L-2/T-lIIPE Date: 07/12/2014

BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA

L-2/T-l B. Sc. Engineering Examinations 2013-2014

Sub: ME. 245 (Engineering Mechanics and Theory of Machines)

Full Marks: 280 Time: 3 Hours
USE SEP ARA TE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

SECTION-A
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.
Notations have their usual meaning unless stated otherwise.

1. (a) Collar A and B are connected by a 525 mm long wire and can slide freely on
frictionless rods as shown in Fig. l(a). If a force P :0341 N is applied to collar A,
determine (i) the tension in the wire when y = 155 mm, (ii) the magnitude of the force Q

required to maintain the equilibrium of the system. (267j )

(b) Determine the force in members AD, CD and CE of the truss shown in Fig. l(b). .(20)

2. .(a) A slender steel rod of length 225 mm is placed inside a pipe as shown in Fig. 2(a).
Determine the largest value of e for which the rod will not fall into the pipe. Given that

static friction coefficient between the rod and the pipe is 0.2. (267j )
(b) Determine by direct integration the location .of the centroid of a parabolic spand~'d
shown in Fig. 2(b). (20)

3. (a) A thin semicircular plate shown in Fig. 3(a) has a radius la' and a mass 'm'.
. '

Determine the mass moment of inertia of the plate with respect to (i) the centroidal axis
BB' and (ii) the centroidal axis CC' that is perpendicular to the plate. (20)
(b) The two blocks shown in Fig. 3(b) start from rest. The pulleys are assumed to be
frictionless and massless. The coefficient of friction between the block A and the
horizontal plane is 0.25. Determine the acceleration of each block and the tension in
each cord. Comment on the type of friction coefficient required to solve the problem. (26%)

4. (a) Show that the'rate of change of angular momentum of a rotating slab is (20)
~ -~
HG=Ia.
where G is the center of gravity of the slab and j is the mass moment of inertia about
the axis at' G perpendicular to the slab.
(b) The steel roll shown in Fig.,4(b) has a mass of 1200 kg, a centroidal radius of
gyration of 150 mm, and is lifted by two cables looped around its shaft. Knowing that at
the instant shown the acceleration
, of the roll is 150 mm/s2 downward and that for each
cable tension TA = 3 kN, determine (i) the corresponding tension T B and (ii) the angular

acceleration of the roll. (26.% )

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SECTION-B
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.

5. The oscillating link OAB of a mechanism, as shown in Figure for Q. 5, is pivoted at 0

and is moving at 90 rpm anticlockwise. If OA = 150 mm, AB = 75 mm and AC = 250
mm, (a) calculate the velocity of the block C and the angular velocity of the link AC,
and (b) draw the acceleration diagram and show the points A, Band C on the vector

diagram. (23+23.% )

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6. (a) Four masses A, B, C and D revolve at equal radii and are equally spaced along a
shaft. The mass B is 7 kg and the radii of C and D make angles of 90° 'and 240°
respectively with the radius of B. Find the magnitude of the masses A, C and D and the

angular position of A so that the system is completely balanced. (26~)

(b) A mass m and two identical springs are attached as shown in Figure for Q. 6(b). The
stiffness of each spring is 5.6 kN/m. The mass of each spring is 1.5 kg. If the hanging

mass m = 8 kg determine the frequency of free vibration of the system. (20)

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7. (a) A leather belt 125 mm wide and 6 mm thick, transmits power fr?m a pulley 750 mm
diameter which runs at 500 rpm. The angle oflap is 1500 and J.L = 0.3. If the mass of 1
m3 of leather is 1000 kg and the stress in the belt is not to exceed 2.75 MPa, find the

maximum power that can be transmitted. (23,% )

(b) An epicyclic reduction gear, as shown in Figure for Q. 7(b), has a shaft A fixed to
arm B. The Arm B has a pin fixed to its outer end and two gears C and E which are
rigidly fixed, revolve on this pin. Gear C meshes with annular wheel D and gear E with
pinion F. G is the driver pulley and D is kept stationary. The number of teeth of gears D,
C, E and F are 80, 10,24 and 18 respectively. If the pulley G runs at 200 rpm; find the

speed of shaft A. (23)

8. Draw the profile of the cam when tIle roller follower moves with uniformly accelerated

. :~ motion as given below: (46,%)

