BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI

SEMESTER I, 2004-05
ME C312: DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
DEC 14, 2004
PART A (CLOSED BOOK) (DURATION: Max 90 minutes) (Max Marks: 35)
Note: Give answers to all questions of this part in these sheets only. Only exact answers will be awarded
marks in case of objective type questions. Return the Part-A before taking the answer sheet for Part B,
which is OPEN BOOK.
1) When a strip of a ductile material is subjected to tension, the postulation of MSS criterion that yielding
occurs when the maximum shear stress in the strip reaches the shear yield strength of the material is supported
by the experimentally observed fact that ____________________ form at approximately 45 o with the axis of
the strip.
[1]
2) If the principal stresses are 30, 70 and 0 kpsi for a hot rolled steel specimen with S yt=Syc=105 kpsi, the
factor of safety by von-Mises (DE) criterion is ____________ and MSS criterion is _______________.
[2]
3) A 25 mm diameter shaft is statically torqued to 200 N-m. It is made of cast 195-T6 aluminum with a yield
strength in tension of 150 MPa and a yield strength in compression of 175 MPa. The shear yield strength S sy is
__________ and the factor of safety according to MSS is _______.
[2]
4) The S-N diagram plotted from the results of a completely reversed bending tests consists of three regions,
first is the low-cycle fatigue region, second is high cycle finite life fatigue region and the third is
________________________________ in which the fatigue strength value is __________ and is called as
__________________.
[3]
5) Fluctuating loading means it may or may not be sinusoidal and may or may not have a non-zero mean
value, and hence it is a generic form of the type fatigue loading used in R. R. Moore test. [TRUE/FALSE]
[1]
6) For power screws, the ACME thread is not as efficient as the square thread but it is often preferred because
____________________________ and permits the use of __________.
[2]
7) In a particular bolted joint, the bolt stiffness is 1.79 Mlb/in and the member stiffness is 11.33 Mlb/in. The
stiffness constant of the joint C is ________ and for a preload of 20 kN and external load of 70 kN, the
resultant bolt load is __________ and the resultant load on members is _________.
[3]
8) The welding symbol

means ____________________________________________.
[1]
9) If the leg size is 12 mm, then the throat size corresponding to an angle of 62.5o is ____________________.
[1]
10) Springs should always be both squared and ground for important applications because it ensures
___________________________.
[1]
2
11) A hard-drawn steel wire (G=11.5E06 lbf/in ) extension spring has a wire diameter of 0.035 in, an outside
coil diameter of 0.248 in, and an initial tension of 1.19 lbf. The number of body turns is 12.17. The maximum
deflection under a maximum service load of 5.25 lbf is ___________ .
[3]
60-200

12) In the two-digit dimension series code of rolling element bearings, the first digit is the _____________
and the second digit is ________________.
[2]
13) 13) In the tapered roller bearings, direct mounting means ____________________________, and indirect
mounting means _______________________________.
[2]
14) If the bearing enclosed the journal over less than 360o then it is called a ____________________.
[1]
15) If the dynamic viscosity is 5 micro-reyns, speed is 30 rev/s, load is 500 lbf, radius is 0.75 in, clearance is
0.0015 in, and length is 1.5 in. The load and the bearings are stationary. The Sommerfeld number is ________.
[2]
16) The circular pitch is equal to the sum of the ______________ and the ____________________.
[2]
17) A 20o pressure angle pinion having a diametral pitch 2.2 teeth/inch meshes with a gear of same pressure
angle and diametral pitch. The pinion having 20 teeth gives a speed ratio of with the gear. The circular pitch
is __________, center distance is ____________, base circle radius of pinion is _________, and base circle
radius of gear is ____________.
[4]
18) In an axial clutch, the two shafts are initially at speeds of 10 rad/s and 20 rad/s and corresponding mass
moment of inertia values are 50 kg-m2 and 100 kg-m2. The total energy to be dissipated in Joules is _______.
[2]

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI

SEMESTER I, 2004-05
ME C312: DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
DEC 14, 2004
PART B (OPEN BOOK) (DURATION: Max 90 minutes) (Max Marks: 35)
Q1. A bar of steel has the minimum properties of endurance limit of 276 MPa, yield strength of 413 MPa, and
ultimate tensile strength of 551 MPa. The bar is subjected to a steady torsional stress of 103 MPa and an
alternating bending stress of 172 MPa. Find the factor of safety guarding against a static failure, and either the
factor of safety guarding against a fatigue failure or the expected life of the part. For the fatigue analysis use:
(a) Modified Goodman criterion
(b) Gerber criterion
(c) DE-elliptic
[6]
Q2. A helical compression spring is made of hard-drawn spring steel wire 2 mm in diameter and has an
outside diameter of 22 mm. The ends are plain and ground, and there are 8.5 total coils.
(a) The spring is wound to a free length, which is the largest possible with a solid-safe property. Find his
free length.
(b) What is the pitch of the spring?
(c) What force is needed to compress the spring to its solid length?
(d) Estimate the spring rate.
(e) Will the spring buckle in service?
[10]
Q3. Find the total shear load on each of the three bolts for the connection shown in the figure and computer
the significant bolt shear and bearing stress. Find the second moment of area of the 8-mm plate on a section
through the three bolt holes, and find the maximum bending stress in the plate.
[7]
Q4. A steel spur pinion has a module of 1.25 mm, 18 teeth cut on the 20 o full depth system, and a aface width
of 12 mm. At a speed of 1800 rev/min, this pinion is expected to carry a steady load of 0.5 kW. Determine the
resulting bending stress.
[5]
Q5. A full journal bearing is 25 mm long. The shaft journal has a diameter of 50 mm with a unilateral
tolerance of -0.01 mm. The bushing bore has a diameter of 50.05 mm with a unilateral tolerance of 0.01 mm.
The load is 2500 N and the journal speed is 900 rpm. For the minimum clearance assembly find the minimum
oil-film thickness, the power loss, and the side flow if the operating temperature is 55 degree centigrade and
SAE30 lubricating oil is used.
[7]
200 mm
12 kN
36 mm
32 mm

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