SAKTHI ENGINEERING COLLEGE Thiruninravur - 602 024 Third Semester Mechanical Engineering MA2205 Electrical Drives and Control

Time: 1 /2 hours Answer ALL questions PART A(5 2= 10 marks) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Why D.C Series motor should never be started on no load? Draw the speed torque characteristic of DC shunt & series motor. Write down the torque equation of DC shunt motor and give the significance of flux. A six pole 3 induction motor operating on a 50Hz supply has rotor e.m.f frequency as 2Hz determine (i) Slip (ii) Rotor speed What is meant by braking? Classify its types. PART B 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Drive the speed torque characteristics of 3 slip ling induction motor. Explain the heating curve. Explain the principle operation of different types of 1 induction motor. Explain the plugging & regenerative braking in 3 induction motor. Explain the different methods of DC motors drives with neat sketch. SAKTHI ENGINEERING COLLEGE, THIRUNINRAVUR Third Semester Mechanical Engineering KINEMATICS OF MACHINERY Time: 1 /2 hours Answer ANY five questions PART A (5 2 = 10marks) 1. Define kinematic Chain. 2. Define inversion of mechanism. 3. State Coriolis law. 4. What are the types of instantaneous Centres? 5. Define Kennedys theorem. 6. Define Angular Velocity ratio theorem. 7. What is a cam? 8. What is the follower motion used for high speed cams? Why? 9. Define tangent cam. 10. Explain offset follower. PART B Answer ANY four questions 11. (i) Explain different types of link. (8) (ii) Classify and explain the Kinematic pair. (8) 12. With the help of a neat sketch explain the working of Oldhams coupling and double slider crank mechanisms. (16) 13. The Crank of a slider crank mechanisms rotates clockwise at a Constant speed of 300 r.p.m. The crank is 150 mm and connecting rod is 600 mm long. Determine 1. Linear velocity and acceleration of the mid Point of the
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connec cting rod, and 2. Angular velocity and angular acceleratio on of the conn necting rod, at a crank angle of 45 from inner i dead cent tre position. (16) 14. The mechanism of a warping mach hine as shown in fig. below. Various dime ensions are as follows f OA=100mm AC=700mm BC=200mm BD=150 0mm CG=200m mm HE=400mm m HD=200mm m. The crank OA O rotates at un niform speed of 100 rad/sec c. Determine; (i) ( Linear velo ocity of the poi int E (ii) The acceleration of o point B and E (iii) lar acceleration n of the bell cra ank lever. Angul (16)

NSIONS ARE IN MM ALL DIMEN he toggle mech hanism as show wn in Fig., the slider D is con nstrained to mo ove along horiz zontal direction n. The 15. For th cran nk rotates at 180 rpm. The dimensions of f various links s are as follow ws : OA = 8cm m; CB = 24cm m; AB =18cm; BD = 28c cm. For the gi iven configurat tion determine e the velocity and a acceleratio on of slider, an ngular velo ocity and angul lar acceleration n of links AB, BC B and BD. (16) )

m is to give the e following motion to a knife edged followe er: 16. A cam (a) Outstroke O durin ng 60 of cam rotation (b) Dwell D for the next n 30 of cam m rotation (c) Return R stroke during d next 60 of cam rotatio on and (d) Dwell D for the remaining r 210 of cam rotatio on follower moves The st troke of the follower is 40 mm m and the mini imum radius of f the cam is 50 mm. The m with unifor rm velocity du uring both the outstroke o and re eturn strokes. Draw D th he profile of th he cam when (a) ( the axis of the follower passe es through the axis of the cam m shaft t, and (b) the axis a of the follower is offset by 20 mm from the t axis of the cam c shaft. (16) )