VSA GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS, SALEM - 10

INTERNAL EXAMINATIONS – II

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

FIFTH Semester

ME 530 –DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS

Time: 3 Hours Answer ALL Questions Max. Marks 100

PART-A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

1. What do you understand stiffness of spring?

2. What is nipping in a leaf spring? Discuss its role.

3. Define surge in a spring

4. List out the main function of a flywheel in an engine?

5. Define coefficient of fluctuation of speed and coefficient of steadiness.

6. Give an example for anti-friction bearing.

7. List the advantages of hydrostatic bearings.

8. Define static capacity of bearing

9. Define bearing characteristic number

10. Write down the formula to calculate sommerfield number.

Part – B ( 5 x 13 = 65 marks)

11. a) Design a helical compression spring to sustain an axial load of 3KN. The
deflection is 60mm. Spring index is 6. The shear stress is not to exceed 300 MPa.
Rigidity modulus for spring material is 81 GPa.
(OR)
b) Design closed coiled helical spring subjected a tensile load of magnitude varying
from 2250N to 2750 N and the axial deflection of spring for this range of load is
6 mm. Design the spring, taking the spring index as 5 and safe shear stress for
material equal to 420 MPa. G=84kN/mm2

12. a) Design a leaf spring for the following specifications: Total load = 140 kN ;
Number of springs supporting the load = 4 ; Maximum number of leaves = 10;
Span of the spring = 1000 mm ; Permissible deflection = 80 mm. Take Young’s
modulus, E = 200 kN/mm2 and allowable stress in spring material as 600 MPa.
 (OR)
b) A helical compression spring made of oil tempered carbon steel, is subjected to a
load which varies from 600 N to 1600 N. The spring index is 6 and the design
factor of safety is 1.43. If the yield shear stress is 700 MPa and the endurance
stress is 350 MPa, find the size of the spring wire and mean diameter of the
spring coil.

13. a) A semi-elliptical laminated spring 900 mm long and 55 mm wide is held together
at the centre by a band 50mm wide. If thickness of each leaf is 5mm, find the
number of leaves required to carry a load of 4500 N. Assume a maximum
working stress of 490 MPa. If the two of these leaves extend the full length of the
spring, find the deflection of spring. The young’s modulus for the spring material
may be taken as 210 kN/mm2.
(OR)
b) A punching press pierces 35 holes per minute in a plate using 10kNm of energy
per hole during each revolution. Each piercing takes 40 per cent of the time
needed to make one revolution. The punch receives power through a gear
reduction unit which in turn is fed by a motor driven belt pulley 800 mm
diameter and turning at 210 rpm. Find the power of the electric motor if overall
efficiency of the transmission unit is 80 per cent. Design a cast iron flywheel to
be used with the punching machine for a coefficient of steadiness of 5, if the
space considerations limit the maximum diameter to 1.3 m. Allowable shear
stress in the shaft material = 50MPa; Allowable tensile stress of cast iron = 4
MPa. Density of cast iron = 7200 kg/m3

14. a) A full journal bearing of 50 mm diameter and 100 mm long has a bearing
pressure of 1.4 MPa. The speed of the journal is 900 rpm and the ratio of journal
diameter to the diametrical clearance is 1000. The bearing is lubricated with oil
whose absolute viscosity at the operating temperature of 75˚C may be taken as
0.011 kg/m-s. The room temperature is 35˚C. Calculate (i) The amount of
artificial cooling required and (ii) The mass of the lubricating oil required, if
the difference between the outlet and inlet temperature of the oil is 10˚C. Take
specific heat of the oil as 1850 J/kg/˚C.
(OR)
b) Select a single row deep groove ball bearing for a radial load of 4000N and an
axial load of 5000N, operating at a speed of 1600 rpm for an average life of 5
year at 10hours per day. Assume uniform and steady load
15. a) The ball bearings are to be selected for an application in which the radial load is
2000N during 90 percent of the time and 8000N during the remaining 10 percent.
the shaft is to rotate at 150 rpm. Determine the minimum value of the basic
dynamic load rating for 5000 hours of operation with not more than 10 percent
failures.

(OR)
b) journal bearing is proposed for a steam engine. The load on the journal is 3 kN,
diameter 50 mm, length 75 mm, speed 1600 r.p.m., diametral clearance 0.001
mm, ambient temperature 15.5°C. Oil SAE 10 is used and the film temperature is
60°C. Determine the heat generated and heat dissipated. Take absolute viscosity
of SAE10 at 60°C = 0.014 kg/m-s

Part – C (1 x 15 = 15 marks)

16. a) Design a cotter joint to connect a piston rod to the crosshead. The maximum 15
steam pressure on the piston rod is 35 kN. Assuming that the all parts are made of
the same material having the following permissible stress: σ1= 50MPa; τ = 60 MPa;
σ = 90 MPa.
OR
b) A double riveted lap joint with chain riveting is to be made for joining two plates
10 mm thick. The allowable stresses are : σt = 60 MPa ; τ = 50 MPa and
σc = 80 MPa. Find the rivet diameter, pitch of rivets and distance between rows of
rivets. Also find the efficiency of the joint.
Prepared by Checked by HOD / Mechanical Engineering