(i) Outstroke with maximum displacement of 44 mm during 1800 of cam rotation.
(ii) Return stroke for the next 1500 of cam rotation,
(iii) Dwell for the remaining 300 of cam rotation. The minimum radius of the cam is
20 mm and the diameter of the roller is 10 mm. The axis of the roller" follower
passes through the cam shaft axis.
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L-2ff -I/IPE Date: 13/12/2014
BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-2/T-1 B. Sc. Engineering Examinations 2013-2014

Sub: MATH 291 (Differential Equations~ Vector Calculus and Laplace Transform)

Full Marks: 210 Time: 3 Hours

USE SEPARATE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

SECTION-A
There are-FOUR questions .~nthis section. Answer any THREE.

1. Solve the following differential equations:

dy 3y-7x+7 (14)
(a) -=
dx 3x-7y-3

(b) dy +~=x.JY (11)

dx 1-x2

dy x4 + y4
(c) = (10)
dx xy3

d2y x d (11)
2. (a) Solve: -+2J[+4y=e
2
sin2x
dx dx
2
(b) Solve: x2 d ;, -x dy +~ coslogx+xsinlogx (12)
dx dx ttl
(c) A generator having emf 100 V is connected in series with a IOn resistor and an
inductor of 2 H. If the switch k is closed at time t = 0, ob/tain a differential equation for

the current and determine the current at time 1. (12)

3. Using Frobenious method obtain a general solution in series in powers of x of the

d2 d (35)
equation x~ + ; + xy = O.
c1 'A.,v

4. (a) Prove that xp~(X)-P~_I(x)=nPn(x) (11)

(b) Prove that 2nJn(x) = X{J~_I(X)+Jn+I(X)} (11)

sinx
(c) Show that -J3/2 ()x =---cosx. (13)
~ 2 x

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SECTION-B
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.
Symbols used have their usual meaning.

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5. (a)Draw a graph of the function H(C,t)={t where
2c-t c <t < 2c

H(c,t + 2c) = H(c,t.) and show that L{H(e,t)} = -\- tanh cs . (11)
s ,. 2

(b) Find the following: (i) L-1{ s+2 } (ii) r1{ln(S+j;2;iJ} (8+8=16)
(S2 +4s+13) 2s

(c) Use convolution property to find r

l
{ {s' + ~(s' + 9)}. (8)

6. (a) Use Laplace transform to solve the following differential equations:

(i) i (t)+ 2y"(t)+

V
y(t) = sin t; where y(O) = y'(O) = y"(O) = y"'(O) = 0 (10)

(ii) ty"(t)+(t-l)y'(t)- y(t) = 0; where y(O) = 5, y(oo) = 0 (12)

Jx cos x dx using Laplace transform.

(1)

3
(b) Evaluate the integral (13)
o

7. (a) Find the unit Tangent vector T, the principal normal N, the binormal B and curvature

of the circular helix r(t) = a cos ti + a sin tj + btk . (15)

(b) Use vectors to find the equation of the tangent plane and the normal line to the

surface 4z = x2 - y2 at the point (3, 1,2). (10)

(c) If a is an arbitrary constant vector, prove that V x (a r~r) = - r~ + r3~ (a.r). (10)

8. (a) Find the work done in moving a particle in the force field F = 3x2i + (2xz - y) j + zk

along the curve defined by x2 = 4y, 3x3 = 8z from x = 0 to x = 2. (10)

(b) State Gauss's divergence theorem. Use the theorem to find the flux of the vector field

F(x, y, z) = x3j + l j + z3k over the surface of the solid bounded by the paraboloid

z = 4- x2 - y2 and the xy-plane. (10)

(c) Verify Stoke's theorem for the vector field A(x~y, z) = xzi - yj + x2 yk , where S is the
surface of the region in the first octant bounded by the coordinate planes and the plane

2x+y+2z =8. (15)

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L-2/T-1/1PE Date: 05/01/2015

BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-2/T-1 B. Sc. Engineering Examinations 2013-2014

Sub: CSE 295 (Computer Programming Techniques)

Full Marks: 210 Time: 3 Hours

USE SEPARATE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION
The figures in the margin indicate full marks .
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SECTION-A
Th~re are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.

