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Ambo University Hachalu Hundessa Campus School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Machine Element II, Assignment 1

The document contains 9 problems related to machine elements and mechanical engineering. Problem 1 asks to determine the diameter of a solid shaft transmitting power. Problem 2 asks to determine the diameters of a solid and hollow shaft transmitting power. Problem 3 asks to determine the diameter of an axle between railway wagon wheels.

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Ambo University Hachalu Hundessa Campus School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Machine Element II, Assignment 1

The document contains 9 problems related to machine elements and mechanical engineering. Problem 1 asks to determine the diameter of a solid shaft transmitting power. Problem 2 asks to determine the diameters of a solid and hollow shaft transmitting power. Problem 3 asks to determine the diameter of an axle between railway wagon wheels.

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Ambo University

Hachalu Hundessa Campus


School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Machine Element II, Assignment 1
1. A solid shaft is transmitting 1 MW at 240 r.p.m. Determine the diameter of the shaft if
the maximum torque transmitted exceeds the mean torque by 20%. Take the maximum
allowable shear stress as 60 MPa.
2. Find the diameter of a solid steel shaft to transmit 20 kW at 200 r.p.m. The ultimate
shear stress for the steel may be taken as 360 MPa and a factor of safety as 8. If a hollow
shaft is to be used in place of the solid shaft, find the inside and outside diameter when
the ratio of inside to outside diameters is 0.5
3. A pair of wheels of a railway wagon carries a load of 50 kN on each axle box, acting at a
distance of 100 mm outside the wheel base. The gauge of the rails is 1.4 m. Find the
diameter of the axle between the wheels, if the stress is not to exceed 100 MPa.
4. A solid circular shaft is subjected to a bending moment of 3000 N-m and a torque of 10
000 N-m. The shaft is made of 45 C 8 steel having ultimate tensile stress of 700 MPa and
a ultimate shear stress of 500 MPa. Assuming a factor of safety as 6, determine the
diameter of the shaft
5. An engine running at 150 r.p.m. drives a line shaft by means of a belt. The engine pulley
is 750 mm diameter and the pulley on the line shaft is 450 mm. A 900 mm diameter
pulley on the line shaft drives a 150 mm diameter pulley keyed to a dynamo shaft. Fine
the speed of dynamo shaft, when
1. there is no slip, and
2. there is a slip of 2% at each drive
Ambo University
Hachalu Hundessa Campus
School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Machine Element II, Assignment 2
6. Design a belt drive to transmit 110 kW for a system consisting of two pulleys of
diameters 0.9 m and 1.2 m, centre distance of 3.6 m, a belt speed 20 m / s, coefficient of
friction 0.3, a slip of 1.2% at each pulley and 5% friction loss at each shaft, 20% over
load
7. A belt 100 mm wide and 10 mm thick is transmitting power at 1000 metres/min. The net
driving tension is 1.8 times the tension on the slack side. If the safe permissible stress on
the belt section in 1.6 MPa, calculate the maximum power, that can be transmitted at this
speed. Assume density of the leather as 1000 kg/m3.
Calculate the absolute maximum power that can be transmitted by this belt and the speed
at which this can be transmitted.
8. Two parallel shafts whose centre lines are 4.8 m apart, are connected by an open belt
drive. The diameter of the larger pulley is 1.5 m and that of smaller pulley 1 m. The
initial tension in the belt when stationary is 3 kN. The mass of the belt is 1.5 kg / m
length. The coefficient of friction between the belt and the pulley is 0.3. Taking
centrifugal tension into account, calculate the power transmitted, when the smaller pulley
rotates at 400 r.p.m.
9. In a horizontal belt drive for a centrifugal blower, the blower is belt driven at 600 r.p.m.
by a 15 kW, 1750 r.p.m. electric motor. The centre distance is twice the diameter of the
larger pulley. The density of the belt material = 1500 kg/m3; maximum allowable stress 4
MPa; μ1 = 0.5 (motor pulley); μ2 = 0.4 (blower pulley); peripheral velocity of the belt =
20 m/s. Determine the following:
1. Pulley diameters; 2. belt length; 3. cross-sectional area of the belt; 4. minimum initial
tension for operation without slip; and 5. resultant force in the plane of the blower when
operating with an initial tension 50 per cent greater than the minimum value

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