1. A steel pulley with a mean radius of 120mm is rotated at a 4.

4. Find the total tensile load when a 1” 6x19MPS wire rope

speed of 1100 rpm. If the mass of the rim is 5kg, what is the carrying a load of 2 metric tons is bent around an 1140mm
centrifugal force? diameter sheave. The rope weighs 200lb. Acceleration of the
a. 7961.5N c. 5231.5N load is about 2fps2.
b. 9632.5N d. 4265.5N a. 4524lb c. 5245lb
b. 4886lb d. 5325lb

2. Three extension springs are hooked in series and support in 5. A 1200mm cast iron pulley is fastened to a 112.5mm shaft by
weight of 70kg. One spring has a rate of 0.25kg/mm and the means of a 28.13mm square key that is 175mm long. The key
other two have equal spring rate of 0.65kg/mm. Find the and the shaft are made of SAE 1030 steel, annealed (Sy =
deflection. 49ksi, Su = 68ksi). What force acting at the pulley will shear this
a. 430mm c. 525mm key?
b. 495mm d. 360mm a. 15,654.24kg c. 16,545.24kg
b. 16,304.72kg d. 16,454.24kg

3. A spring has a rate of 30kN/m. If the wire diameter is 10mm 6. What is the limiting speed of a 63.42mm diameter shaft
and the spring index is 7, determine the number of active coils. transmitting 75kW if the stress is not to exceed 26MPa?
Use G=80GPa. a. 550rpm c. 950rpm
a. 7.75 c. 10.75 b. 1750rpm d. 875rpm
b. 9.75 d. 11.5

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7. A solid shaft 5m long is stressed to 60MPa when twisted 10. A small countershaft is 1.5 inch in diameter and has an
through 4°. Find the shaft diameter if G=83Gpa. allowable stress of 8.5 ksi. Find the horsepower delivered by
a. 110mm c. 124mm the shaft at a speed of 15.7 rad/s.
b. 104mm d. 130mm a. 5.6 c. 13.4
b. 14.3 d. 11.7

8. A motor is used to drive a centrifugal pump that discharges 11. The torsional deflection of a SAE 1040 steel shaft is 0.8° in a
3000L/min of water at a head of 10meters. The pump length of 1/2 m. The shear stress is 69 Mpa. Compute the
efficiency is 68% while running at 550 rpm. Find the torsional diameter of the shaft in millimeter. Steel modulus of elasticity is
stress of the 35mm diameter shaft. 79,300 Mpa or N/mm.
a. 15MPa c. 10MPa a. 73mm c. 93mm
b. 20MPa d. 25MPa b. 63mm d. 83mm

9. The minimum whole depth of spur gear of 14 ½ degree 12. Compute the speed of the gear mounted on a 52.5 mm
involute types with diametral pitch of 24 and circular pitch of diameter shaft receiving power from a driving motor with 250
0.1309. hp.
a. 0.09000 c. 0.089875 a. 1076 rpm c. 1563 rpm
b. 0.89000 d. 0.089758 b. 1253 rpm d. 1352 rpm

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13. An internal gear is set up with a 5 inches diameter pinion and 16. A spherical tank has a diameter of 10m. If the tangential stress
center distance of 18 inches. Find the diameter of the internal of the tank is 10MPa and the wall thickness is 25mm,
gear. determine the stress developed if the joint efficiency is 95%.
a. 36 in c. 26 in a. 315.2kPa c. 162.6kPa
b. 21.5 in d. 41 in b. 264.3kPa d. 143.2kPa

14. A line shaft is to transmit 200 hp at 900 rpm. Find the diameter 17. The tooth thickness of a gear is 0.5 inch and its circular pitch is
of the shaft. 1.0 inch. Calculate the dedendum of the gear.
a. 3.52 in c. 2.28 in a. 0.3183 c. 0.3979
b. 1.78 in d. 2.78 in b. 1.250 d. 0.1114

15. The internal pressure of a 400mm inside diameter cylindrical 18. The maximum tension of a belt on a 0.5 meter pulley
tank is 10MPa and the wall thickness is 25mm.Determine the transmitting a 40 N-m torque with a tension ratio of 3:1 is
stress developed if the joint efficiency is 95%. a. 220 N c. 210 N
a. 36.8MPa c. 24.8MPa b. 230 N d. 250 N
b. 48.2MPa d. 84.2MPa

