DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS – I
1. What is the first procedure followed in Product Development Cycle?
a) Define the product
b) Market survey
c) Select suitable mechanism
d) Prepare general layout
2. Rankine’s theory of failure is applicable for which of the following type of material?
a) Brittle
b) Ductile
c) Elastic
d) Plastic
3. In hydrostatic bearing the starting friction is
a) Very low
b) More
c) Either more or less
d) Uncertain
4. In the assembly of pulley, key and shaft
a) Pulley is made weakest
b) Key is made weakest
c) Key is made strongest
d) All the three are designed for equal strength
5. The design calculations for members subject to fluctuating loads with the same factor of safety
yield the most conservative estimates when using
a) Gerber relation
b) Soderberg relation
c) Goodman relation
d) None of these
6. The objective of caulking in a riveted joint is to make the joint
a) Corrosion free
b) Leak proof
c) Free from stresses
d) Stronger in tension
7. The parallel fillet weld joint is designed for
a) Tensile strength
b) Compressive strength
c) Bending strength
d) Shear strength
8. The most suitable bearing for carrying very heavy loads with slow speed is
a) Hydrodynamic bearing
b) Ball bearing
c) Roller bearing
d) Hydrostatic bearing
9. In shaft design the allowable stress is _______ by what factor when keyways are present?
a) Increased by 50%
b) Decreased by 50%
c) Increased by 25%
d) Decreased by 25%
10. In a curve thread, the included angle is
a) 550
b) 600
c) 290
d) 560
11. Consider the following statements:
For increasing the fatigue strength of welded joints, it is necessary to employ
i. Grinding
ii. Coating
iii. Hammer peening
Of the above statements
a) i and ii are correct
b) ii and iii are correct
c) i and iii are correct
d) i,ii and ii are correct
12. The number of bolts in a clamp coupling must be a multiple of
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) Need not be a multiple of any number
13. The bearing characteristic number in a hydrodynamic bearing depends upon
a) Length, width and load
b) Length, width and speed
c) Viscosity , speed and load
d) Viscosity , speed and pressure
14. The industrial practice is to use a square key with sides equal to ______ of the shaft diameter
and length at least ______ the shaft diameter.
a) 0.5 times, 2 times
b) 0.75 times, 1.5 times
c) 0.25 times, 1.5 times
d) 0.5 times, 1.25 times
15. Which one of the following bearing has self aligning feature?
a) Roller bearing
b) Spherical roller bearing
c) Needle roller bearing
d) All the above
16. The longitudinal joint in a boiler shell is usually a
a) Butt joint
b) Butt joint with 2 cover plates
c) Lap joint
d) Lap joint with single cover plate
17. A flexible coupling tolerates a misalignment of
a) 0.250 angular misalignment,5 mm axial displacement
b) 0.50 angular misalignment,2.5 mm axial displacement
c) 0.50 angular misalignment,5 mm axial displacement
d) 0.250 angular misalignment,1 mm axial displacement
18. If the ratio of diameter of rivet hole to the pitch of rivet is 0.25, then the tearing efficiency of the
joint is
a) 0.5
b) 0.75
c) 0.25
d) 0.875
19. A steel shaft 35 mm in diameter and 1.2 m long held rigidly at one end has a hand wheel of
500mm in diameter keyed to other end. The modulus of rigidity of steel is 80 Gpa.
i. The load applied tangent to the rim of the wheel produces a torsional shear of 60 Mpa
will be
a) 2010 N
b) 2020 N
c) 2030 N
d) 2000N
ii. Degree with which the wheel will turn when the calculated load is applied
a) 0.030
b) 0.040
c) 0.050
d) 0.060
20. What are the three basic modes of crack propagation?
21. A ball bearing operating at a load F has 8000 hrs of life. The life of the bearing in hours when the
load is doubled to 2F is
a) 8000 hrs
b) 6000 hrs
c) 4000 hrs
d) 1000 hrs
22. The piston rod of diameter 20mm and length 700mm in a hydraulic cylinder is subjected to a
compressive force of 10kN due to internal pressure. The end condition for the rod may be
assumed as guided at the piston end and hinged at the other end. E = 200GPa. Find the factor of
safety for the piston rod.
