— MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCES Mechanical Engineering Department Machine Design CODE: HMECH 315 SESSIONALEXAMINATIONS NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022 DURATION: 3 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS The paper consists of 6 questions Each question carries 25 marks |. Attempt 4 questions. ‘Show all working and underline your answers ADDITIONAL MATERIALS Non-programmable scientific calculator. Formulae booklet. AERN NNQuestion 1 ulic press shown in Fig QI to exert a total load of 3.5 MN. This load is carried by supporting the upper head of the press. The distance between the bottom platen ad is 2.5m. The hydraulic cylinder operates at a maximum pressure of 27 ston rod is connected to the load and the cylinder to the frame through welded stress for the support rods 85 MPa, for cast steel cylinder is 80 MPa and for piston ‘Take Young’s Modulus for steel as E = 210 kN/mm? of the rods; (5] jon in each rod; 6) liameter of the hydraulic cylinder; [5] ss of the hydraulic eylinder and; (31 Jer of the piston rod. (51 Hydraulic cylinder Piston rod <= MovingPiaten Supported Fig QI Question 2 ‘A centrifuga] clutch is to be designed to transmit 15 kW at 900 r.p.m. The shoes are four in number. Thspeed at which the engagement begins is %" of the running speed. The inside radius of the pulleyfrim is 150 mm. The shoes are lined with Ferrodo for which the coefficient of friction mayfpe taken as 0.25. Determine: f the shoes, and us] ii, size pf the shoes. (10) i, mas Page 2 of 6Question 3 n electric motor drives an exhaust fan. The following data are provided: | Motor pulley Fan pulley | [Diameter 400 mm 1600 mm ‘Angle of warp 2.5 radians 3.78 radians | | Coefficient of friction 03 0.25 Speed 700 r.p.m. = Power transmitted 22.5 kW _ Calculate the width of S mm thick flat belt. Take permi: 23 MPa. Question 4 1 ah Gear2 ~_-4 ~q a4 Motor {| —feffs | Geart Fig Q4. following parameters, determine a suitable size of the motor. ‘Table weight Wi=200kg. Work weight W2-100kg Axial force = 3000N ‘Maximum table speed = 0.2m/see Friction coefficient of v-slides y=0.02 Mechanical efficiency of the screw 0.8 ‘Acceleration rise time see 100rads/sec* Specific weight for steel =7.8x10 ‘N/mm? No of teeth gear | 30Teeth Page 3.0f6 Figure Q4 above shows a schematic diagram for a milling machine, An AC motor is use ible stress for the belt material 4 Sliding surface: drive work table which moves horizontally. The table is supported on V-slides. Using the 25] { Friction force + operation force) to 25]i )2N mm sec? e design can be classified into three categories. Clearly list and explain the 3 ies with the aid of examples us} Ive been appointed Mechanical Design Engineer and assigned to lead a design hhich is tasked with the design of drive system for an electric vehicle. List and with examples, the 10 general considerations which you will consider in the lof such a system, [lo] -xamples explain the difference between a code and a standard and state where uld be applicable. Us} Jy 5 codes and 5 standards with reference to Mechanical Engineering Design. fo) END OF EXAMINATION Page 4 of 6FORMULAE P= W tan (a+9) ts (es) “0 \1= tana tan $) Tan po Pxeem we v= Se 7 7 += Fe ron (x) - (2) t pa z log, @/R) 4.7 Zoo ~ Llog. O/ Roo cor We [me amare |” mm +My +My W=XVW, YW, = _ 48 PR Page 5 of 6% " =F ow x No.of bolts = z= 2 nar Page 6 of 6