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19. Compute for the load in KN on a 3 cm diameter, 100 cm long 22. A water brake coupled to an engine on test absorbs 70 kW of
steel rod if its maximum elongation exceed 0.12 cm. power. Find the total heat generated at the brake for one
a. 178 c. 148 minute.
b. 196 d. 287 a. 4200 kJ c. 2400 kJ
b. 70 kJ d. 24 kJ

20. What is the maximum allowable load, if the factor of safety is 23. Find the belt length at 70” center distance that will connect a
1.5, a yield stress 3000 psi and an area of 25 in2? 6.5” diameter pulley to a 12” diameter pulley.
a. 50 kips c. 60 kips a. 135 in c. 169.2 in
b. 55 kips d. 61 kips b. 152 in d. 120 in

21. Compute the tooth thickness of 14 ½ degree spur gear with 24. How long a wire is needed to make a helical spring having a
diametral pitch = 5. mean coil diameter of 20 mm if there are five coils in the
a. 0.3979 c. 0.03141 springs?
b. 3.1831 d. 0.31416 a. 314.2 mm c. 144.2 mm
b. 341.4 mm d. 134.4 mm

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25. What would be the diameter of a main power transmitting shaft 28. A link has a load factor of 0.8, the surface is 0.92 and the
to transmit 150 kW at 500 rpm? endurance strength is 28,000 psi. Compute the alternating
a. 81 mm c. 60 mm stress of the link if it is subjected to a reversing load. Assume
b. 75 mm d. 102 mm factor of safety of 3.
a. 8150 psi c. 10920 psi
b. 9333 psi d. 7260 psi

26. A body projected upward at an angle of 30° with the horizontal, 29. A 76mm solid shaft is to be replaced by a hollow shaft of equal
has an initial speed of 49m/s. In how many seconds will it torsional strength. Determine the percent savings in weight by
reach the ground? using hollow shaft. Outside diameter of the hollow shaft is
a. 5 sec c. 6 sec 100mm.
b. 4 sec d. 7 sec a. 56.74% c. 58.85%
b. 55.85% d. 53.56%

27. Calculate the factor of safety resulting from the following stress 30. A helical gear having a 14 ½ degree normal pressure angle
values: Yield strength, Sy = 60 ksi; Endurance strength, Sn = 20 and transverse diametral pitch of 2.3622 per cm, the helix
ksi; Average stress, Sm = 15 ksi; and Alternating stress, Sa = 10 angle is at 45° and has 8 teeth. Compute the transverse
ksi. pressure angle in degrees.
a. 1.75 c. 57 a. 22.2° c. 18.9°
b. 0.75 d. 1.33 b. 19.3° d. 20.1°

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31. What power should short shaft, 50 mm in diameter, transmit at 34. A pair of gear with gear ratio of 3 and 60 gear teeth of 14 ½
750 rpm? degree full depth tooth. The diametral pitch is 10. Compute the
a. 110 kW c. 80 kW tooth thickness on the pitch circle.
b. 100 kW d. 60 kW a. 0.570 in c. 0.157 in
b. 0.352 d. 0.142 in

32. A short shaft transmits 200 hp at 300 rpm. Determine the 35. All four compression coil spring support one load of 400 kg. All
diameter of the shaft in inches. four spring are arranged in parallel and rated same 0.709
a. 5 c. 4 kg/mm, compute the deflection in mm.
b. 2 d. 3 a. 564 c. 171
b. 1457 d. 141

33. A 12cm x 16cm air compressor is operated with maximum 36. Two pulleys, 80 cm apart, carries a belt in a cross connection.
pressure of 10 kg/cm2. There are 5 bolts with yield strength of If the pulley diameters are 40 cm and 15 cm, what is the length
64 ksi holding the cylinder head to the compressor. Determine of the belt required?
the tensile stress of the bolt. a. 200 cm c. 250 cm
a. 26.59 MPa c. 28.54 MPa b. 256 cm d. 305 cm
b. 27.96 MPa d. 32.56 MPa

