VELS UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

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Question Bank

Subject Name: Design of Transmission System

Subject Code :

Year: III Semester: V Credits: 3 Class Hours: 3

QUESTION ALLOCATION (Unit Wise)

NUMBER OF QUESTIONS TOTAL

UNIT
PART-A PART-B QUESTIONS

1
10 5 15

2
10 5 15

3
10 5 15

4
10 5 15

5 10 5 15

TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONS 75

Prepared by,

Mr.K.Ganesh, Asst.Prof/ Mechanical Engg.

 VELS UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SUBJECT: Design of Transmission System (QUESTION BANK)

SUBJECT CODE:

UNIT I

1. How is a Wire rope specified?

2. Sketch the cross section of a V-belt and label its important parts.
3. Why is the face of a pulley crowned?
4. What are the five parts of roller chain?
5. Give the relationship of ratio of tensions in a V-belt drive.
6. What is a silent chain? In what situations, silent chains are preferred?
7. Define maximum tension in a belt.
8. Give the condition for maximum power transmission in terms of centrifugal tension in case
of belt drive.
9. Why tight side of the flat belt should be at the bottom side of the pulley?
10. What is meant by ‘chordal action of chain’?

1. The compressor is to be actuated from a 10 kW electric motor running at 970 rpm, the
compressor speed being 330rpm.The minimum center distance is 1000 mm. Design a
Suitable chain drive.
2. A 12.7mm pitch silent chain operating under steady load conditions, transmits 30kW from an
electric motor to a centrifugal. Design the silent chain.
3. Design a V-belt drive to the following specifications: Power to be transmitted =7.5KW,
Speed of driving wheel = 1440rpm,Speed of drive wheel = 400rpm,Diameter of driving
wheel = 300mm,Centre distance = 1000mm,Service = 16hrs/day
4. Design a wire rope for a elevator in a building60m high and for a total load of 20kN. The
speed of the elevator is 4m/sec and the full speed is reached in 10secs
5. A centrifugal pump running at 340rpm is to be driven by a 100kW motor running at
1440rpm. The drive is to work for at least 20hrs every day. The centre distance between the
 motor shaft and the pump shaft is 1200mm. Suggest a suitable multiple V-belt drive for this
application. Also calculate the actual belt tensions and stress induced.
UNIT II

1. Mention a few gear materials.

2. State an advantage and disadvantage of helical gear
3. Why is tangential component of gear tooth force called useful component?
4. Compare the contact between mating teeth of spur and helical gears.
5. What is backlash in gears?
6. What is the advantage of helical gear over spur gear?
7. Why is a gear tooth subjected to dynamic loading?
8. State the law of gearing or conditions of correct gearing
9. What are the commonly used gear tooth profiles?
10. State about herring bone gear.

1. A pinion of 120 mm pitch diameter, running at 900 rpm transmits 5kw of power to gear
whose pitch diameter is 360mm. for straight tooth , the angle of pressure is 20° .
determine the tangential force, the transverse or bending force on shafts and torques on
driving and driven shafts.-5.15
2. Explain the different types of gears in detail
3. A pinion with 25 teeth and rotating at 200r.p.m.drives a gear which rotates at 200
r.p.m.The module is 4mm.Calculate the centre distance between the gears
4. A train of spur gears is shown in fig .Pinion 1 runs at 1750 r.p.m and transmits
2.5kWpower to ideal gear 2. The teeth are cut on the 20ºfull-depth system and have a
module of 2.5 mm. The number of teeth on gears 1,2 and 3 are 20,50 and 30 respectively
Calculate:(i) The torque on each gear shaft, and
(ii) The components of gear tooth forces.
Also draw a free body diagram of gear 2 showing all the forces which act upon it and determine the
reaction on the idle gear shaft
5. A train of spur gears is shown in fig .Gear 1 is the driving gear and transmits 5kW power at720r.p.m.
The number of teeth on gears 1, 2, 3 and 4 are 20,50, 30 and 60 respectively. The module for all gears
is 4mm. The gears have a 20º full depth involutes profile. Calculate the tangential and radial components
of the tooth force between : (i) Gears 1 and 2, and (ii) Gears 3 and 4.
 UNIT III

1. What situations demand use of gear boxes?

2. Write any two requirements of a speed gear box.
3. Why G.P series is selected for arranging the speeds in gear box?
4. List any two methods used for changing speeds in gear boxes.
5. What are preferred Numbers?
6. What is step ratio?(or) Define progression ratio.
7. What kinematic arrangement is as applied to gear boxes?
8. What does the ray-diagram of gear box indicates?
9. State any three basic rules to be followed while designing a gear box.
10.What are the possible arrangements to archive 12 speeds from a gear box?

1. A pair of straight bevel gears consists of a 30 teeth pinion meshing with a 48 teeth
gear .The gears are mounted on shafts, which are interesting at right angle. The module at the
large end of the tooth is 4 mm. Calculate:
I. the pitch circle diameters of the pinion and the gear;
II. the pitch angles for the pinion and gear; and
III. the cone distance.

