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Assignment-1 Design of Machine Elements - II (MEC306) : Each Question Carries 10 Marks

This document contains 3 questions for an assignment on machine element design. Question 1 asks to design a helical compression spring to deflect 33 mm under forces from 500-1000 N, given properties of the spring wire and requirements for coil spacing. Question 2 asks to determine the diameter of a transmission shaft transmitting 12.5 kW between bearings 750 mm apart, with a pulley of diameter 471 mm attached. Question 3 asks to determine the dimensions of a square key fixing a pulley transmitting 18 kW to a 50 mm diameter shaft, given material properties.

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Assignment-1 Design of Machine Elements - II (MEC306) : Each Question Carries 10 Marks

This document contains 3 questions for an assignment on machine element design. Question 1 asks to design a helical compression spring to deflect 33 mm under forces from 500-1000 N, given properties of the spring wire and requirements for coil spacing. Question 2 asks to determine the diameter of a transmission shaft transmitting 12.5 kW between bearings 750 mm apart, with a pulley of diameter 471 mm attached. Question 3 asks to determine the dimensions of a square key fixing a pulley transmitting 18 kW to a 50 mm diameter shaft, given material properties.

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ASSIGNMENT- 1

Design of Machine Elements - II (MEC306)


Each question carries 10 marks.

Q1. A helical compression spring is required to deflect through approximately (25+X) mm


when the external force acting on it varies from 500 to 1000 N. The spring index is 8. The
spring has square and ground ends. There should be a gap of 2 mm between adjacent coils
when the spring is subjected to the maximum force of 1000 N. The spring is made of cold-
drawn steel wire with ultimate tensile strength of 1000 N/mm 2 and permissible shear stress
in spring wire should be 50% of the ultimate tensile strength (G = 81370 N/mm 2). Design the
spring and calculate:
(i) wire diameter;
(ii) mean coil diameter;
(iii) number of active coils;
(iv) total number of coils;
(v) solid length;
(vi) free length;
(vii) required spring rate;
(viii) actual spring rate
Note: In the deflection (25+X), X is the last digit of your registration number. For example,
if your registration is 11709028, then the deflection will be (25 + 8 = 33) mm.

Q2. A transmission shaft is supported between two bearings, which are 750 mm apart. Power
is supplied to the shaft through a coupling, which is located to the left of the left-hand bearing.
Power is transmitted from the shaft by means of a belt pulley, (450+XY) mm in diameter,
which is located at a distance of 200 mm to the right of the left-hand bearing. The weight of
the pulley is 300 N and the ratio of the belt tension of tight and slack sides is 2:1. The belt
tensions act in vertically downward direction. The shaft is made of steel FeE 300 (Syt = 300
N/mm2) and the factor of safety is 3. Determine the shaft diameter, if it transmits 12.5 kW
power at 300 rpm from the coupling to the pulley.

Note: In the diameter (450+XY), XY are the last two digits of your registration number. For
example, if your registration is 11709021, then the diameter will be (450 + 21 = 471) mm.

Q3. It is required to design a square key for fixing a pulley on the shaft, which is 50 mm in
diameter. The pulley transmits (10+X) kW power at 200 rpm to the shaft. The key is made of
steel 45C8 (Syt = Syc = 380 N/mm2) and the factor of safety is 3. Determine the dimensions of
the key. Assume (Ssy = 0.577Syt)

Note: In the power (10+X), X is the last digit of your registration number. For example, if
your registration is 11709028, then the power will be (10 + 8 = 18) kW.

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