Engineering Mechanics Quiz
Engineering Mechanics Quiz
4. A solid steel machine shaft with a safe 9. A small countershaft is 3/4 inch in diameter
shearing stress of 7000 psi transmits a torque of and has an allowable stress of 8500 psi. Find the
15,500 in-lb. What is the length of the square horsepower delivered by the shaft at a speed of
key if it is 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft? 125.7 rad/sec.
A. 720
a. 3 in
B. 1.4
b. 1.5 in C. 13.31
D. 14.72
c. 6 in
d. 1.75 in 10. A block with a mass of 115 slugs slides down
a frictionless wedge with a slope of 40 deg. The
5. A heavy-duty sleeve bearing is used with wedge is moving horizontally in the opposite
good ventilation. The bearing has a diameter of direction at a constant velocity of 16 ft/s.
2 in and a length of 4 in. The load on the Compute the absolute speed of the block 2
bearing is 2200 lb. A shaft rotates 200 rpm in seconds after it is released from rest?
REFRESHER 3 (MDSP)
A. 21.4 ft/s 16. Percentage of cut on the return stroke of
C. 34.5 ft/s hacksaw blade is
B. 30.91 ft/s A. 21 %
D. 12.4 ft/s B. 3 %
C. 1 %
11. The shaft is subjected to a steady load of D. 0 %
36,000 lb at a shear stress of 10,000 psi.
Compute the diameter of the said shaft in 17. Compute for the torsional deflection in
inches. degrees of a 110 mm diameter, 1.4 m long shaft
A. 1 7/8 in subjected to a twisting moment of 3 x 10 (raised
B. 2 ¼ in to 6) N-mm. The torsional modulus of elasticity
C. 3 cm is 83 GPa.
D. 76.2 mm A. 0.27
B. 0.31
12. What is the polar section modulus of a solid C. 0.20
shaft with a diameter of 101.6 mm? D. 0.24
A. 102.96 cm3
C. 209.56 cm4 18. A 1-inch diameter shaft has a single disc
B. 205.96 cm3 weighing 75 lb mounted midway between two
D. 205.96 cm4 bearings 20" apart. Find the lowest critical
speed in rpm. Neglect the weight of the shaft.
13. The differential of the shear equation is Assume that the modulus of elasticity is 30 x 106
which one of the following? psi.
A. load on the beam A. 2038 rpm
B. tensile strength of beam B. 2380 rpm
C. bending moment of the beam C. 2308 rpm
D. slope of the elastic curve D. 2803 rpm
14. A steel shaft 1.75 inches in diameter 19. What Hp can a 25.4 mm diameter short
transmits 40 Hp at 1800 rpm. Assuming a shaft transmit at 380 rpm?
modulus of rigidity of 12 x 106 psi, find the A. 3 Hp
torsional deflection of the shaft in degrees per C. 18 Hp
foot length. B. 10 Hp
A. 0.0872 D. 7.1 Hp
B. 0.0063
C. 0.0037 20. What length of a square key is required for a
D. 0.00013 4-in diameter shaft transmitting 1000 hp at
1000 rpm? The allowable shear and
15. Distance measured perpendicular to the axis compressive stresses in the key are 15 ksi and
between the crest of the thread and the root of 30 ksi, respectively.
its mating thread in a thread assembly of screws A. 2.1 inches
A. tolerance class B. 3.2 inches
B. crest truncation C. 2.8 inches
C. crest clearance D. 4.2 inches
D. tolerance limit
REFRESHER 3 (MDSP)