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37. A hollow nickel-steel shaft, whose outside diameter is twice the 40. A shaft turning 120 rpm is to drive another shaft at 180 rpm.
inside diameter, is to transmit 1492 kW at 220 rpm. The shaft Determine the smaller pulley diameter in feet to give a belt
is subjected essentially to torsion. Assuming an allowable speed approximately 2500 fpm.
shear stress of 224 MPa, determine the size of the hollow shaft a. 2.21 c. 6.63
required. b. 4.42 d. 4.86
a. Do = 125.65 mm c. Do = 225 mm
b. Do = 116.24 mm d. Do = 178.6 mm

38. . A triple thread worm has a pitch diameter of 3 inches. The 41. A 16 ft line shaft has no bending action except its own weight.
wheel has 25 teeth and a pitch diameter of 5 inches. Material What power in hp can the shaft deliver at a speed of 200 rpm.
for both the worm and the wheel is of phosphor bronze. Consider that the torsional deflection will not exceed 0.08°/ft
Compute the helix angle (tan φ). length.
a. 0.20 c. 0.40 a. 13.2 c. 24.4
b. 0.30 d. 14 b. 15.8 d. 14.8

39. Find the shearing stress of a rectangular steel tank with 42. The large diameter and face of the disk of a multiple disk clutch
dimension L = 800 mm, W = 100 mm, H = 400 mm. A force are 255 mm and 25 mm respectively. The helical compression
2000 kN is applied at the edge of which is welded at the spring used to engage the clutch has 9 ½ effective coils of 10
bottom. mm steel wire. The outer coil diameter is 80 mm. The free
a. 15 000 KPa c. 25 000 KPa length of the spring is 185 mm. When in place with clutch
b. 20 000 KPa d. 30 000 KPa engaged, its length is 130 mm. Assuming that there are 10
pairs of friction surface in contact, that the motor runs at 1200
rpm, with coefficient of friction on contact surface f= 0.15. Let
the spring modulus of elasticity be 80GN/m2. Determine the
axial force available for the clutch.
a. 1688 kN c. 1458 kN
b. 1534 kN d. 1258 kN

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43. A journal bearing with a diameter of 55mm is subjected to a 46. A 21-tooth sprocket is connected to a 63-tooth sprocket by
load of 4,500N while rotating at 200 rpm. If the coefficient of means of an RC 60 having 180 pitches. Determine the
friction is taken as 0.20 and L/D is 0.30, find the pressure on distance between the sprockets in inches.
the bearing. a. 51.5 in c. 62.2 in
a. 0.496 c. 0.946 b. 47.6 in d. 58.5 in
b. 0.694 d. 1.04

44. A flange bolt coupling has (10) steel 25.4 mm diameter bolts 47. Determine the safe wall thickness of a 30 inches steel tank
evenly tighten around a 415 mm bolt circle. Determine the with internal pressure of 7.82MPa. The yield stress of material
torque capacity of the connection if the allowable shearing is at 275.48MPa. The factor of safety to use is 2.0.
stress in the bolt is 50 MN/m2. a. 20.6mm c. 22.6mm
a. 42.3 KN-m c. 50 KN-m b. 21.6mm d. 23.6mm
b. 52.57 KN-m d. 57.25 KN-m

45. Determine the bursting steam pressure of a steel shell with

diameter of 10 inches and made of ¼ in thick plate. The joint 48. A band brake is to absorb 5 hp at 200 rpm. The maximum
efficiency is at 70% and the tensile strength is 60 ksi. pressure of the lining and the drum is 120 psi. The angle of
a. 4200 psi c. 4000 psi wrap is 3.6 radians, the width of the band is 3 inches and f =
b. 3900 psi d. 4523.5 psi 0.15. Find the forces at the tight side. The diameter of the drum
is at 8 inches.
a. 2680 lbs c. 3380 lbs
b. 2880 lbs d. 2980 lbs

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49. Compute the shear modulus of elasticity G of steel whose
modulus of elasticity E is 200 GPa and Poisson’s ratio υ is
0.30.
a. 23.923 Gpa c. 76.9236 GPa
b. 92.763 Gpa d. 67.923 Gpa

50. Find the center distance between gears with 50 teeth and 25
teeth if the diametral pitch is 5.
a. 9.5” c. 8.5”
b. 6.5” d. 7.5”

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