DTS University Question Bank
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UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS
UNIT I
DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE ELEMENTS
PART-A
PART-B
1. Design a V-belt drive and calculate the actual belt tensions and average stress for the following data.
Power to be transmitted=7.5kW, Speed of driving wheel=1000rpm, Speed of driven wheel=300rpm,
Diameter of driven pulley=500mm, Diameter of driver pulley=150mm and center distance=925mm.
2. A V belt drive is to be arranged between two shafts with 1.2m as centre distance. The driving pulley is
of 250mm effective diameter and is to be supplied with 20kW power at 960rpm. The follower pulley is
to run at 460rpm. Determine the number of belts required from the following:
Arc of the belt cross section=143mm2
Mass density of the belt material=1000kg/m3
Permissible tensile stress=2N/mm2
Co-efficient of friction=0.30
Groove angle of the pulley=40o
3. A V-belt drive is to transmit 15kW to a compressor. The motor runs at 1150rpm and the compressor is
to run at 400rpm. Determine
i) Belt specification ii) Number of belts iii) Correct centre distance iv) Drive pulley diameters.
4. A 7.5kW electric motor running at 1400rpm is used to drive the input shaft of the gearbox of a
machine. Design a suitable roller chain to connect the motor shaft to the gear box shaft to give an exact
speed ratio of 10:1. The center distance of the shaft is to be approximately 600mm.
UNIT II
SPUR GEARS AND PARALLEL AXIS HELICAL GEARS
PART-A
1. Define module.
2. Differentiate double helical and herringbone gears.
3. What are the standard interchangeable tooth profiles?
4. List out the various methods of manufacturing gears.
5. State the law of gearing.
6. What is pressure angle? What is the effect of increase in pressure angle?
7. What is pressure angle? What is the effect of increase in pressure angle?
8. What condition must be satisfied in order that a pair of spur gears may have a constant velocity ratio?
9. State the advantages of herringbone gear.
10. State some materials used for manufacturing of gears.
11. Difference between circular pitch and diametral pitch.
12. Where do we use spiral gears?
13. List the various types of gear tooth failure.
14. Define the various pitches in a helical gear.
15. Why is pinion made harder than gear?
16. Compare the features of spur and helical gears.
PART-B
1. Design a spur gear drive to transmit 8kW at 720rpm and the speed ratio is 2. The pinion and wheel are
made of the same surface hardened carbon steel with 55 RC and core hardness less than 350 BHN.
Ultimate strength is 720N/mm2 and yield strength is 360N/mm2.
2. Design a straight spur gear drive to transmit 8kW. The pinion speed is 720rpm and the speed ratio is 2.
Both the gears are made of the same surface hardened carbon steel with 55 RC and core hardness less
than 350 BHN. Ultimate strength is 720N/mm2 and yield strength is 360N/mm2.
3. Design a helical gear drive to transmit the power of 14.7kW. Speed ratio 6, pinion speed 1200rpm,
helix angle is 250. Select suitable materials and design the gear.
4. Design a general purpose enclosed gear train is based on parallel helical gears, specified life is 36000
hours. Torque at driven shaft is 411Nm. Driving shaft speed is 475rpm. Velocity ratio is 4. It is desired
to have standard centre distance.
5. Design a spur gear drive required to transmit 45kW at a pinion speed of 800rpm. The velocity ratio is
3.5:1. The teeth are 200 full depths involute with 18 teeth on the pinion. Both the pinion and gear are
made of steel with a maximum safe stress of 180N/mm2. Assume medium shock conditions.
6. Design a pair of helical gears to transmit 10kW at pinion speed of 1000rpm. The reduction ratio is 5.
Assume suitable materials and stresses.
7. i) Explain the phenomenon of interference in involute gears.
