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Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Lucena City
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Sunday, January 10, 2021 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
MACHINE DESIGN SET A

INSTRUCTION : Write the letter that corresponds to your choice answer in your answer sheet.

MULTIPLE CHOICE :

A pinion rotating at 1800rpm and supported on each side by a ball bearing transmits 18kW to
a mating spur gear. If the pressure angle is 20 degrees and the pitch diameter is 102mm,
determine the following:
1. The pitch velocity
a. 8.10m/s b. 9.61m/s c. 11.02m/s d. 13.03m/s
2. Tangential load on gears
a. 1,563N b. 1754N c. 1,872N d. 1,908N
3. The total load on gears
a. 2,034N b. 3,034N c. 4,034N d. 5,034N
A cone clutch has an angle of 10 ⁰ and a coefficient of friction of 0.42. If the capacity of the
clutch is 7kW at 500rpm and the mean diameter of the active conical sections is 300mm,
4. Find the applied torque
a. 123.69N.m b. 133.69N.m c. 143.69N.m d.
153.69N.m
5. Find the axial force required with the given requirements
a. 368.49N b. 379.80N c. 278.90N d. 145.89N
A sleeve bearing has an outside diameter of 1.50 in and a length of 2in. The wall thickness is
3/16in. The bearing is subjected to a radial load of 450lb.
6. Find the inside diameter
a. 3in b. 2in c. 2. 12in d. 1.12in
7. Find the bearing pressure
a. 100psi b. 200psi c. 300psi d. 400psi
8. A force tangent to a foot diameter pulley is 5kN and is mounted on a 2 inches shaft.
Determine the torsional deflection if G = 83Gpa.
a. 0.805 ⁰/m b. 0.654 ⁰/m c. 0.768 ⁰/m d. 0.938
⁰/m
9. A steel rod with a cross-sectional area of 160mm² is to be ataached between two fixed
points 1.25 m apart. If the rod is too short by 0.25mm, find the stress applied to put
the rod back to fitness. E = 200Gpa
a. 40MPa b. 20MPa c. 50MPa d. 60MPa
10. A steel hanger of 2m length is to carry an axial load of 18kN. If the tensile stress is
restricted to 104MPa and the elongation caused the this load is restricted to 1mm.
 What is the minimum cross-sectional area of the member can have? E=
200Gpa
a. 180mm² b. 173mm² c. 164mm² d. 190mm²
11. It refers to any layer or deposit of extraneous material on a heat-transfer-surface:
a. Low line b. pressure drop c. fouling d. Scaling
12. The corrosion of iron or iron-base-alloys:
a. Rusting b. crazing c. chalking d. Fritting
13. Gears used to transmit power between shafts axis of which intersect:
a. Spur gear b. bevel gear c. helical gear d. Straight gear
14. Using oxyacetylene welding method to weld a 3ft. Loang seam in a 3/8 in thick plate
at a consumption rate of 8 cu.ft/ft of weld for oxygen and 7 cu.ft/ft for acetylene.
What is the total combined gas consumption in cu.ft?
a. 51 b. 48 c. 45 d. 66