21. Which of the following is not a viscoelastic has 6 bolts, each 18 mm in diameter. Find the
material? required diameter of the bolts circle based on
A. Teflon an average shearing stress of 27.5 MPa.
B. plastic A. 245 mm
C. all of these C. 254 mm
D. metal B. 452 mm
D. 425 mm
22. The material that can cut/wear hardest
substance subjected to: 27. It is ideal for maximum quietness in
A. carbide sprockets drive operation to choose ______ or
B. abrasive more teeth.
C. tungsten A. 24
D. vanadium C. 27
B. 18
23. A 50-mm diameter shaft is to transmit 12 D.21
kW power at a speed of 500 rpm, determine the
mean diameter of the pin, under double shear, 28. If the angular deformation of a solid shaft
for a material having a safe unit stress of 40 should not to exceed 1° in a length of 1.8 m and
N/mm2. the allowable shearing stress is 83 MPa, what is
A. 11.08 mm the diameter of the shaft? Assume that the
B. 12.08 mm shaft material has G = 77 x 106 kPa.
C. 13.08 mm A. 222.34 mm
D. 10.08 mm B. 23 .42 cm
C. 234.22 mm
24. A 1200 mm cast iron pulley is fastened to D. 24.22 cm
112.5 mm shaft by means of a 28.13 mm square
key 175 mm long. The key and shaft have a 29. A vertically loaded beam, fixed at one end
shearing stress of 14 000 psi. Calculate the force and is supported at the other is indeterminate
acting at the pulley that will shear the key. to what degree?
A. 10 015 lb A. First
B. 11 050 lb B. Third
C. 12 115 lb C. Second
D. 12 105 lb D. Fourth
25. How do you call the process of producing 30. A 15/ 16 - in wide key has a depth of 5/8 in.
components by compacting and melting of It is 12 inches long and is to be used on a 200
plastic material and continuously forcing it hp, 1160 rpm, squirrel-cage induction motor.
through an orifice hole? The shaft diameter is 3 7/8 inches. The
maximum running torque is 200% of the full-
A. Blowing load torque. Compute for the force.
B. Injection Moulding A. 11,217 lb
C. Moulding B. 57,211 lb
D. Extrusion C. 27,111 lb
D. 72,101 lb
26. A 75-mm diameter shaft is transmitting 350
kW at 650 rpm. A flange coupling is used and
REFRESHER 3 (MDSP)
31. It is rigid piece which serves to transmit a 6 hp motor operating at 3500 rpm, if the
force from a piece another piece or to cause/ maximum shear stress for the shaft is 8500 psi?
control motion. A. 5/ 16 in
A. follower B. 3/8 in
B. crank C. 1 in
C. cam motion D. ½ in
D. link
37. In general, what are the effects of cold-
32. Aside from oxygen, what is the other working a metal?
commonly used gas in gas welding? A. increase strength and ductility
A. hydrogen B. decreased strength and ductility
B. argon C. increased strength, decreased ductility
C. LPG D. decreased strength, increased ductility
D. Acetylene
38. The effective length of a cantilever spring of
33. A 15/16 - in wide key has a depth of 5/8 in. uniform rectangular cross-section is 20 inches.
It is 12 inches long and is to be used on a 200 At its free end, it carries a load of 720 lbs and
hp, 1160 rpm, squirrel -cage induction motor. caused a 1.2 inch deflection. Calculate the
The shaft diameter is 3 7/8 inches. The thickness of the spring given that the material's
maximum running torque is 200% of the full- allowable stress is 70 ksi.
load torque. What is the maximum torque? A. 0.5 19 in.
A. 17,330 in-lb B. 0.420 in.
B. 73,412 in-lb C. 0.353 in.
C. 73,210 in-lb D. 0.20 I in.
D. 2 1,733 in-lb
39. A flange bolt coupling consists of eight steel
34. Determine the shear stress at the inside 20-mm diameter bolts spaced evenly around a
surface of a hollow circular shaft where the bolt circle 300 mm in diameter. Determine the
torque is 8000 ft-lb of inside and outside torque capacity of the coupling if the
diameters are 2 in and 4 inches respectively. allowable shearing stress in the bolts is 40
A.4.1 MPa MN/m2.