a) 0.68
b) 2.75
c) 5.62
d) 11
23. A straight line joining Se on the ordinate to Sut on the abscissa is called the
a) Gerber line
b) Soderberg line
c) Goodman line
d) Yield line
24. In a double riveted butt joint with two cover plates for the longitudinal seam of a boiler shell
1.5m in diameter subjected to a steam pressure of 0.95 N/mm2. Assume the joint efficiency as
75%, allowable tensile strength on the plate 90 MPa.
i. Thickness of the boiler shell plate will be
a) 10mm
b) 12mm
c) 15mm
d) 18mm
ii. Diameter of rivet will be
a) 20mm
b) 25mm
c) 27mm
d) 29mm
25. A solid shaft is to transmit 20kW at 200 rpm. The ultimate shear stress for this steel may be
taken as 360MPa and a factor of safety as 8.
i. Diameter of solid shaft will be
a) 45mm
b) 46mm
c) 48mm
d) 50mm
ii. If a Hollow shaft is to be needed in place of the solid shaft when the ratio of inner to
outer diameter is 0.5 then the outer diameter will be
a) 46 mm
b) 47 mm
c) 48 mm
d) 48.6 mm
26. A 150mm diameter shaft supporting a load of 10kN has a speed of 1500 rpm. The shaft runs in a
bearing whose length is 1.5 times the shaft diameter. The coefficient of friction is 0.02.
i. Bearing pressure will be
a) 0.24 N/mm 2
b) 0.296 N/mm2
c) 0.34 N/mm2
d) 0.46 N/mm2
ii. Heat generated due to friction will be
a) 2146 W
b) 2248 W
c) 2356 W
d) 2474 W
27. A feather key is generally
a) Loose in shaft and tight in hub
b) Tight in shaft and loose in hub
c) Tight in both
d) Loose in both
28. In a leaf spring, the initial gap between the extra full length leaf and the graduated length leaf
before the assembly is called a _______.
29. A line joining the centre of the rivets and parallel to edge of the plate is known as
a) Back pitch
b) Marginal pitch
c) Gauge line
d) Pitch line
30. In a double fillet welded joint with parallel fillet weld of length l and leg s subjected to a tensile
force P. Assuming uniform stress distribution shear stress in the weld is given by
a) 1.414 P / s.l
b) P/ 2sl
c) P/ 1.414*s*l
d) 2P/s.l
31. When a helical compression spring is subjected to an axial compressive load, the stress induced
in the wire is
a) Tensile stress
b) Compressive stress
c) Shear stress
d) Bending stress
32. _______ is defined as the susceptibility of a material to succumb to damaging effects of stress
raising notches in fatigue loading.
33. The notch sensitivity q is expressed in terms of fatigue stress concentration factor Kf and
theoretical stress concentration factor Kt as
a) Kf + 1 / Kt + 1
b) Kf - 1 / Kt - 1
c) Kt + 1 / Kf + 1
d) Kt - 1 / Kf – 1
34. A feather key is 12mm wide and 9mm deep and is to transmit 680Nm of torque from a 38mm
diameter if shaft. The steel key has an allowable stress in tension and compression of 110 MPa
and an allowable stress in shear of 57.5 MPa. Find the required length of the key.
35. If the key in the above problem had been 9mm wide and 12mm deep what would be the length
of the key for the same load and material?
36. Failure of a material is called fatigue when it fails
a) At the elastic limit
b) Below the elastic limit
c) At the yield point
d) Below the yield point
Answers
1. B
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. D
8. D
9. D
10. C
11. C
12. C
13. D
14. C
15. B
16. C
17. C
18. B
19. B,C
20.
21. D
22. A
23. C
24. B ,A
25. C, D
26. B, C
27. B
28.
29. B
30. C
31. C
32.
33. B
34.
35.
36. D
