For TOR Quiz 1 Nov 16 2019
For TOR Quiz 1 Nov 16 2019
1 . A 12 inch cube of steel weighing 490 lbs is being moved on a horizontal conveyor belt at a speed of
6 miles per hour (8.8 ft/s). What is the kinetic energy of the cube?
2. A pile driver of mass 100 kilograms falls 10 meters and moves the pile a distance of 0.3 m. What is
the average force of the blow?
3. A body of mass 50 kg is being hoisted by a winch, and the tension in the cable is 600 N. What is the
acceleration?
4. A flywheel having a moment of inertia of 25 lbs-ft-sec
is revolving with an angular velocity of 10
radians per second when a constant torque of 20 lbs-ft is applied to reverse its direction of rotation.
For what length of time must this constant torque act to stop the flywheel and bring up to reverse
speed of 5 radians per second?
5. A casting of mass of 150 kg is lifted 4 meters in 15 seconds by means of a crane. What is the power?
6. A round bar made from SAE 1025 low carbon steel is to support a direct tension load of 50,000 lbs.
Using a factor of safety of 4, and assuming that the stress concentration factor k = 1. What is the
suitable standard diameter. Yield stress is 40,000 psi.
7. If a shaft of 59 mm diameter is to transmit power of 12 kw at a speed of 500 rpm, find the mean
diameter of the pin for a material having a safe unit stress of 40 N/mm
8. What would be the diameter of the line shaft to transmit 10 horsepower if the shaft makes 150 rpm?
9. What power would a short shaft, 50 mm in diameter, transmit at 400 rpm?
10. Find the diameter of steel line shaft to transmit 10 hp at 150 rpm with a torsional deflection not to
exceeding 0.08 degree foot length.
11. Find the breaking load in pounds of a wrought iron chain crane if the diameter of bar from which
links are made is 2 inches.
12. If the diameter of driving pulley is 15 inches and its speed, 180 rpm. The diameter of driven pulley is
9 inches. Find the speed of driven pulley.
13. How many 3/8 inch diameter set-screws would be required to transmit 3 horsepower at a shaft speed
of 1000 rpm if the shaft diameter is 1 inch.
14. If the diameter of driven pulley is 4 inches and its required speed, 800 rpm, and the diameter of the
driver is 26 inches, then the required speed of the driver is:
15. If the inertia is 80 lb-ft, and the speed of the driven shaft is to be increased from 0 to 1500 rpm in 3
seconds, find the clutch starting torque in lbs.
16. A body weighing 28 lbs rests on a horizontal surface. The force required to keep it in motion along
the surface is 7 lbs. Find the coefficient of friction.
17. Find the tooth thickness on the tooth circle of a 20 degree full depth involute tooth having a
diametrical pitch of 5.
18. A pinion has 15 teeth of 3 diametrical pitch. Find the chordal thickness at the standard pitch
diameter.
SITUATIONAL PROBLEM A:
A double threaded right handed worm gear transmits 15 hp at 1150 rpm. The pitch of the worm is
0.75 inches and pitch diameter of 3 inches. The pressure angle is 14 ½° and the coefficient of friction
is 0.12. Find:
19. The lead angle
20. The normal pressure angle
21. The worm gear efficiency
22. The power transmitted to gear (output
23. The tangential force on gear
24. The tangential load on the worm
SITUATIONAL PROBLEM B:
The smaller of two concentric helical springs is made of 22 mm diameter steel spring and has an
outside diameter of 100 mm with 10 active coils. The outer spring is made of 32 mm steel spring and
has an outer diameter of 250 mm with 8 active coils. Before the load is applied, the outer spring is 25
mm longer than the inner spring. If the load of 90 KN is applied to the nest of the springs. (G = 80
Gpa).
25. Find the spring rate of the inner spring
26. Find the spring rate of outer spring
27. Find the load carried by the inner spring
28. Find the load carried by the outer spring
29. Find the percentage load carried by the inner spring
SITUATIONAL PROBLEM B:
A double threaded right handed worm gear transmits 15 hp at 1150 rpm. The pitch of the worm is
0.75 inches and pitch diameter of 3 inches. The pressure angle is 14 ½° and the coefficient of friction
is 0.12. Find:
30. The lead angle
31. The normal pressure angle
32. The worm gear efficiency
33. The power transmitted to gear (output)
34. The tangential force on gear
35. The tangential load on the worm