B. 28. 1 MPa A. 1.51 kN-m
C. 5.5 ksi B. 15.1 kN-m
D. 12.4 ksi C. 5.21 kN-m
D. 10.5 1 kN-m
35. A turbine developing 15,000 Hp turns the
shaft at 300 rpm. The propeller attached to this 40. Find the diameter of steel lineshaft to
shaft develops a thrust of 150,000 lb. A hollow transmit 10 Hp at 150 revolutions per minute
steel shaft having an outside diameter of 14 in. with a torsional deflection not exceeding 0.08
is to be used. What is the percentage savings in degree per foot of length.
weight? Note: Ss = 7500 psi. A. 3.52 in.
A. 37.3 % C. 45.5 % B. 2.35 in.
B. 34.5 % D. 32.7 % C. 3.25 in.
D. 2.53 in.
36. Of the following solid shaft diameters, which
is the smallest that can be used for the rotor of
REFRESHER 3 (MDSP)
41. Cast iron flywheels are only designed with C. 63 hp
factor of safety of D. 54 hp
A. 10 to 13
B. 10 to 12 46. A flange bolt coupling is used to connect a
C. 10 to 14 solid shaft 90 mm in diameter to a hollow shaft
D. 8 to 13 100 mm in outside diameter and 90 mm in
inside diameter. If the allowable shearing stress
42. The undersea research vehicle Alvin has a in the shafts and the bolts is 60 MN/m2, how
spherical pressure hull 1m in radius and shell many 10-mm-diameter steel bolts must be used
thickness of 30 mm. The pressure hull is steel on a 200-mm diameter bolt circle so that the
having a yield point of 700 MPa. Compute the coupling will be as strong as the weaker shaft?
depth of submergence that would set up the A. 8 bolts
yield point stress in the spherical shell. Give: Sea B. 6 bolts
Water specific weight is 10.07 kN/m3. C. 9 bolts
A. 5040 m D. 12 bolts
B. 1240 m
C. 4170 m 47. Type of bolt commonly used in the
D. 1470 m construction that is threaded in both ends
A. stud bolt
43. Cast iron pulleys, 4 in. and 20 in. in B. acme threaded bolts
diameters, are lo transmit 3 hp at 1200 rpm of C. hex bolt
the smaller pulley, through a single ply oak- D. square threaded bolts
tanned leather belt. Calculate the centrifugal
stress if the center to center distance is 10 ft. 48. A rigidly built-in cantilever has cross-section
Note: for leather belt f = 0.30, density is of ½ in deep, 3/8 inches wide, and is loaded 12
0.035 lb/ft3. in. from the support. Determine the bending
A. 5.75 psi stress in the beam assuming that a load of 8 lb
B. 32.5 psi is applied gradually.
C. 23 .6 psi A. 6 150 psi
D. 1.45 psi B. 3245 psi
C. 1560 psi
44. A cyclist on a circular track of radius 800 ft is D. 5430 psi
travelling at 27 ft/s. His speed in the tangential
direction increases at the rate of 3 ft/s2. What 49. A tie-bar of rectangular section 150 mm
is total cyclist's acceleration? broad by 25 mm thick is subjected to a pull of
A. 5.4 ft/s2 300 kN applied at 5 mm off the center of
B. 3 ft/s2 the thickness of the section. Calculate the
C. 3.13 ft/s2 maximum stress induced at the outer skin.
D. 0.91 ft//s2 A. 167 MPa
B. 175 MPa
45. What horsepower would be transmitted by C. 156 MPa
a short shaft, 2 inches in diameter carrying two D. 176 MPa
pulleys closed to the bearings, if the shaft
makes 300 revolutions per minute. 50. Modulus of Resilience is _________.
