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This document appears to be a final exam for a Machine Element Design course. It contains 5 questions related to mechanical elements, including determining the length of a screw press, efficiency of the press, stresses in bolts, weld sizes, and fatigue failure of a cantilever beam. The exam is worth a total of 100 marks and students are instructed to answer only 4 out of the 5 questions provided.

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Final ExamMDFinal 2023

This document appears to be a final exam for a Machine Element Design course. It contains 5 questions related to mechanical elements, including determining the length of a screw press, efficiency of the press, stresses in bolts, weld sizes, and fatigue failure of a cantilever beam. The exam is worth a total of 100 marks and students are instructed to answer only 4 out of the 5 questions provided.

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Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology 4th Year Time: 3 hours

Mechatronics Engineering Department 09/02/2023 1st Term


Machine Element Design FINAL EXAM

Q# Answer only 4 of the following 5-questions: Marks


The 70 mm screw of a 10 kN shop press, shown in Figure, has a trapezoidal thread with
an angle of 28. The operator's force may be taken 180 N for each hand. The mean diameter
of collar is 60 mm. Determine:
a) The length S, assuming that the coefficient of friction is 0.12 in the threads and
0.125 at the collar. The root diameter is 58 mm. The pitch is 12 mm.
b) The efficiency of the press.
c) Is the screw self-locking? Explain.
d) The maximum normal and shear Stresses in the screw.
e) The shear stress on the screw and nut threads.
f) The bearing stress in the threads.

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Figure P2 illustrates a portion of a cover


plate bolted to the end of a thick-walled
cylindrical pressure vessel. A total of 𝑁𝑏 Figure P2
bolts are to be used to resist a separating
force 𝑃 = 55 𝑘𝑖𝑝𝑠. A bolt safety factor of
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n= 1.5 is used. Determine

1) The join constant


2) The 𝑁𝑏 for a permanent connection.
The tightening torque for an average condition of thread friction

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Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology 4th Year Time: 3 hours
Mechatronics Engineering Department 09/02/2023 1st Term
Machine Element Design FINAL EXAM

The bracket shown in Figure 2 is secured


by 5 bolts. Find the minimum bolt
diameter such that the shear stress in the
bolts should not exceed 150 MPa. If the
Q3 force F was acting vertically at point B 15

“not A”, do you think that the bolt


diameter will increase or decrease?

The bolts were removed from the bracket shown in Figure 2 and we decided to weld it as
shown in Figure 3. If the permissible shear stress is 120 MPa, do you think that the weld
length is enough or we need to add another weld on the side CF.

Q4 15

The figure shows a


cantilever beam
serving as a spring
for a latching
mechanism. When
assembled, the free
end is deflected
0.075 in, which
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corresponds to a
force F of 8.65 Ib.
When a latch
operates, the end
deflects an
additional 0.15 in.
Would you expect eventual fatigue failure? (use 𝑆𝑢𝑡 (𝐾𝑠𝑖) = 0.5 𝐵ℎ𝑛 ).

:::::::Good luck:::::::::

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