1. (a) Write a short note on dynamic memory allocation. (5)

(b) Given an array of integers, find the indices of the pair of integers that have the

smallest absolute difference between them. (13)

(c) What is the output of the following C program? (10)
#include <stdio.h>
void f (int x, int * p) {
*p = x;
x =33;

int rnain(void)
int a = 4;
int b 2;
int *p = &a;
*p = 55;
,
printf("l: a = %d, b=%d\n", a, b);
f (a, &b) ;
printf("2: a = %d, b=%d\n", a, b);
int ** q = & p;
*q & b;
*p 42;
printf("3: a = %d, b=%d\n", a, b);
return 0;

(d) Complete the definition of function allocated2D below so that it dynamically

allocates this data structure and returns a pointer to the pointer array. The data elements
. .
themselves should have type double and do not need to be initialized. The pointer array
needs to have an appropriate type and its elements .need to be initialized to point to the

logical rows in the data. (7)

double** allocate2D(int nr, int nc).
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2. (a) Write a character-valued function named convertToGrade that has a single type
in t parameter named mark. The function should return the ~etter that corresponds to

the given mark according to the following table: (10)

Mark Letter

0-49 F

50 - 59 D
60 - 69 C
70 -79 B

80 -100 A
Other X

(b) Write a complete C function named swapLargest that accepts two parameters:
(i) an array of integers and (ii) the array's length. The function finds the largest element

in the array, and swaps the largest element with the element in the last array position. (10)
(c) Write a recursive search procedure that looks for an element in a sorted array of
integers and the number of elements to be checked in every recursive call is half
compared to the previous call. (15)

3. (a) Declare a structure that contains: An integer called I D. Character arrays called
first and last, each of 10 characters. A pointer to the structure called next. Write
a function called de 1e tel D() that given a pointer to the head of a linked list of
structures of the type (you just created) and an I D, will search through the linked list
and remove the node with that I D and print the First and Last names out. If the I D is not
present, it will point out "No such ID present". Example of the function call:
delete_ID (myhead, myID); (15)
(b) Give an example of nested structure. (8)
(c) Given the definition of a struct for Point: (12)
struct Point
double x;
double y;
} ;

Write the definition of a function that matches this prototype:

int countPointsCloserThan (struct Point p, struct Point
*others, double distance, int numPts);
This function counts the number of points in an array of points called others that are
closer to the point p than the value of the parameter distance (Le., the distance
between p and the point from others is strictly less than distance. The parameter
numPts indicates the size of the array others)
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4. (a) Write a C program so that it reads the file whose name is given as input and prints
out the number of lines in the file and the total number of characters in the file. (8)
(b) Briefly explain call by value and call by reference with examples. (5+5)
(c) Give an example of mutual recursion. (8)
(d) Summarize the different modes that can be specified by the fopen function. (5)
(e) What is the purpose of the library function feof? (4)

SECTION -B
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.

5. (a) Explain the difference between 'float' and 'double' data type. (4)
(b) Write short notes on the following topics: (6+6+6=18)
(i) Header file
(ii) Main function
(iii) Type casting
(c) Explain the difference between local and global variables with examples. (7)
(d) What are the variable naming conventions (rules) in C? (6)

6. (a) Write three separate code fragments to generate and print the series 2 5 8 11 14 17
using 'for', 'while' and 'do while' loop. In each code fragment, use only a particular loop,
e.g., 'for'. (15)
(b) .What are the purposes of using the 'break' and 'continue' statement? (5)
(c) Write a code fragment to swap the value of two variables without using any
additional (temporary) variable. (5)
(d) Write short notes on the following topics: (5+5=10)
(i) Precedence
(ii) Associativity

7. (a) Write a C code to find the LCM (Least Common Multiple) of three given numbers. (15)
(b) Write a C code to check if a given positive number is a power of 3. If the given
number is a power of 3, then print "yes"; if it's not, then print "no". (12)
(c) Write a C code to convert the case of a given letter. If the given letter is in lower
case, then convert it into the corresponding upper case letter and vice versa. (8)

8. (a) Write a C code to sort an array of integers in descending order. You should take
inputs using a loop. (15)
(b) Find the number with maximum occurrence in an unsorted array of integers. Assume
that the integers in the array are within the range 1-100. (20)
L-21T -1/IPE Date: 10/0112015
BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-2/T -1 B. Sc. Engineering Examinations 20 13-20 14

Sub: EEE 271 (Electrical Machines and Electronics)

Full Marks: 210 Time: 3-Hours

USE SEP ARA TE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
All the symbols have their usual meanings.