A. 36 hp A. the same as the modulus of elasticity
B. 45 hp
REFRESHER 3 (MDSP)
B. a measure of a material's ability to store 55. The axial force of l.6 kN is applied to a
strain energy simple clutch with inside and outside diameters
C. the reciprocal of the modulus of elasticity of 10 cm and 25 cm respectively. Calculate the
D. a measure of the deflection of a member torque capacity if it is to be based on uniform
pressure with a given coefficient of friction of
51. A 6 inches pulley is fastened to a 1 1/4-in 0.20.
shaft by a set screw. If a net tangential force of A. 62 N-m
75 lb is applied to the surface of the pulley, B. 29.7 N-m
what is the holding force when the load is C. 70 N-m
steady and N = 3? D. 52 N-m
A. 1080 lb
B. 2030 lb 56. Cast iron pulleys, 4 in. and 20 in. in
C. 1045 lb diameters, are to transmit 3 hp at 1200 rpm of
D. 1201 lb the smaller pulley, through a single ply oak-
tanned leather belt. What is the reasonable
52. The pressure within the cylinder of a ratio of net tensions if the center to center
hydraulic press is 1000 psi. The cylinder distance is 10 ft? Note: for leather belt f = 0.30.
diameter is 10.5 inches. Determine the A. 2.46
thickness of the cylinder wall, allowing a tensile B. 3.42
stress of 2,500 psi. C. 1.56
A. 2.77 in D. 4.32
B. 4.2 in
C. 3.5 in 57. A disk clutch having an outside diameter of
D. 1.25 in 32 cm and an inside diameter of 12. 7 cm is
connected to an engine that turns at 750 rpm.
53. A 1 1/2 in. shaft uses a sleeve bearing. The The coefficient of friction is 0.6 while the
bearing sustains a radial load of 900 lb. If the pressure between the friction surfaces is 2
allowable bearing pressure is 1.379 MPa, find kg/cm2. Compute the power transmitted by the
the length of the bearing. engine.
A. 3 in A. 74.36 kW
B. 4 in B. 58.38 kW
C. 5 in C. 69.30 kW
D. 6 in D. 68.38 kW
54. The axial force of 1.45 kN is applied to a 58. A coil spring 4 cm in outside diameter made
simple clutch with inside and outside diameters of 5 mm wire is to support a mass of 45 kg,
of 10 cm and 25 cm respectively. Calculate the calculate the spring stress concentration factor.
torque capacity if it is to be based on uniform a. 1.213
wear with a given coefficient of friction of 0.25. b. 1.718
c. 1.143
A.70N-m d. 1.071
B. 31.7 N-m
C. 50N-m 59. A wet, steel-backed asbestos clutch with
D. 80 N-m hardened steel plates is being designed to
transmit 33 N-m. The coefficient of friction is
0.12. Slip will occur at 300% of the rated torque.
REFRESHER 3 (MDSP)
The maximum and minimum friction surface 120 psi. The angle of wrap is 3.6 radians, the
diameters are 115 mm and 65 mm respectively. width of the band is 3 inches and f = 0 15. Find
The contact pressure is 700 kPa. How many the forces at the tight side. The diameter of the
plates are needed? drum is at 8 inches.
A. 2680 lbs
a. 4
B. 1440 lbs
b. 6 C. 3880 lbs
c. 3 D. 2980 lbs.
d. 5
64. A multiple-disk clutch, composed of three
60. A multiple disc clutch consists of 10 steel plates with a small diameter of 150 mm and
discs and 9 bronze discs. The effective outside large diameter of 200 mm, is designed to
and inside diameters are 8 inches and 6 inches
transmit 100 kW at 3000 rpm with a coefficient
respectively. If an axial force of 120 lb is applied of friction of 0.5. Determine the spring force
and the shaft turns at 1000 rpm, find the needed to engage the clutch.
horsepower capacity. Assume the coefficient of A. 2820 N
friction of 0.35 and uniform wear. B. 5460 N
a. 42 HP C. 2428 N
D. 3638 N
b. 25 hp
c. 55 hp 65. A wet, steel-backed asbestos clutch with
hardened steel plates is being designed to
d. 20 hp transmit 33 N-m. The coefficient of friction is
0.12. Slip will occur at 300% of the rated torque.
The maximum and minimum friction surface
61. Determine the safe wall thickness of a 30
diameters are 115 mm and 65 mm respectively.
inches steel tank with internal pressure of 7.82
The contact pressure is 700 kPa. How many
MPa. The yield stress of material is at 275.48
plates are needed?
