Is transmitting 30 KW at 1440 rpm. Find the intensity of the induced
shear stress in the shaft.
11. The external and internal dia. of a hollow shaft are 40 cm and 20 cm. Find the maximum torque which
the shaft can transmit, if the angle of twist is not the exceed 2 degree in a length of 20 meters. Take
C=70 GPa.
12. A hollow shaft has an external dia Of 50 cm and internal dia of 300 mm the angle of twist for 200 mm
of its length is 1 degree. Find the maximum torque transmitted. Take C = 70 GPa.
13. Briefly explain rivets and riveted joints and bolted joints.

UNIT – II

14. Explain the types of beams with help of sketches.

15. Explain different types of loadings on beams.
16. Explain the relation between Loading, shear force & bending moment.
17. A cantilever beam AB, 2m long carries a uniformly distributed load of 1.5 kn/m over a length of 1.6m
from the free end. Draw shear force and bending moment diagrams for the beam.
18. A cantilever beam of 1.5m long carries point loads of 1 KN, 2 KN, & 3 KN at 0.5m, 1.0m, 1.5m from the
fixed end. Draw shear force and bending moment diagrams for the beam.
19. A simply supported beam of 6m long is carrying a uniformly distributed load of 5 KN/m over a length of
3m from the right end. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams for the beam and
calculate maximum bending moment on the section.
20. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams for the simply supported beam shown in the
following figure

23. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams for the simply supported beam shown in the
following figure

24. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams for the overhanging beam shown in the following
figure

25. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams for the overhanging beam shown in the following
figure.
 UNIT – III

26. Explain the following properties of a fluid

(a) Viscosity (b) Sp. Weight (c) Sp. Volume (d) Cohesion and Adhesion (e) Surface tension
27. Solve the following:
a. Find the specific gravity of an oil whose specific weight is 7.85 kN/m3
b. A vessel of 4 m3 volume contains oil, which weighs 30.2 kN. Determine the specific gravity of the
oil.
28. Explain equation of continuity of a fluid.
29. Explain the terms pressure, head, kinetic head and potential head of a fluid.
30. State and explain Bernoulli’s theorem.
31. If water is flowing through a pipe of 100 mm dia With an average velocity of 10 m/s. determine the
rate of discharge of the water. Also determine the velocity of the water at the other end of the pipe if
the dia of the pipe is gradually changed to 200 mm.
32. The diameter of a pipe changes from 200 mm at a section 5 m above datum to 50 mm at a section 3 m
above datum. The pressure of water at first section is 500 kPa. If the velocity of flow at the first section
is 1 m/s, determine the intensity of pressure at the second section.
33. A pipe 5 m long is inclined at an angle of 150 with the horizontal. The smaller section of the pipe, which
is at lower level, is of 80 mm diameter and the larger section of the pipe is of 240 mm diameter.
Determine the difference of pressures between the two sections, if the velocity of water at the smaller
section is 1 m/s.
34. What do you understand by the term discharge? Explain the equation of continuity of a liquid flow.
35. With the help of figure, explain how you will measure pressure head by simple manometer.
36. Sketch and explain how you will measure discharge with the help of venturimeter.
37. A venturimeter with a 150 mm dia at inlet and 100 mm at throat is laid with its axis horizontal and is
used for measuring the flow of oil of sp. Gravity 0.9. The oil mercury monometer shows a gauge
difference of 200 mm. Assume coefficient of meter as 0.98. Calculate the discharge.
38. Find the loss of head, due to friction in a pipe of 500 mm diameter and 1.5 kilometers long. The
velocity of water in the pipe is 1 m/s. Take coefficient of friction s 0.005.
39. Explain with the help of sketch, working of reciprocation pump.

UNIT – IV

40. Differentiate between:

(a) I.C. and E.C. engine
(b) S.I. and C.I. engine
41. With the help of sketch explain the working of 4 stroke C.I. engine.
42. With the help of sketch explain the working of 2 stroke S.I. engine.
43. Differentiate between 2 stroke and 4 stroke engine.
44. How boilers are classified? Explain each classification.
45. With the help of neat sketch explain the working of Cochran boiler.
46. Explain the working of Babcock and Wilcox boiler with the help of a diagram.
47. Differentiate between jet and surface condensers.
48. With the help of sketch explain the working of down flow type surface condenser.
49. Describe the working of parallel flow jet condenser.
50. With the help of sketch, explain the working of impulse turbine.
51. Differentiate between impulse and reaction turbine.
52. With the help of line diagram explain the working of a close cycle gas turbine.
53. Explain open cycle gas turbine.

UNIT – V

54. What do you understand by thermodynamic system? Explain in detail.

55. Explain the following terms:
(a) State (b) Path (c) cycle (d) work (e) heat
56. With the help of an example, explain quasi static process.
57. What is zeroth law of thermodynamics? Explain.
58. With the help of PV diagram, derive the expression for work done, heat added, change in internal
energy and change in enthalpy of an isochoric process.
59. With the help of PV diagram, derive the expression for work done, heat added, change in internal
energy and change in enthalpy of an isobaric process.
60. With the help of PV diagram, derive the expression for work done, heat added, change in internal
energy and change in enthalpy of an isothermal process.
61. With the help of PV diagram, derive the expression for work done, heat added, change in internal
energy and change in enthalpy of an adiabatic process.

62. The value of specific heats at constant pressure and constant volume for a gas are 0.984 kJ/kg K and
0.728 kJ/kg K. Find the value of R and ratio of specific heats for the gas. If one kg of this gas is heated at
constant pressure from 250 C to 2000 C, estimate the heat added, ideal work done and change in
internal energy. Also calculate the pressure and the final volume, if the initial volume was 2 m 3.
63. A quantity of air has a volume of 0.4 m 3 at a pressure of 5 bar and a temperature of 800 C. It is
expanded isothermally to a pressure of 1 bar. Determine the amount of work done during expansion.
64. Explain I law of thermodynamic with the help of an example.
65. Explain Kelvin-Planck and Clausis statements of II law of thermodynamics.
66. With the help of PV and TS diagram, explain Carnot cycle.