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Strength of Materials Unit 3 Question Bank: Jansons Institute of Technology

This document contains 27 questions related to strength of materials concepts for solid and hollow shafts, helical springs, and thick cylinders. The questions cover topics like calculating shaft diameters based on power transmitted, torque, shear stress limits, and twist angle. Questions also involve determining spring properties like wire diameter, coil diameter, stiffness, shear stress from applied loads. Other questions involve deriving equations for deflection of springs, torque/power relationships for shafts, hoop stress distributions in thick cylinders, and crippling loads for columns.

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Strength of Materials Unit 3 Question Bank: Jansons Institute of Technology

This document contains 27 questions related to strength of materials concepts for solid and hollow shafts, helical springs, and thick cylinders. The questions cover topics like calculating shaft diameters based on power transmitted, torque, shear stress limits, and twist angle. Questions also involve determining spring properties like wire diameter, coil diameter, stiffness, shear stress from applied loads. Other questions involve deriving equations for deflection of springs, torque/power relationships for shafts, hoop stress distributions in thick cylinders, and crippling loads for columns.

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Strength of Materials
Unit 3 Question Bank
1. A solid circular shaft transmits 75 kW power at 200 r.p.m. Calculate the shaft diameter, of
the twist in the shaft is not to exceed 1 in 2 meters length of shaft, and shear stress is
limited to 50 MN/m2. Take C = 100 GN/m2.
2. A closed coiled helical spring has stiffness of 10 N/mm. Its length when fully compressed
with adjacent coils touching each other is 400 mm. The modulus of rigidity of the material
of the spring is 80 GPa
a. Determine the wire diameter and mean coil diameter if their ratio is 1/10.
b. If the gap between any two adjacent coil is 2 mm, what maximum load can be
applied before the spring becomes solid (ie) adjacent coils touch.
c. What is the corresponding maximum shear stress in the spring?
3. A hollow shaft with diameter ratio 3/5 is required to transmit 450 kW at 120 rpm. The
shearing stress in the shaft must not exceed 60 N/mm2 and the twist in a length of 2.5 m
is not to exceed 1. Calculate the minimum external diameter of the shaft. C = 80
kN/mm2.
4.

Derive a relation for deflection of a closely coiled helical spring subjected to an axial
downward load W.