15. In a uniformly loaded simple beam, the maximum vertical shearing force occurs:
a. At the center
b. At the section of maximum moment
c. At the beam bottom fiber
d. At either end support
16. Determine the thickness of a steel air receiver with 30 inches diameter and pressure
load of 120 psi. Design stress of 8000psi
a. 1/4in b. 5/8in c. 3/8in d. 1/2in
17. The minimum clearance allowed for meshing spur gears with a circular pitch of
0.1571 and diametral pitch of 20. The spur gear have 25 teeth.
a. 0.007855 b. 0.007558 c. 0.008578 d. 0.07585
18. The distance from a point on a screw thread to a corresponding point on the next
thread measure along the axis.
a. Flank b. lead c. crest d. Pitch
19. As recommended the center to center distance be sprockets should not be less than
____ times the bigger sprocket.
a. 2.26 b. 1 ¾ c. 1 ½ d. 2.59
20. Machine shop instrument for checking the flatness of plane surfaces to 10ths of
thousands of a centimeter.
a. Blade type micrometer c. planimeter
b. Dial caliper d. Micromete
21. Tools usually used in wood pattern making in a foundry shop
a. Saws and chisel c. knives and drills
b. Band saw d. Drill machine
22. In general practice to use the following allowable stresses, 4000psi for main
transmitting shaft and 8500 psi for small shaft, short shafts and countershaft. For
lineshaft carrying pulley it is _____ psi.
a. 7800 b. 7000 c. 6000 d. 6500
23. Plain carbon steel standard designation, SAE
a. 6xxx b. 13xx c.10xx d. 2xxx
 24. 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 15ksi?
a. 8.50tons b. 9.25tons c. 10.25tons d. 12.75tons
25. Compute the working strength of a 1 inch bolt which is screwed up tightly in a packed
joint when the alloable stress is 12ksi.
a. 2200lbs b. 2800lbs c. 3900lbs d. 4200lbs

A helical compression spring has a scale of 400 lb/inch, an inside diameter of 2.5 inches, a
free length of 8 inches and with squared and ground ends. Material is to be chrome vanadium
steel with working stress of 63000 psi and G = 10800000psi. For a load of 825lbs, and for
average service. Wahl factor , k = 1.25, determine:
26. 1. the standard size wire diameter, inches
a. ¼ b. ½ c. ¾ d. 1 ¼
27. 2. the spring index
a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9
28. 3. number of active coils
a. 8.23 b. 11.23 c. 5.34 d. 7.81
29. 4. the solid height, inches
a. 2.83 b. 3.26 c. 4.91 d. 6.34
30. 5. the stress at solid height, psi
a. 94,538 b. 95,546 c. 97,546 d. 98,546
A safety valve spring having 9 – ½ coils has the ends squared and ground. The outside
diameter is 115 mm and wire diameter is 13mm. It has a free length of 203mm. the
spring must be initially compressed to hold the boiler pressure of 1.38Mpa on the
valve seat of 32mm diameter. Modulus of rigidity is taken as G = 80Gpa. Determine:
31. the force acting on the spring, kN
a. 0.811 b. 1.11 c. 1.45 d. 1.87
32. the spring index
a. 6.85 b. 7.85 c. 8.85 d. 9.85
33. the coil deflection, mm
a. 31 b. 32 c. 33 d. 34
34. the compressed length of spring, mm
a. 142 b. 152 c. 162 d. 172
35. the spring stress if is is compressed to its solid length, Mpa
a. 360 b. 380 c. 400 d. 420
A four wheel vehicle must developed a draw bar pull of 17500lb. The engine which develops
500Hp and drives through a gear transmission of 34 tooth spiral bevel pinion gear which
meshes with a spiral bevel gear having 51 teeth. This gear is keyed to the drive shaft of the 48
in diameter rear wheels of the vehicle. If the efficiency of the bevel gear differential is 80%.
Determine:
36. the speed of the wheels, rpm
a. 55 b. 60 c. 65 d. 70
37. the speed of the shaft, rpm
a. 80 b. 85 c. 90 d. 95
38. the transmission gear ratio should be used if the engine develops maximum torque at
1500rpm
a. 12.67:1 b. 13.67:1 c. 14.67:1 d. 16.67:1
39. the torque required per wheels, in lbs
a. 210000 b. 220000 c. 230000 d. 240000
 40. the axle diameter for an allowable torsional stress at 12000 psi, the efficiency of the
bevel gear differential is 80%, inches
a. 4 ½ b. 1 ½ c. 2 ½ d. 3 ½
A hydraulic control for a straight motion utilizes a spherical pressure tank A that is
connected to a work cyclinder B as shown in the sketch. Tank A maintains pressure in the
tank at 400 psi.