MPa. The factor of safety to use is 2.0.
a. 4
A. ¾ inch
b. 6
B. 232.6 cm
c. 3
C. 21.6 mm
d. 5
D. 5/8 inch
66. A thin walled pressurized vessel consists of a
62. What is the length of a piece of stock with
right circular cylinder with flat ends. Midway
taper per inch of 3/16 if it has a diameter of 3
between the ends the stress is greatest in what
inches at one end and 1.5 inches at the other
direction?
end?
A. Longitudinal
a. 4 in B. Radial
b. 10 in C. Circumferential
c. 8 in D. At an angle of 45° to the longitudinal and
d. 6 in circumferential direction.
69. In a chain drive design for large speed 74. What is the bursting steam pressure of a
reduction it is preferable to use a double hemispherical steel shell with a diameter of 100
reduction or compound type of transmission inches and made of 0.0635-m thick steel plate,
instead of single two sprockets transmission. if the joint efficiency is 70 % and the tensile
Drives should type be so designed that the strength is 60 000 psi?
angle between two tight chain strand does not A. 4 020 psi
exceed how many degrees? B. 2 400 psi
A. 45 C. 4 200 psi
B. 60 D. 2 040 psi
C. 55
D.90 75. The ratio of a load-bearing force to the
applied force for a lever is called what?
70. A force of 5 pounds acts on a 32.2 lbm body A. Load factor
for 2 seconds. If the body is initially at rest, B. Efficiency
calculate how far is it displaced by the force? C. mechanical advantage
A. 2 ft D. influence factor
B. 10 ft
C. 5 ft 76. A cylinder having an internal diameter if 508
D. 7ft mm and external diameter if 914.4 mm is
subjected to an internal pressure of 69 MPa and
71. The ratio of stress acting on an elastic an external pressure of 14 MPa. Determine the
substance to the decrease in volume per unit hoop stress at the inner surface of the cylinder.
volume A. 90.11 MPa
A. bulk modulus C. 91.10 MPa
B. modules of resilience B. 911.0 MPa
C. elastic limit D. 19.10 MPa
D. modules of elasticity
REFRESHER 3 (MDSP)
77. Of the following materials below, which of 82. What is the period of an oscillating body
these is most widely used for die casting? whose mass is 0.05 kg and spring constant of
A. copper 0.44 N/m?
B. lead A. 0.5 s
C. steel B. 1s
D. zinc C. 2.12 s
D. 2.3 s
78. If a sleeve bearing has an outside diameter
of 38. 1 mm and a length of 50.8 mm, the wall 83. The distance between rivet center nearest
thickness is 3/16 inch. The bearing is subjected each other in adjacent rows is called ____.
to a radial load of 500 kg. What is the bearing A. pitch
pressure, in psi? B. back pitch
A. 904 psi C. margin
B. 490 psi D. diagonal pitch
C. 409 psi
D. 940 psi 84. Which of the following is considered a major
alloy in tool steel?
79. Compute the deflection of a 18 coils helical A. Cr
spring having a load of 100kgs. The modulus of B. Fe
elasticity in shear of spring is 96.62 GPa, OD of a C. Cobalt
25.6 mm and with diameter of a 5.25 mm. The D. Mn
spring is square and ground end.
