1- An engine shaft running at 120 r.p.m. is required to drive a machine shaft by means of a belt.

The pulley on the engine shaft is of 2 m diameter and that of the machine shaft is 1 m
diameter. If the belt thickness is 5 mm; determine the speed of the machine shaft, when 1.
There is no slip; and 2. There is a slip of 3%.
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2- Two parallel shafts 6 metres apart are provided with 300 mm and 400 mm diameter
pulleys and are connected by means of a cross belt. The direction of rotation of the
follower pulley is to be reversed by changing over to an open belt drive. How much
length of the belt has to be reduced.
3- A pulley is driven by a flat belt running at a speed of 600 m/min. The coefficient of
friction between the pulley and the belt is 0.3 and the angle of lap is 160°. If the
maximum tension in the belt is 700 N ; find the power transmitted by a belt.
4- Find the width of the belt, necessary to transmit 7.5 kW to a pulley 300 mm diameter, if
the pulley makes 1600 r.p.m and the coefficient of friction between the belt and the
pulley is 0.22. Assume the angle of contact as 210° and the maximum tension in the belt
is not to exceed 8 N/mm width.
5- An open belt 100 mm wide connects two pulleys mounted on parallel shafts with their
centers 2.4 m apart. The diameter of the larger pulley is 450 mm and that of the smaller
pulley 300 mm. The coefficient of friction between the belt and the pulley is 0.3 and the
maximum stress in the belt is limited to 14 N/mm width. If the larger pulley rotates at
120 r.p.m., find the maximum power that can be transmitted.
6- A leather belt 125 mm wide and 6 mm thick, transmits power from a pulley 750 mm
diameter which runs at 500 r.p.m. The angle of lap is 150° and μ = 0.3. If the mass of 1
m3 of leather is 1 Mg and the stress in the belt is not to exceed 2.75 MPa, find the
maximum power that can be transmitted.
7- A flat belt is required to transmit 35 kW from a pulley of 1.5 m effective diameter
running at 300 r.p.m. The angle of contact is spread over 11/24 of the circumference and
the coefficient of friction between belt and pulley surface is 0.3. Determine, taking
centrifugal tension into account, width of the belt required. It is given that the belt
thickness is 9.5 mm, density of its material is 1.1 Mg/m3 and the related permissible
working stress is 2.5 MPa.
8- A blower is driven by an electric motor though a belt drive. The motor runs at 750
r.p.m. For this power transmission, a flat belt of 8 mm thickness and 250 mm width is
used. The diameter of the motor pulley is 350 mm and that of the blower pulley 1350
mm. The centre distance between these pulleys is 1350 mm and an open belt
configuration is adopted. The pulleys are made out of cast iron. The frictional
coefficient between the belt and pulley is 0.35 and the permissible stress for the belt
material can be taken as 2.5 N/mm2 with sufficient factor of safety. The mass of a belt
is 2 kg per metre length. Find the maximum power transmitted without belt slipping in
any one of the pulleys.
9- An open belt drive connects two pulleys 1.2 m and 0.5 m diameter on parallel shafts 3.6
m apart. The belt has a mass of 1 kg/m length and the maximum tension in it is not to
exceed 2 kN. The 1.2 m pulley, which is the driver, runs at 200 r.p.m. Due to the belt
slip on one of the pulleys, the velocity of the driven shaft is only 450 r.p.m. If the
coefficient of friction between the belt and the pulley is 0.3, find : 1. Torque on each of
the two shafts, 2. Power transmitted, 3. Power lost in friction, and 4. Efficiency of the
drive.
10- The power transmitted between two shafts 3.5 metres apart by a cross belt drive round
the two pulleys 600 mm and 300 mm in diameters, is 6 kW. The speed of the larger
pulley (driver) is 220 r.p.m. The permissible load on the belt is 25 N/mm width of the
belt which is 5 mm thick. The coefficient of friction between the smaller pulley surface
and the belt is 0.35. Determine : 1. necessary length of the belt ; 2. width of the belt, and
3. necessary initial tension in the belt.
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11- A flat belt, 8 mm thick and 100 mm wide transmits power between two pulleys, running
at 1600 m/min. The mass of the belt is 0.9 kg/m length. The angle of lap in the smaller
pulley is 165° and the coefficient of friction between the belt and pulley is 0.3. If the
maximum permissible stress in the belt is 2 MN/m2, find : 1. maximum power
transmitted ; and 2. initial tension in the belt
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12- An open belt connects two flat pulleys. The smaller pulley is 400 mm diameter and runs
at 200 r.p.m. The angle of lap on this pulley is 160° and the coefficient of friction
between the belt and pulley face is 0.25. The belt is on the point of slipping when 3 kW
is being transmitted. Which of the following two alternatives would be more effective in
order to increase the power
1-Increasing the initial tension in the belt by 10 per cent, and
2- Increasing the coefficient of friction by 10 per cent by the application of a suitable
dressing to the belt
13- A V-belt drive consists of three V-belts in parallel on grooved pulleys of the same size.
The angle of groove is 30° and the coefficient of friction 0.12. The cross-sectional area
of each belt is 800 mm2 and the permissible safe stress in the material is 3 MPa.
Calculate the power that can be transmitted between two pulleys 400 mm in diameter
rotating at 960 r.p.m.
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14- Power is transmitted between two shafts by a V-belt whose mass is 0.9 kg/m length. The
maximum permissible tension in the belt is limited to 2.2 kN. The angle of lap is 170°
and the groove angle 45°. If the coefficient of friction between the belt and pulleys is
0.17, find : 1. velocity of the belt for maximum power ; and 2. power transmitted at this
velocity.
15- Two shafts whose centres are 1 m apart are connected by a V-belt drive.
The driving pulley is supplied with 100 kW and has an effective diameter
of 300 mm. It runs at 1000 r.p.m. while the driven pulley runs at 375 r.p.m.
The angle of groove on the pulleys is 40°. The permissible tension in 400
mm2 cross-sectional area belt is 2.1 MPa. The density of the belt is 1100
kg/m3. The coefficient of friction between the belt and pulley is 0.28.
Estimate the number of belts required.
16- A rope drive is required to transmit 230 kW from a pulley of 1 metre diameter running
at 450 r.p.m. The safe pull in each rope is 800 N and the mass of the rope is 0.46 kg per
metre length. The angle of lap and the groove angle is 160° and 45° respectively. If the
coefficient of friction between the rope and the pulley is 0.3, find the number of ropes
required
17- Power is transmitted between two shafts, 3 metres apart by an open wire rope passing round two
pulleys of 3 metres and 2 metres diameters respectively, the groove angle being 40°. If the rope
has a mass of 3.7 kg per metre length and the maximum working tension in rope is 20 kN,
determine the maximum power that the rope can transmit and the corresponding speed of the
smaller pulley. The coefficient of friction being 0.15.
18- A rope drive transmits 75 kW through a 1.5 m diameter, 45° grooved pulley rotating at
200 r.p.m. The coefficient of friction between the ropes and the pulley grooves is 0.3
and the angle of lap is 160°. Each rope has a mass of 0.6 kg/m and can safely take a pull
of 800 N. Taking centrifugal tension into account determine: 1. the number of ropes
required for the drive, and 2. initial rope tension.
19- The reduction of speed from 360 r.p.m. to 120 r.p.m. is desired by the use of chain
drive. The driving sprocket has 10 teeth. Find the number of teeth on the driven
sprocket. If the pitch radius of the driven sprocket is 250 mm and the centre to centre
distance between the two sprocket is 400 mm, find the pitch and length of the chain.
=52.36*(20+15.28+1.326)=1.92m