SECTION-A
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.

1. (a) Derive the equivalent circuit of a real transformer. (17)

(b) A 15-kVA, 2300/230 V, 50 Hz single phase transformer has the following test

results: (18)

Open-circuit test Short-circuit test

Voe = 2300 V Vse=47 V

Ioc = 0.21 A Isc = 6.0 A

Poe = 50 W Psc = 160 W

The test data have been taken from the primary side of the transformer.
(i) Find the equivalent circuit of this referred to the low-voltage side.
(ii) Calculate the full-load voltage regulation at 0.8 leading power factor.

2. (a) What is eddy-current loss? How this can be minimized? (8)

(b) Discuss different types of transformers and their applications. (10)
(c) Using approximate equivalent circuit of the induction motor, show that the slip at

which maximum torque occurs is given by, (17)

_ R
2

S max = J R;1l + (X Til + X 2 ?

and the torque corresponding to this slip is,

_ 3vA
'max = 2liJ [ R + ~-R-;F-' +-(X-T-,'h-+--X-J-] 2
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3. (a) Explain the principle of operation of a 3-phase induction motor. How rotating

magnetic flux builds up in an induction motor? . (17)

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(b) A 208 V, 2-pole, 60 Hz, Y-connected induction motor is rated 15 hp. Its equivalent

circuit components are, (18)

R1 = 0.2 .Q R2 = 0.12 .Q
Xl=0.41.Q X2=0.41.Q XM=15.Q
The total rotational losses are 400 Wand are assumed to be constant. The core loss is
lumped in with the rotational losses. For a rotor slip of 2.2% at the rated voltage and
rated frequency, find the motor's,
(i) Stator current
(ii) Stator copper loss
(iii) Converted power
(iv) Efficiency

4. (a) Briefly explain how synchronous motor can be used for power factor correction. (6)
(b) With necessary and neat'diagrams, discuss the effect of field current change on a

synchronous motor. (12)

(c) A 208 V, 45 kVA, 0.8 pF lagging, ~-connected 60 Hz synchronous motor has a
synchronous reactance of 2.5 .Q and a negligible armature resistance. Its friction and
windage losses are 1.5 kW and core losses are 1.0 kW. Initially the shaft is supplying a
15 hp load and the motor's power factor is 0.8 leading. If the shaft load is increased to

30 hp, what will be the new lA, IL, EA and power factor? (17)

SECTION-B
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.

5. (a) Describe different losses in a DC motor. (10)

(b) Derive the equation for the tenninal characteristics of a series dc motor. (10)
(c) A 50-hp, 250-V, 1200 r/minshunt dc motor has a rated armature current of 170 A
and a rated field current of 5 A. When its rotor is blocked, an armature voltage of 10.2 V
(exclusive of brushes) produces 170 A of current flow, and a field voltage of 250 V
produces a field current flow of 5 A. The brush voltage drop is assumed to be 2 V. At no
load with the temlinal voltage equal to 240 V, the armature current is equal to 13.2 A,

the field current is 4.8 A, and the motor's speed is 1150 r/min. (15)
(i) How much power is output from this motor at rated condition?
(ii) What is the motor's efficiency?

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6. (a) What is permanent-magnet DC motor? (6)

(b) Briefly explain different speed control methods of a shunt DC motor. Mention their

respective advantages and dis;ldvantages. (15)

(c) For the circuit of Fig. 6(c),ca1culate the total offset voltage and il1put bias currents at
each input of an Op-Amp with specified values of input offset voltage VIO = 4 mV,

input offset current 110= 150 nA and average input bias current lIB = 300 nA. (14)

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v.I 0

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7. (a) What is a voltage follower? Why is it used? (5)

(b) Describe the operation of smoke detector using Op-Amp with proper circuit

diagram. (12)
(c) Implement the following mathematical relations using Op-Amp. (18)

(i) Vo = 2~ + 10 V2dt J
")
(11 V0 = - 5Tl"I + 2 ----;:Jt
Y
dV2

(iii) Vo = ~ - V2

8. (a) Prove that the average voltage of a full wave controlled rectifier can be given by, (7)

V = Vmax
avg n(1 + cosa)
where, Vmax = Amplitude of input sine wave

a = SCR firing angle.

