Bolts, Power Screws & Springs Problems

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BOLTS

1. If the pitch of a screw is 4/9, find the thread per inch.

A. 4.5 B. 2.25 C. 5.4 D. 2.52

2. Determine the stressed area in in² of a 1-8UNC bolt

A. 0.606 B. 0.566 C. 0.452 D. 0.645

3. Determine the stressed area in mm² of an M16 x 2 bolt

A. 165.7 B. 175.7 C. 156.7 D. 145.7


4. What is the working strength of a 2 inches bolt which is screwed up tightly in a packed joint when the
allowable working stress is 12,000 psi?

A. 20,400 lbs B. 22,400 lbs C. 23,400 lbs D. 18,000 lbs

5. An eyebolt is lifting a block weighing 350 lbs. The eyebolt is of SAE C1040 material with Su = 67 ksi and
Sy = 55 ksi, what is the stress area (square inches) of the bolt if it is under the unified coarse thread?

Α. 0.1341 B. 0.4113 C. 0.1134 D. 0.3141


6. The manhole cover of an ammonia storage tank is to be held on by 25 stud bolts. If the pressure
inside the storage tank will remain constant at 12.5 kg/cm² and the manhole diameter is 508 mm, what
should be the stress area of the carbon steel bolts?

A. 0.606 in² B. 0.303 in² C. 0.324 in² D. 0.567 in²


7. Determine the power transmitted per ½" set screw of a shaft rotating at a speed of 1,000 rpm with a
diameter of 1".

A. 6.04 hp B. 4.06 hp C. 3.02 hp D. 2.03 hp

8. If the pitch of a screw is 2/9, find the thread per inch. Answer: 4.5

9. Compute the working strength of a 1-inch bolt which is screwed up tightly in a packed joint when the
allowable working stress is 13,000 psi. Answer: 3,900 lbs
10. What is the permissible stress of a carbon steel having a stress area of 300 in²?

Answer: 54,250.87 psi

11. A bolt is subjected to compression at the threads with Sc = 20 psi. The applied load is 1000 lbs. If you
designated a bolt with 2 inch outside diameter and inside diameter of 1 inch, what is the allowable # of
threads to be used? Answer: 21.22 threads
POWER SCREWS
1. What is the friction angle of a power screw set-up having a threaded friction of 0.2?

Α. 8.31° B. 10.51° C. 9.56° D. 11.31°

2. What is the lead angle of a double threaded square thread with an outside diameter of 3" and TPI of
9/2?

A. 2.79° B. 5.87° C. 4.87° D. 6.79°

3. What is the outside diameter of a square thread screw having a root diameter of 44.45 mm with a
pitch 4 mm?

A. 46.5 mm B. 48.25 mm C. 47.95 mm D. 50.5 mm


4. A 2.5" single threaded, square screw has a TPI of 4 and coefficient of friction of 0.2. What is the
efficiency?

Α. 17.14% Β. 14.17% C. 11.14% D. 12.52%


5. What is the frictional HP acting on a collar loaded with 140 kg weight? The collar has an outside
diameter of 100 mm and an internal diameter of 40 mm. The collar rotates 900 rpm and the coefficient
of friction between the collar and pivot surface is 0.13.

A. 0.6 hp B. 0.7 hp C. 0.8 hp D. 0.9 hp


6. A single square threaded power screw is to raise a load of 90 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 at 60 rpm, find the combined
efficiency of screw and collar.

Α. 12.5% B. 13.5% C. 14.7% D. 15.2%


SPRINGS
1. The spring index of a spring set-up is 4.5. Determine the stress concentration factor due to coil
curvature.

Α. 1.21 B. 1.46 C. 1.35 D. 2.63

2. Determine the wire diameter given a mean diameter of 20 mm when the Bergstrasser Factor of a
spring set-up is 1.172.

A. 5 mm B. 7.5 mm C. 2.5 mm D. 2 mm
3. A spring has load of 50 lbs with a spring index of 8. If the induced stress is 90 ksi, determine the wire
diameter.

Α. 0.116" B. 0.252" C. 0.182" D. 0.225"


4. A spring has a wire diameter of 25 mm with 12 active coils. If a load of 10 kN is applied, it deflects by
75 mm. Determine the mean diameter of the spring. Take G = 80 GPa.

A. 124.6 mm Β. 128.2 mm C. 142.6 mm D. 134.6 mm


5. A spring has a rate of 30 kN/m. If the wire diameter is 10 mm and the spring index is 7, determine the
number of active coils. Use G = 80 GPa.

A. 8.6 coils B. 9.7 coils C. 7.5 coils D. 10.5 coils


6. A helical steel spring having 20 active turns of 20 mm wire diameter supports a load of 2.5 kN.
Determine the maximum shearing stress if the mean diameter of the coils is 180 mm. Use G = 83 GPa.

Α. 156.5 MPa Β. 145.6 MPa C. 176.5 MPa D. 166.5 MPa


1. A three extension coil springs are hooked in series that supports a single weight of 100 kgs. The first
spring is rated at 0.4 kg/mm and the other 2 lower is rated at 0.64 kg/mm. Compute for total deflection.

A. 563 mm B. 156 mm C. 268 mm D. 250 mm


2. Compute the deflection of a 18 coils helical spring having a load of 100 kgs. The modulus of rigidity is
96.62 GPa, OD = 9.256 cm with a wire diameter of 9.525 mm. The spring is squared and ground ends.

A. 80 mm B. 100 mm C. 90 mm D. 110 mm
3. All four compression coil springs support a load of 400 kgs. The springs are arranged in parallel and
have a uniform rate of 0.709 kg/mm. Compute the deflection in mm.

A. 564 B. 171 C. 156 D. 141


4. A spring sustains 200 ft-Ibs of energy with a deflection of 3". Assume that the mean coil diameter is 7
times the wire diameter and that the allowable stress is 100 ksi. Determine the wire diameter.

Α. 0.625" B. 0.475" C. 0.858" D. 0.588"


5. A spring with squared and ground ends has a pitch of 20 mm and a wire diameter of 12.5 mm. If there
are 12 actual number of coils, determine the deflection of the spring at solid height.

A. 85 mm B. 65 mm C. 75 mm D. 95 mm
6. A weight of 100 lbs strikes a coil spring from a height of 18" and deflects the spring by 6". Find the
maximum force applied to the spring.

A. 750 lbs B. 800 lbs C. 850 lbs D. 900 lbs

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