2. A pair of straight bevel gears has a velocity ratio of 2:1. The pitch circle diameter of the
pinion is 80 mm at the large end of the tooth. A 5 kW power is supplied to te pinion, which
rotates at 800 r.p.m. Te face width is 40 mm and the pressure angle 20°.Calculate te
tangential, radial and axial components of the resultant tooth force acting on the pinion. Page
no 7.10

3. A pair of worm gears is designated as 2/54/10/5. Calculate:

i. The centre distance;
ii. The speed reduction;
iii. The dimensions of the worm; and
iv. The dimensions of the worm wheel
4. A triple-threaded worm, having a lead of 70 mm meshes with a gear having 42 teeth and a
normal circular pitch of 22 mm. Find the centre distance between the shafts if they are 90°
apart.
5. A worm gear box with an effective surface area of 0.25 m².A fan is mounted on the worm
shaft to circulate air over the surface of the fins. The coefficient of heat transfer can be taken
as 25 W/m² °C. The permissible temperature rise of the lubricating oil above the atmospheric
temperature is 45°C. The coefficient of friction is 0.035 and the normal pressure angel is 20°.
The pair of worm gears is designated as: 1/40/10/4. Calculate te power transmitting capacity
based on thermal considerations.

UNIT IV
1. What are the points to be considered while designing a sliding mesh type of
multi-speed gear box?
2. Which type of gear is used in constant mesh gear box? Justify
3. Compare sliding mesh and synchromesh gear box.
4. Where is multi-speed gear boxes employed?
5. Name the series in which speeds are arranged in multi-speed gear boxes.
6. List six standard speeds starting from 18 rpm with a step ratio 1.4.
7. Differentiate ray diagram and structural diagram.
8. List out the basic rules to be followed for optimum gear box design
9. What is step ratio? Name the series in which speeds of multi-speed gear box are arranged.
10. Sketch the kinematic layout of gears for 3 speeds between two shafts.

1. The minimum and maximum speed of a six speed gear box are to be 160 and 500 r.p.m.
Construct the kinematic arrangement and the ay diagram of the gear box.
2. A nine speed gear box used as a head stock gear box of a turret late is to provide a speed
range of 180 r.p.m. to 800 r.p.m. Using standard step ratio, draw the speed diagram, and the
Kinematic layout. Also find and fix the number of teeth on all gears.
3. A gear box is to be designed to provide 12 output speeds ranging from 160 to 2000 r.p.m.
The input speed of motor is 1600 r.p.m. Choosing a standard speed ratio construct the speed
diagram and the kinematic arrangements.
4. A single plate clutch transmits 25 kW at 900 .p.m. The maximum pressure intensity between
te plates is 85 kN/m².Te ratio of radii is 1.25. Both the sides of the plate are effective and the
coefficient of friction is 0.25.Determine
i. The inner diameter of the plate, and
ii. The axial force to engage the clutch. Assume theory of uniform wear.
5. With neat sketch Explain single plate clutch?

UNIT V

1. What is the function of a clutch?

2. Give examples for axial and radial friction clutches.
3. What are the properties required of the material used as a friction surface?
4. Name few commonly used friction materials.
5. Clutches are usually designed on the basic of uniform wear. Why
6. Why a service factor is used for calculating the design capacity of a clutch?
7. What is the difference between cone and centrifugal clutches?
8. Compare disc clutches and cone clutches.
9. Why heart dissipation is necessary in clutches? .
10. What is the function of a brake?

1. Classification of brakes in details

2. A simple band brake is operated by a lever of length 500 mm long. Te brake drum as a
diameter of 500 mm and the brake band embraces 5/8 of the circumference. One end of the
band is attached to the fulcrum of the lever while the other is attached to a pin on the lever
100 mm from the fulcrum. If the effort applied to the end of the lever is 2000 N and the
coefficient of friction is 0.25, then design the simple band brake
3. A band brake acts on the ¾ of circumference of a drum of 450 mm diameter which is keyed
to the shaft. The band brake provides a braking torque of 225 N-m. one end of the band is
attached to a pin 100 mm from the fulcrum , as shown figure. If the operating force is
applied at 500 mm from the fulcrum and coefficient of friction is 0.25. Find the operating
force when the drum rotates in the
a) Anticlockwise direction, and
b) Clockwise direction.
4.In the band and block brake shown in figure, the band is lined with 12 blocks each of which
subtends an angle of 15° at the rotating drum. Te thickness of the block is 75 mm and the
diameter of the drum is 850 mm. If, when the bake is in action the greatest and least tensions
in the brake trap are T1 and T2 show that

T1/T2=

Where µ is the coefficient of friction for the blocks. Find the least force required at “C” for
the blocks to absorb 225 kW at 240 r.p.m. The coefficient of friction between the band and
blocks is 0.40.

5. Explain and neat sketch in internal expanding shoe brake?