(b) Explain the tum on process of SCR by two transistor model. (10)
(c) Write short notes on (18)

(i) Capacitive transducer

(ii) Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT)
(iii) Thermocouple.
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L-2ff-l/IPE Date: 15/0112015

BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-2/T-1 B. Sc. Engineering Examinations 2013-2014

Sub: MME 295 (Engineeri~g Materials II)

Full Marks: 140 Time: 3 Hours

USE SEP ARA TE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

SECTION ~A
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.

1. (a) Prove that the survival probability of a ceramic component can be represented by (8X)

,
~ (v) = exp{- ~(~Jm}
Vo 0"0

where, the symbols have their usual meanings.

(b) Suppose, you are required to design for a vacuum chamber with a circular glass
window of radius 'R' and thickness 't', freely supported in a rubber seal around its
periphery and subjected to 'a uniform pressure difference, L\p = 0.1 MPa. Show that if

you design the window with tempered glass (crr = 150MPa), the thic!rness would be J3
times thinner than ordinary (soda-lime) glass.' (15)
Consider a failure probability of 10-6 an~ the design life under load is 103 hrs. The stress
analysis of a disc is given by

. where, v is Poisson's ratio (0.3)

For ordinary glass:
Compressive strength, (Jc = 1 GPa
Modulus of rupture, (Jr = 50 MPa

Wei bull modulus, m = 10

Time exponent, n = 10.

2. (a) What is the effect of porosity on the stiffness of ceramics? (5)

(b) How do cracks propagate stably and unstably in ceramics under tensile and

compressive loading conditions? (8 X )

(c) A single crystal of'BCC structure is subjected to a tensile stress along [0 0]

direction. (6+4= 10)

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(i) Compute the resolved shear stress on (1 1 0) plane along [111] direction when

a tensile stress of 60 MPa is applied.

(ii) If slip occurs on a (110) [111] slip system with a critical resolved shear stress

of 40 MPa, compute the magnitude of the applied tensile stress necessary for

yielding.

3. (a) Show that stiffness of particulate composites falls within upper and lower bound

stiffnesses. (10 X)

(b) Prove that the critical fibre length for effective strengthening is (7)

L = r'CYb
c
r

where, r = fibre radius, (J'b = breaking stress, and 't = shear strength of fibre-matrix

interface.
(c) A composite made of long parallel fibres of Kevlar in an epoxy resin matrix is
designed to sustain a tensile strength of 1800 MPa. If the strengths of Kevlar and epoxy
resin are, respectively, 2600 MPa and 85 MPa, what volume fraction of Kevlar must be

used in the composite? (6)

4. (a) What do you understand by glass transition temperature (Tg)? What are the factors

that influence Tg? (6)

(b) Describe Fourcault process of glass forming. (9}j )

(c) What is tempered glass? Glass panel (tempered) used in architectural building
generally contains surface (skin) compressive stress of 110 MPa and internal (core)

tensile stress of 60 MPa. (3+5=8)

A wind gust on the glass panel produces a tensile stress of 85 MPa or 120 MPa. Explain
whether the panel will sustain such wind load or not?

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SECTION...:.B
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.

5. (a) A simple parallel plate capacitor is being designed, which can store a charge of 4 x
10-5C at a potential of 1000 V. The separation between the plate is 0.2 mm: Calculat~

the area of the plate if the dielectric is: (16)

(i) Vacuum
(ii) BaTi03

(b) If a total capacitance of 0.025 ~F is required, how many plates of BaTi03 of the

same area in (ii) would be required to produce the capacitor? (7}j)

6. (a) Describe the perovskite structure of BaTi03 crystal. Why does BaTi03 have a dipole

moment at room temperature? Explain your answer with the help of figures. (20)
(b) What are Piezoelectric Ceramics? (3}j)

7. (a) Describe the drying curve and the drying rate curve of a ceramic body being dried at

a constant environment. (18)

(b) Explain the size changes that occur during drying of a ceramic body. (5X)

8. (a) What are the factors influencing sintering? (8X)

(b) With the help of diagrams describe the process of slip casting. (15)