5. A solid aluminium shaft 1 m long and 100 mm diameter is to be replaced by a hollow steel
shaft of the same length and same external diameter. The angle of twist per unit torsional
moment over total length is same for both the shafts. If the modulus of rigidity of steel is
thrice that of aluminium, find the inner diameter of steel shaft
6. A solid shaft subjected to a torque of 45 kN-m. If the angle of twist is 0.5 per meter length
of the shaft and the shear stress is not to exceed 90 MN/m 2, find the suitable diameter for
the shaft, maximum shear stress and maximum shear strain in the shaft. Take G = 80
GN/m2.
7. Two close-coiled concentric helical springs of same length are wound out of the same wire
of 10 mm diameter support a load of 1000 N. The inner spring consists of 20 turns of mean
diameter 16 cm and the outer spring has 18 turns of mean diameter 20 cm. Calculate the
maximum shear stress in each spring.
8. A solid circular shaft transmits 75 kW power at 200 rpm. Calculate the shaft diameter, if
the twist in the shaft is not to exceed 1 in 2 m length of shaft and shear stress is limited
to 50 N/mm2. Take modulus of rigidity,
C = 1 x 105 N/mm 2.
9. The stiffness of a closed- coil helical spring is 15 N/mm of compression under a maximum
load of 60 N. The maximum shearing stress produced in the wire of the spring is 125
N/mm2. The solid length of the spring (when the coils are touching) is given as 5 cm. Find
diameter of wire, mean diameter of the coils, and number of coils required. Take modulus
of rigidity is 4.5 x 104 N/mm2.
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10.Obtain a relation for the torque and power a solid shaft can transmit.
11.A solid steel shaft has to transmit 100 kW at 1600 r.p.m. Taking allowable shear stress as
70 MPa, find the suitable diameter of the shaft. The maximum torque transmitted in each
revolution exceeds the mean by 20.
12.Derive an equation for deflection of an open coiled helical spring.
13.A closely coiled helical spring is made up of 10 mm diameter steel wire having 10 coils
with 80 mm mean diameter. If the spring is subjected to an axial twist of 10 kN-mm,
determine the bending stress and increase in the number of turns. Take E = 200 Gpa.
14.A closed coiled helical spring is to have a stiffness of 1200 N/m in compression with a
maximum load of 60 N and maximum shearing stress of 120 N/mm 2. The solid length of
the spring (i.e., coils are touching) is 50 mm. Find the diameters and the number of coils.
G =40 kN/mm2.
15.A hollow shaft with diameter ratio 3/8 is required to transmit 500 kW 100 rpm, the
maximum torque being 20 greater than the mean. The maximum shear stress is not to
exceed 60 N/mm2 and the twisting a length of 3 m is not to exceed 1.4. Calculate the
minimum diameters required for the shaft. C =84 kN/mm2.
16.A solid shaft is subjected to a torque of 45 kNm. If angle of twist is0.5 per metre length of
the shaft and shear stress is not to exceed90 MN/m 2, find: (i) Suitable diameter of the
shaft.(ii) Final maximum shear stress and the angle of twist per metre length. Modulus of
rigidity is 80 GN/m2.
17.A closely coiled helical spring having 12 coils of wire diameter16 mm and made with coil
diameter 250 mm is subjected to an axial load of 300 N. Find axial deflection, strain
energy stored and torsional shear stress. Modulus of rigidity is 80 GN/m2.
18.What do you mean by strength of the shaft? Compare the strength of solid and hollow
circular shafts.
19.A steel shaft is required to transmit 75 kW power at 100 rpm and maximum twisting
moment is 30 % greater than the mean. Find the diameter of the shaft, if the maximum
stress is 70 N/mm2. Moreover, find the angle of twist in a 3-m long shaft. Assume the shear
modulus as 90 kN/mm2.
20.A closed-coiled helical spring is required to absorb 2,250 joules of energy. Determine the
diameter of the wire, the mean coil diameter of the spring and the number of coils
necessary if (i) the maximum stress is not to exceed 400 MPa, (ii) the maximum
compression of the spring is limited to 250 mm and (iii) the mean diameter of the spring is
eight times the wire diameter. For the spring material, the rigidity modulus is 70 GPa.
21.A solid shaft is to transmit 400 kW at 100 rpm. If the shear stresses are not to exceed 80
N/mm2, find the diameter of the shaft. If this shaft was to be replaced by a hollow shaft of
the same material and length with an internal diameter of 0.6 times the external diameter,
what percentage of saving is possible?

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22.A
closely coiled spring
is to carry an axial load of 1 kN. It means the coil diameter is to be 10 times that of the
wire diameter. Calculate the diameter, if the maximum shear stress in the material of the
spring is 90 N/mm2.
23.Determine the diameter of a solid shaft which transmits 300 kW at250 rpm. The maximum
shear stress must not exceed 30 N/mm2 and the twist should not be more than 1 in a
shaft length of 2 m. G=1 x 105 N/mm2.
24.A closely coiled helical spring of steel 8 mm in diameter having 12complete turns with a
mean diameter of
100 mm is subjected to an axial load of 25 N. Determine (i) the
deflection of the spring, (ii) the maximum shear stress in the wire and (iii) stiffness of the
spring. Take G =80 kN/mm2.
25.Derive the Lames equations for thick cylinder.
26.A thick cylinder having a diameter of 1.2 m and thickness100 mm is subjected to an
internal fluid pressure 15 N/mm2.Sketch the hoop stress distribution.
27.Derive the formula to find the crippling load in a column of length that is hinged at both
ends.

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