41. The tank is 32 inches in diameter, welded with 100% joint efficiency and made of
steel plates with an allowable tensile strength of 7500 psi. Calculate the required
thickness of the tank, inches
a. 0.23 b. 0.43 c. 0.54 d. 0.65
42. The pressure drop between tank and cylinder is 30 psi. Assume allowance for friction
in the cylinder and packing to be 10 percent of F, operating force. Calculate the
diameter of the piston if the value of F is 5000lbs, inches
a. 1.27 b. 2.39 c. 3.29 d. 4.35
43. Determine the wall thickness of work cylinder B if it is made of cast iron having an
allowable tensile stress of 2000 psi, inches.
a. 0.448 b. 0.560 c. 0.653 d. 0.837
44. The piston stroke of the work cylinder is 18 inches, the time of a work stroke is 5
seconds. Calculate the horsepower output of the cylinder.
a. 1.29Hp b. 4.23Hp c. 2.73Hp d. 5.34Hp
45. Assume that work cycle of the piston rod occurs every 30 seconds, that the overall
efficiency of the hydraulic is 80 percent, and the pump efficiency is 60 percent,
determine the horsepower of the motor continuously operating the pump.
a. 0.25Hp b. 5.34Hp c. 0.95Hp d. 1.27Hp
The engine of a motor vehicle with a wheel diameter of 712 mm develops 50kw at 2000
rpm. The combined efficiency of the differential and transmission is 75% with an overall
speed reduction is 25 is to 1. Determine:
46. The torque required delivered by the clutch in N-m
a. 224 b. 239 c. 245 d. 254
47. Axial total force on the clutch in Kn. Outside diameter and inside diameter of the
clutch are 300mm and 240mm respectively. There are two pairs of mating surfaces
with a coefficient of friction of 0.30. (use uniform wear method)
a. 2.34 b. 2.95 c.3.25 d. 4.39
48. torque on the wheels, Kn
a. 1.234 b. 2.56 c. 3.56 d. 4.476
49. Draw bar pull developed in Kn
a. 12.57 b. 15.23 c. 17.30 d. 19.39
50. Speed of travel of the vehicle in km/hr
a. 5.34 b. 7.49 c. 10.74 d. 12.03
A double reduction gear assembly is mounted on three parallel shafts located on the same
horizontal plane. Shaft A is driven from a 2 kW source at 3500 rpm. The pinion on shaft A
has 24 teeth and meshes with a gear on shaft B. Another pinion on shaft B is in mesh with a
gear on shaft C with 160 teeth. The center line distance between Shaft A and shaft C is 154
times the module. The overall gear train ratio is 14:1. Assume module for all gears are the
same, determine:
51. the speed of shaft B, rpm
a. 1000 b. 1100 c. 1200 d. 1300
52. the number of teeth on gears at shaft B
a. 84 and 40 b. 84 and 50 c. 84 and 60 d. 84 and 70
53. the torque on shaft A, N-m
a. 3.28 b. 4.34 c. 5.46 d. 6.94
54. the torque on shaft B, N-m
a. 10.23 b. 13.45 c. 16.39 d. 18.14
55. the torque on shaft C, N-m
a. 56.34 b. 68.95 c. 73.23 d. 78.30
A pinion rotating at 1800 rpm and supported on each side by a ball bearing transmits 18
kW to mating spur gear. If the pressure angle is 20 degrees and the pitch diameter is
102mm, determine the following: Note: add 3 degrees to the pressure angle to
compensate for the friction
56. Pitch line velocity, m/sec
a. 8.10 b. 9.61 c. 11.02 d. 13.03
57. Torque transmitted by the pinion, N-m
a. 65.49 b. 75.49 c. 85.49 d. 95.49
58. Tangential load on gears, N
a. 1563 b. 1754 c. 1872 d. 1908
59. Separation load on gears, N
a. 794.6 b. 872.3 c. 982.3 d. 1735.8
60. Total load on gears, N
a. 2034 b. 3034 c. 4034 d. 5034
A gear having 60 teeth is being driven by a 12 tooth gear running at 800 rpm. Determine the
following:
61. . The speed of the driven gear, rpm
a. 150 b. 160 c. 170 d. 180
62. The speed of driven gear if a 24 tooth idler is placed between the driving and drive
gear
a. 150 b. 160 c. 170 d. 180
63. The speed of driven gear is two 24 tooth idler gears were places between the driving
and driven gears.
a. 150 b. 160 c. 170 d. 180
64. The direction of rotation of the driven gear when one idler are used.
a. same b. opposite c. ahead d. none of these
65. The direction of rotation of the driven gear when two idlers are used.
a. same b. opposite c. ahead d. none of these
66. Determine the bursting steam pressure of a steel shell with diameter of 10 inches and
made of ¼ thick steel plate. The joint efficiency is at 70% and the tensile strength is
60ksi.
a. 4200psi b. 4500psi c. 4800psi d. 5100psi
67. Determine the safe wall thickness of a 30 inches steel tan with internal pressure of
7.82MPa. the yield stress of material is at 275.48MPa. The factor of safety to use is
2.0.
a. ¾ in b. 23.6mm c. 21.6mm d. 5/8 in
 68. A cylindrical tank with 10 inches inside contains oxygen gas at 2500 psi. Calculate
