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UNIT-III - Work Sheet 1

The document focuses on the design of sunk keys, detailing calculations for shear and crushing stress for rectangular sunk keys. It includes specific problems involving shafts of various diameters and materials, requiring the determination of key dimensions and lengths based on maximum shear stress theory and factors of safety. The document serves as a self-engagement question set for understanding the design principles of machine elements related to keys.

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UNIT-III - Work Sheet 1

The document focuses on the design of sunk keys, detailing calculations for shear and crushing stress for rectangular sunk keys. It includes specific problems involving shafts of various diameters and materials, requiring the determination of key dimensions and lengths based on maximum shear stress theory and factors of safety. The document serves as a self-engagement question set for understanding the design principles of machine elements related to keys.

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Design of Machine Elements

Unit–III
Self-Engagement Question on

Concept: “Design of sunk keys”


1. Derive expressions for shear stress and crushing stress for a rectangular sunk key.
2. The 45 𝑚𝑚 diameter shaft is made of steel with a yield strength of 400 𝑀𝑃𝑎, and a
parallel key of size 14 𝑚𝑚 wide and 9 𝑚𝑚 thick, made of steel with a yield strength of
340 𝑀𝑃𝑎, is to be used. Find the required length of the key to ensure the shaft can
transmit the maximum permissible torque without failure. Use the maximum shear
stress theory with a factor of safety of 2.
3. The shaft of 25 mm diameter is transmitting 15 𝑘𝑊 power at 720 𝑟𝑝𝑚 is connected to
𝑁
the gear by means of a key which is made of steel 50𝐶4 (𝑆𝑦𝑡 = 460 𝑚𝑚2 ). The factor
of safety is 3. For key material, the yield strength in compression can be assumed to
be equal to the yield strength in tension. Determine the dimensions of the key using
the maximum shear stress theory. Assume the usual proportions of the key
4. A 50 𝑚𝑚 diameter shaft assembly that uses a flat key to transmit 475 𝑁 − 𝑚 of torque
to a hub. The standard cross-section for the flat key is 16 × 10 𝑚𝑚. The key is made
𝑁
of commercial steel (𝑆𝑦𝑡 = 𝑆𝑦𝑐 = 230 𝑚𝑚2 ). Determine the length of the key, if the
factor of safety is 3. Consider the usual proportions of the key.
5. A shaft 80 𝑚𝑚 diameter transmits power at maximum shear stress of 63 𝑀𝑃𝑎. A
20 𝑚𝑚 wide key is required to mount a pulley on the shaft so that the stress in the key
does not exceed 42 𝑀𝑃𝑎. Find the length of the key.

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