A. 9 mm 85. Compute the natural frequency of a body
B. 101 mm that is oscillating with a period of 1.8 s.
C. 11 2 mm A. 1. 8 rad/s
D. 14mm B. 2.65 rad/s
C. 3.49 rad/s
80. Calculate the Bergstrassar factor of a helical- D. 4.24 rad/s
coil spring that has a mean coil diameter of 1
inch and a wire diameter of 1/8 inch. 86. If the permissible stress in a fillet weld is 120
A. 1.1 72 MPa, calculate the allowable shearing load per
B. 2.217 cm length of weld given that this fillet Weld has
C. 1.712 an equal length of 15 mm each?
D. 1.535 A. 10.6kN/cm
B. 112. 7 kN/cm
C.1 5. 17kN/cm
81. Calculate the kinetic energy of a flywheel by D. 12.67 kN/cm
which its moment of inertia is 2000 kg m2,
started from rest and is accelerated at 0.5 87. An automobile uses 100 hp to move at a
rad/s2 within 10 seconds. uniform speed of 60 mph. What is the thrust
A. 20 kN-m force provided by the engine?
B. 28 kN-m A. 730 lb
C. 30 kN-m B. 625 lb
D. 25 kN-m C. 1200 lb
D. 4200 lb
REFRESHER 3 (MDSP)
88. A spring of natural length of 20 inches when how many coils? Note: Spring's shear modulus
at rest. If the force of 12 lb is required to of elasticity is 83 GPa.
stretched it in 1.2 in, calculate the A. 11 coils
work required (in-lb) to stretch the spring from B. 7 coils
a total length of 22 inches to 25 inches. C. 8 coils
A. 105 in-lb D. 9 coils
B. 705 in-lb
C. 305 in-lb 93. A ventilating fan running at 485 rpm is
D. 250 in-lb driven by a 25-hp, 870 rpm, induction motor.
The pulley mounted on the motor shaft is 10
89. Find the number of active coils of a No. 8 inches. The center to center distance is ft.
wire Helical Spring with index of 6, steady load Calculate the compressor pulley diameter?
with spring rate of 42.5 lb/in. Maximum A. 18 inches
allowable stress is 60 ksi. B. 16 inches
A. 25 C. 17 inches
C. 29 D. 12 inches
B. 28
D. 27 94. The width of a tooth space exceeds the
thickness of each of the engaging tooth on the
90. Calculate the deflection of a six-leaf pitch circle.
cantilever spring that carries a load of 450 lbs A. allowance
with a thickness of 0.25 in. This 12-inch long B. bottom land
cantilever spring has a maximum stress limited C. top land
to 60 ksi. D. backlash
A. 1.15 in
B. 1.03 in 95. Two extension coil springs are hooked in
C. 2.54 in series that support a load of 100 kg. The first
D. 1.17 in spring is rated at 4 kN/m and the other spring is
rated at 6 kN/m. Compute the total deflection
91. Which of the following phases of steel has a of the springs.
face-centered cubic structure? A. 408.6 mm
A. ferrite B. 490.7 mm
B. cementite C. 465.0 mm
C. pearlite D. 470.8 mm
D. austenite
96. Calculate the period of oscillation for a
92. A pressure control valve for limiting torsional pendulum having a natural frequency
hydraulic system pressure is redesigned to use a of 12.4 rad/s. The pendulum has a length of 22
helical spring with squared and ground ends. inches, diameter of 4 inches and modulus of
The spring will be made of steel wire of 2.5 mm rigidity of 200 x 106 psi. Attached to it is an 8 lbs
and a maximum system operating pressure of thin disk of radius of 10 inches.
1.5 MPa. The effective control area where the
spring acts to limit system pressure is 70 sq. A. 0.506 s
mm. The maximum spring deflection is to be 12 B. 0.798 s
mm. The spring index is 7. The spring must have C. 0.402
D. 0.340
REFRESHER 3 (MDSP)
97. A ventilating fan running at 485 rpm is
driven by a 25-hp, 870 rpm, induction motor.
The pulley is mounted OD the motor shaft is 10
inches. The center to center distance is 5ft.
Compute the minimum angle of wrap.
A. 172 deg.
B. 123 deg.
C. 165 deg.
D. 105 deg.