the required wall thickness n (mm) under stress of 28,000 psi.
a. 10.24mm b. 10.54mm c. 11.34mm d. 12.44mm
69. Determine the thickness of a steel air receiver with 30 inches diameter and pressure
load of 120 psi, design stress of 8000 psi.
a. ¼ in b. 3/8in c. 1/2in d. 5/8in
70. The work cylinder of a hydraulic system is acted by a hydraulic pressure of 370 psi
while the maximum load of the piston is 5500lbs. If the allowable tensile stress is
2000psi, what is the required wall thickness of the cylinder.
a. 0.240in b. 0.284in c. 0.402in d. 0.448in
71. The strength per meter of the longitudinal joint is 480 kN, whereas for the girth joint
it is 200kN. What is the maximum diameter of the cylindrical tank if the internal
pressure is 1.8MPa?
a. 334mm b. 445mm c. 553mm d. 566mm
A storage tank of air, 36 inches 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) 90%.
72. If Su for annealed C1020 steel is 57 ksi, compute the St.
a. 14,250psi b. 25,400psi c. 42,500psi d. 54,250psi
73. Determine the suitable thickness.
a. 3/64in b. 7/64in c. 9/32in d. 15/64in
74. Compute the stress on a diametral section.
a. 1640psi b. 3240psi c. 5640psi d. 6400psi
75. Find the thickness of a metal needed in semi-spherical end of cylindrical vessel 0.70
meter in diameter subjected to an internal pressure of 2.7N/mm². The material is mild
carbon steel and tensile stress is 69N/mm².
a. 5.2 b. 6.02 c. 6.84 d. 7.53
76. A cylindrical tank with 10 inches inside diameter contain oxygen gas at 2500 psi.
calculate the required wall thickness in mm under stress of 28,000 psi.
a. 10.24 b. 11.34 c. 12.44 d. 13.54
77. Determine the limiting peripheral velocity of a rotating steel ring if the allowable
stress is 150MPa and the mass density of the material is 7800kg/m³.
a. 700rad/sec b. 800rad/sec c. 850rad/sec d. 900rad/sec
78. Determine the torque received by the motor shaft running at 4250 rpm, transmitting
11HP, through a 10 in diameter, 20° involute gear. The shaft is supported by ball
bearing at both ends and the gear is fixed at the middle of 8 in shaft length.
a. 132in-lb b. 136in-lb c. 163in-lb d. 167in-lb
79. Compute the maximum unit shear in a 3 inch diameter steel shafting that transmits
24,000in-lb of torque at 99 rpm.
a. 4250psi b. 4527psi c. 3860psi d. 4930psi
80. Compute the lineshaft diameter to transmit 12HP at 180rpm with torsional deflection
of 0.08° per foot length.
a. 2.35in b. 3 in c. 5 cm d. 62mm
81. Compute the shear stress at the surface in MPa for a 40mm diameter shaft that
transmit 750kW at 1500 rpm. Axial and bending loads are assumed negligible.
a. 218 b. 232 c. 312 d. 380
82. A hollow shaft has an inner diameter of 0.035m and an outer diameter of 0.06in.
compute for the torque if the shear stress is not to exceed 120MPa in N.m.
a. 4100 b. 4300 c. 4500 d. 4600
83. A 2 in solid shaft is driven by a 36 in gar and transmit power at 120 rpm. If allowable
shearing stress is 12ksi, what horsepower can be transmitted?
a. 34.89 b. 35.89 c. 38.49 d. 40.89
84. A short 61 mm shaft transmit 120HP. Compute the linear speed of a pulley 55cm
mounted on the shaft.
a. 1766fpm c. 1786fpm c. 1856fpm d. 2045fpm
85. A rectangular key was used in a pulley connected to a lineshaft with a power of
7.46kW at a speed of 1200 rpm. If the shearing stress of the shaft and key are
30N/mm² and 240N/mm² respectively. What is the diameter of the shaft?
a. 21.6mm b. 22.4mm c. 24.2mm d. 26.2mm
86. The power that can be transmitted by a spindle of 55mm diameter running at 1200
rpm and allowable stress of 5MPa is equal to:
a. 10.3kW b. 20.5kW c. 25.0kW d.35.2kW
87. Compute the torsional deflection in degrees of a 110m diameter, 1.4m long shaft
subjected to a twist moment of 3 x 106N.mm. the torsional modulus of elasticity is
83000N/mm².
a. 0.2 b. 0.24 c. 0.27 d. 0.30
88. Two parallel shaft connected by pure rolling turn in the same direction and having a
speed ratio of 2.75. What is the distance of the two shaft if the smaller cylinder is 22
cm in diameter?
a. 16.60cm b. 19.25cm c. 25.25cm d. 30.25cm
89. How much torque can be safely transmitted by a 1 7/16 in, diameter shaft if safe stress
is 7000?
a. 2100in-lbs b. 2800in-lbs c. 3500in-lbs d. 4100in-
lbs
90. Which of the following is an unsafe condition in operating a lathe machine?
a. Wearing denim pants/safety shoes
b. Wearing a canvass apron
c. Operating with safety gloves
d. Wearing safety goggles/hearing aid
91. Relief angle of single-point cutting mild steel cast iron and other average wok as
recommend should be in the ranges of ___degrees for high speed tools.
a. 8-12
b. 10-15
c. 5-7
d. 12-16