UNIT III
BEVEL, WORM AND CROSS HELICAL GEARS
PART-A
1. What is the difference between an angular gear and a miter gear?
2. What kind of contact occurred between worm and wheel? How does this differ from other gears?
3. Define the term Normal pitch in a worm gear.
4. What is difference between bevel gear formation and other type of gear?
5. State the advantages of herring bone gear.
6. What is a Zero bevel gear?
7. In which gear-drive, self-locking is available?
8. Define the following terms: a) Cone distance, b) Face angle.
9. What is virtual number of teeth in bevel gears?
10. In which gear drive, self-locking is available?
11. What is a crown gear?
12. What is the difference between an angular gear and a miter gear?
13. Why phosphor bronze is widely used for worm gears?
14. List the various types of bevel gears.
15. What are the various losses in the worm gear drive?
16. When do we employ crossed helical gear?
17. Mention the types of failure in worm gear drives.
PART-B
1. Design a pair of straight bevel gears for two shafts whose axis are at right angles. The power
transmitted is 25kW. The speed of pinion is 300rpm and of the gear is 120rpm.
2. Design a pair of right angled bevel gears to transmit 15 kW at 750rpm to another gear to run at 250rpm.
Not less than 20 teeth are to be used on either gear. The pressure angle is 20 0. Assume a gear life of
12000hrs.
3. Design a worm gear drive to transmit 22.5kW at a worm speed of 1440rpm. Velocity ratio is 24:1. An
efficiency of at least 85% is desired. The temperature raise should be restricted to 40 0. Determine the
required cooling area.
4. Complete the design of a worm gear speed reducer unit which consists of a hardened steel worm and
phosphor bronze gear. The centre distance is 200mm and transmission ratio 10:1.
5. Design a straight bevel gear drive between two shafts at right angles to each other. Speed of the
pinion shaft is 360rpm and the speed of the gear wheel shaft is 120rpm. Pinion is of steel and wheel of
cast iron. Each gear is expected to work 2 hour/day for 10years. The drive transmits 9.37kW.
6. The input to worm gear shaft is 18kW at 600rpm. Speed ratio is 20. The worm is to be of hardened
steel and the wheel is made of chilled phosphor bronze. Considering wear and strength, design worm
and worm wheel.
UNIT IV
GEAR BOXES
PART-A
1. Define progression ratio.
2. Write the significance of structural formula.
3. List four applications where constant mesh gear box is used.
4. What are the conditions required for interchangeability in toothed gears?
5. Draw the ray diagram for a six speed gear box?
6. What is step ratio? Name the series in which speeds of multi-speed gear box are arranged.
7. Sketch the kinematics layout of gears for 3 speeds between two shafts.
8. What are preferred numbers?
9. Draw the ray diagram for 12 speed gear box.
10. What is step ratio?
11. State any three basic rules to be followed while designing a gear box.
12. Write short notes on the working principle of sliding mesh gear box.
13. What does the ray diagram of gear box indicates?
14. List four applications where constant mesh gear box is used.
15. What are the conditions required for interchangeability in toothed gears?
PART-B
1. Design a nine speed gear box for a machine to provide speeds ranging from 100rpm to 1500rpm. The
input is from a motor of 5kW at 1440rpm. Assume any alloy steel for the gears.
2. Design a 12 speed gear box for a lathe. The minimum and maximum speeds are 100 and 1200rpm.
Power is 5kW from 1440rpm induction motor.
3. Design a four speed gear box to have following speed ratio. First gear is 5:1, second gear is 3:1, third
gear is 1.5:1, and the top gear is 1:1. The centre distance between the input and the output shafts is
150mm. All gears are 4mm module. Determine the number of gears of all wheels, pitch circle diameter
of all wheels and sketch the diagrammatic arrangement of the gear box. (Assume number of teeth not
less than 20 and pressure angle 200).
4. A three speed gear box has ratios 4:1, 2:1 and 1:1. The centre distance between the shafts is 100mm.
The pressure angle on all gears is 200. The number of teeth on gear is not less than 20. If the power
input is 50HP at 2000rpm, determine the maximum horizontal force on the lay shaft by the gears and
the greatest torque reaction on the casing.
ii) Write down the guidelines for designing a gear box.
5. A nine speed gear box, used as head stock gear box of turret lathe, is to provide a speed range of
180rpm to 1800rpm using standard step ratio, draw the speed diagram and kinematic arrangement
showing number of teeth in all gear.
