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This document contains a model examination for the third year/fifth semester Mechanical Engineering course ME6503 - Design of Machine Elements. It has three parts: Part A contains 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each. Part B contains 5 long answer questions worth 13 marks each. Part C contains 1 long answer question worth 15 marks. The questions cover topics like stresses, factors of safety, springs, bearings, couplings, joints and other machine elements. The maximum marks for the exam is 100. Design data and formulas can be used to solve the problems.

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DME Model Ques

This document contains a model examination for the third year/fifth semester Mechanical Engineering course ME6503 - Design of Machine Elements. It has three parts: Part A contains 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each. Part B contains 5 long answer questions worth 13 marks each. Part C contains 1 long answer question worth 15 marks. The questions cover topics like stresses, factors of safety, springs, bearings, couplings, joints and other machine elements. The maximum marks for the exam is 100. Design data and formulas can be used to solve the problems.

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REG NO

ST. MOTHER THERESA ENGINEERING COLLEGE,


VAGAIKULAM.
B.E.,/B.Tech.,DEGREE EXAMINATION
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MODEL EXAMINATION
Third year/Fifth Semester
ME 6503 – DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS
(Regulation -2013)
Time: 3 Hrs Max marks: 100
Year/Sem: III/V
Answer all the questions
Use of approved design data book is permitted.
Assume appropriate design data wherever required and state them clearly.
Part -A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)
1. List the important factors that influence the magnitude of factor of safety.
2. State the various methods of finding stresses concentration factors?
3. Define the term critical speed of a shaft.
4. What is shock factor and what does it indicate?
5. Give some examples for temporary joints and permanent joints?
6. Determine the safe tensile load for a bolt of M20, Assume a safe tensile stress of 40 Mpa?
7. What are the end conditions of the spring?.
8. How does the function of flywheel differ from that of governor?
9. List any four advantages to rolling contact bearings over sliding contact bearings?
10. Define static capacity of bearing.
Part-B (5X13=65 Marks)
11.(a) A hollow circular column of external diameter 250mm and internal diameter 200mm
carries a projecting bracket on which a load of 20kN rests, as shown.The centre of the load from
the centre of the column is 500mm. Find the stresses at the sides of the column All dimensions
are in mm
(OR)
(b) A C- Clamp is subjected to maximum load of W, as shown in fig. If The maximum tensile
stress in the clamp is limited to 140MPa. Find the value of load W.

12.(a) The shaft of length 1 m carrying two pulleys 1 and 2 at its left and right ends respectively and it is
supported on two bearings A and B which are located 0.25 m from the left end and the same 0.25 m
from the righ end respectively. The shaft transmits 7.5 kW power at 360 rpm from pulley 1 to pulley 2.
The diameters of pulley 1 and 2 are 10 kg and 30 kg respectively. The belt tension act vertically
downward and ratio of belt tensions on tight side to slack side for each pulley is 2.5:1. The yield strength
of the shaft material σy = 380 MPa and factor of safety is 3. Estimate the suitable diameter of the shaft.
(OR)
(b) Design a bushed pin type of flexible coupling for connecting a motor and a pump shaft. The
following data are provided: Power transmitted = 20 kW; speed = 1000 rpm; Diameter of the motor and
pump shafts = 50 mm. Allowable bearing pressure in the rubber bush = 0.3 MPa.

13. (a) A rectangular cross-section bar is welded to a support by means of fillet welds as shown in
Fig.Determine the size of the welds, if the permissible shear stress in the weld is limited to 75 MPa.

(OR)
(b) Design and draw a cotter joint to support a load varying from 30 kN in compression to 30 kN in
tension. The material used is carbon steel for which the following allowable stresses may be used. The
load is applied statically. Tensile stress = compressive stress = 50 MPa; shear stress = 35 MPa and
crushing stress = 90 MPa.

14. (a) Design and draw a cast iron flywheel used for a four stroke I.C engine developing 180 kW at 240
rpm. The hoop or centrifugal stress developed in the flywheel is 5.2 MPa, the total fluctuation of speed
is to be limited to 3% of the mean speed. The work done during the power stroke is 1/3 more than the
average work done during the hole cycle. The maximum torque on the shaft is twice the mean torque.
The density of cast iron is 7220 kg/m3.

(OR)

(b) A helical compression spring made of oil tempered carbon steel, is subjected to a load which varies
from 400 N to 1000 N. The spring index is 6 and the design factor of safety is 1.25. If the yield stress in
shear is 770 MPa and endurance stess in shear is 350 MPa, find: 1. Size of the spring wire, 2. Diameter
of the spring, 3. Number of turns of the spring, and 4. Free length of the spring. The compression of the
spring at the maximum load is 30 mm. The modulus of rigidity for the spring material may be taken as
80 kN/mm2.

15. (a) Design a journal bearing for a centrifugal pump with the following data:
Diameter of the journal = 150 mm
Load on bearing = 40 kN
Speed of journal = 900 rpm
(OR)
(b) Following data is given for a 360o hydro dynamic bearing:
Journal diameter = 100 mm, Radial clearance = 0.12 mm, Radial load =50 kN,
Bearing length = 100 mm, Journal speed = 1440 rpm, Viscosity of lubricant = 16 centipoise.
Calculate: 1. Minimum film thickness 2. Co-efficient of friction 3. Power cost in friction.

PART-C (1X15=15)

16. (a) A single row deep groove ball bearing no: 6002 is subjected to an axial thrust load of 1000N and
a radial load of 2200N. find the expected life that 50% of the bearing will complete under this
condition.

(OR)

(b) Design a close coiled helical compression spring for a service load ranging from 2250 N to 2750 N.
The axial deflection of the spring for the load range is 6 mm. Assume a spring index of 5. The
permissible shear stress intensity is 420 MPa and modulus of rigidity, G = 84 kN/mm2. Neglect the
effect of stress concentration. Draw a fully dimensioned sketch of the spring, showing details of the
finish of the end coils.

PREPARED BY VERIFIED BY PRINCIPAL

1.B.Jacob Ruba Singh

2.D.Sivaraman

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