92. Tap not used for cutting thread

a. Tapping tap
b. Bottoming tap
c. Plugging tap
d. Taper tap

93. Alloy steel axle under repeated load/stress will eventually fail if the load/stress is
above the endurance for the steel under consideration. The endurance limit of the steel
is therefore;
a. Equal to the allowable stress of the module elasticity
b. Equal to half of the ultimate strength
c. Equal to module of elasticity
d. Equal to 80% of the elastic limit
94. All terms and abbreviations deal with wire rope arrangement except this ____ which
deals with wire rope materials strength.
a. Performed
b. IWRC
c. Mps
d. Lang lay

95. Mirror finish has surfaces fitness of ___rms.

a. 1
b. 2-8
c. 1-3
d. 2-5

96. Chromium steel (to include heat and corrosion resistant) designation.
a. SAE 56XX
b. SAE 514XX
c. SAE 61XX
d. SAE9XX

97. Non-metallic material of high melting temperature being used as furnace lining.
a. Quartz bricks
b. Refractories
c. Silica sand
d. Dolomite clay bricks
98. For economical coast in the manufacturing large worm gears, the following materials are usually
applied.
a. Bronze rim with steel spider
b. Cast rim with bronze spider
c. Cast steel rim with brass spider
d. Alloyed aluminum rim with cast iron spider

99. In greater quantity, this element is harmful to the molten ferrous metal
a. Silicon
b. Aluminum
c. Oxides
d. sulfur

100. The function of flywheel is to;

a. Complete the unuseful stroke
b. Operate the engines
c. Keep the engines weight light
d. NOTC