UNIT V
PART-B
1. A power of 20kW is to be transmitted through a cone clutch at 500rpm. For uniform wear condition,
find the main dimensions of clutch and shaft. Also determine the axial force required to engage the
clutch. Assume coefficient of friction as 0.25, the maximum normal pressure on the friction surface is
not to exceed 0.08Mpa and take the design stress for the shaft materials 40Mpa.
2. Design a differential band brake for a winch lifting a load of 20kN through a steel wire rope wound
around a barrel of 600mm diameter. The brake drum, keyed to the barrel shaft, is 800mm diameter and
the angle of lap of the band over the drum is about 240 o. Operating arms of the brake are 50mm and
250mm. The length of operating lever is 1.6m.
3. A square threaded bolt of mm nominal diameter and mm pitch is tightened by screwing a nut, whose
mean diameter of the bearing surface is mm. If the coefficient of friction for the nut and bolt is, and for
the nut and bearing surface is, determine the force required at the end of a mm long spanner, when the
load on the bolt is 12kN.
4. Determine the number of discs required and the maximum intensity of pressure developed considering
a multiple plate clutch with both sides being effective. The clutch transmits 25kW at 600rpm. An axial
load of 500N is applied. The inner and outer radii of the clutch discs are 80mm and 180mm
respectively. The effective coefficient of friction is 0.3. Assume uniform wear condition.
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UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS
5. Design a cam for operating the exhaust valve of an oil engine. It is required to give equal uniform
acceleration and retardation during opening and closing of the valve, each of which corresponding to
600 of cam rotation. The valve should remain in the fully open position for 200 of cam rotation. The lift
valve is 50mm and the least radius of the cam is 50mm, the follower is provided with a roller of 50mm
diameter and its line of stroke passes through the axis of the cam.
6. Explain with a neat sketch the working of a single plate clutch. Derive an expression for the torque to
be transmitted by clutch assuming i) Uniform pressure condition and ii) Uniform wear condition.
7. A plate clutch with maximum diameter 6 cm has maximum lining pressure of 350Kpa. The power to be
transmitted at 400 rpm is 135 kW and µ=0.3. Find inside diameter and spring force required to engage
the clutch. Springs with spring index 6 and material of the spring is steel with the safe shear stress
600Mpa are used. Find the diameters if 6 springs are used.
8. A hydraulically operated clutch is to be designed for an automatic lathe. Determine the number of
plates and operating force required for the clutch to transmit 35 Nm. The clutch is to be designed to slip
under 300% of rated torsional moment to protect the gears and others part of the drive. The limits for
the diameter of friction surface due to space limitations are 100 and 62.5mm. This clutch is to operate
in an oily atmosphere.
9. Draw the displace time, velocity time and the acceleration time curves for the follower in order to
satisfy the following conditions.
(i) Stokes of the follower 25 mm.
(ii) Out stroke takes place with SHM during 900 of cam rotation.
(iii) Return stroke takes with SHM during 750 of cam rotation.
(iv) Cam rotates with a uniform speed of 800 rpm.
10. A rope drum of an elevator having 650 mm diameter is fitted with a brake drum of 1 m diameter. The
brake drum is provided with four cast iron brake shoe each subtending an angle of 45 0. The mass of the
elevator when loaded is 2000kg and moves with a speed of 2.5m/s. The brake has a sufficient capacity
stop the elevator in 2.75m. According the coefficient of friction between the brake drum and shows as
0.2. Find
(i) Width of the shoe, if the allowable pressure on the brake shoe is limited to 0.3 N/mm².
(ii) Heat generated in the stopping the elevator.
11. A single plate clutch transmits 25 kW at 900 rpm. The maximum pressure intensity between the plates
is 85Kpa. The ratio of radii is 1.25. Both the sides of the plate are effective and the coefficient of
friction is 0.25. Determine
(i) The inner diameter of the plate, and
(ii) Axial force to engage the clutch. Assume theory of uniform wear.
12. Describe with the help of a neat sketch the principles of an internal expanding shoe. Also deduce the
expression for the braking torque.
13. A square threaded power screw has a nominal diameter of 44 mm and a pitch of 7 mm with double
threads. The load on the screws is 6kN and the mean diameter of thrust washer is 50 mm. If coefficient
of friction is 0.12, determine
(i) Torque required to raise the load,
(ii) Torque required to lower the load,