____ 1. A solid circular shaft is required to transmit 200 kW while turning at 90 rpm (rev/min).

The allowable
shearing stress is 42 MPa. Find the required shaft diameter.
a. 0.137 m c. 0.347 m
b. 0.247 m d. 0.421 m

____ 2. A hollow circular shaft whose outside diameter is three times its inner diameter transmits 110 hp at 120
rev/min. If the maximum allowable shearing stress is 50 MPa, find the required outside diameter of the shaft.
a. 87.65 mm c. 62.21 mm
b. 54.77 mm d. 85.57 mm

____ 3. A hollow circular shaft whose outside diameter is three times its inner diameter transmits 110 hp at 125
rev/min. If the maximum allowable shearing stress is 50 MPa. What is its torque?
a. 8144 Nm c. 7472 Nm
b. 5478 Nm d. 8549 Nm

____ 4. A hollow circular shaft whose outside diameter is three times its inner diameter transmits 110 hp at 125
rev/min. If the maximum allowable shearing stress is 50 MPa. What is its inside diameter?
a. 25.44 mm c. 31.96 mm
b. 14.57 mm d. 41.87 mm

____ 5. A hollow circular shaft whose outside diameter is three times its inner diameter transmits 110 hp at 125
rev/min. If the maximum allowable shearing stress is 50 MPa. What is its outside diameter?
a. 86.47 mm c. 31.96 mm
b. 29.08 mm d. 55.89 mm

____ 6. A brass shaft 3m long, has s diameter of 0.15m., is subjected to a torque of 220,000kN-mm. Determine the
maximum shear stress when shear modulus is equal to 40 GPa.
a. 0.3320 GPa c. 0.8788 GPa
b. 0.5720 GPa d. 0.2533 GPa

____ 7. A brass shaft 3m long, has s diameter of 0.15m., is subjected to a torque of 220,000kN-mm. Determine the
angle of twist when shear modulus is equal to 40 GPa.
a. 19 deg c. 24 deg
b. 22 deg d. 18 deg

____ 8. A hollow shaft of outer radius 140 mm and inner radius 125 mm is subjected to a compressive force of 200
kN and a torque. If the allowable shearing stress is 100 MPa, what is the maximum torque that can be
applied?
a. 19.64 kN-m c. 48.78 kN-m
b. 40.57 kN-m d. 21.02 kN-m

____ 9. A propeller shaft in a ship is 350 mm in diameter. The allowable working stress in shear is 50 MPa and the
allowable angle of twist is 1 in 15 diameters of length. If G = 85 GPa, determine the maximum torque the
shaft can transmit.
a. 416 kN-m c. 520 kN-m
b. 420 kN-m d. 555 kN-m
____ 10. A solid steel shaft in a rolling mill transmits 1592Nm of torque. Determine the smallest safe diameter of the
shaft if the shear stress is not to exceed 40 MPa and the angle of twist is limited to 6° in a length of
3000mm. Use G = 83 GPa.
a. 0.05874 m c. 0.04864 m
b. 0.04577 m d. 0.05464 m

____ 11. If a solid circular shaft of 0.048m diameter is subject to a torque of resulting in an angle of twist of 5°
in a 2-m length, determine the shear modulus of the material.
a. 14.0724 GPa c. 16.5477 GPa
b. 13.0474 GPa d. 17.8737 GPa

____ 12. It is desired to transmit 89kW by means of a circular shaft rotating at 44.8rpm. The shaft diameter is 75.5mm.
Find the torque produced by the shaft in .
a. 18970 Nm c. 18790 Nm
b. 13245 Nm d. 15471 Nm

____ 13. It is desired to transmit 89kW by means of a circular shaft rotating at 44.8rpm. The shaft diameter is 75.5mm.
Find the maximum allowable shearing stress.
a. 224.5 MPa c. 242.5 MPa
b. 234.5 MPa d. 255.2 MPa

____ 14. The maximum shearing stress for a certain shaft is 120 MPa in a 10 cm diameter solid shaft carrying a torque
of 25 kN-m. What is the angle of twist per unit length? Take G = 80 GPa?
a. 0.0318 rad/m c. 0.318 rad/m
b. 0.418 rad/m d. 0.0032 rad/m

____ 15. Determine the maximum shearing stress in a 10 cm diameter solid shaft carrying a torque of 25 kN-m. Take G
= 90 GPa?
a. 127.32 MPa c. 172.32 MPa
b. 121.32 MPa d. 211.32 MPa
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