DTS - TWO MARKS: UNIT-1 2.

A belt is to transmit 25 kW at 720 rpm to a rolling machine with a

Flat belt and pulleys: speed ratio of 3. Centre distance between the pulleys is 2.8 m .design
1. Name the four types of belts used for transmission of power. a suitable belt drive if the rolling machine pulley diameter is 0.9 m.
3. For a felt belt drive, the following data are given: power transmitted =
2. Differentiate between open drive and cross drive of a belt drive.
9kW, speed of motor = 1500 rpm. Speed of driven pulley = 500 rpm,
3. When do you use stepped pulley drive? velocity of belt = 16 m/s, density of belt material = 9.8 kN/m3, small
4. What are the materials used for belt drive. diameter to thickness of belt ratio = 36, factor of safety = 8, ultimate
5. Define slip of a belt. What is the effect of slip on velocity ratio of a belt strength of belt material = 24 MPa, centre distance = 2.1 m ,
drive? coefficient of friction = 0.36. Design the belt.
6. State the law of belting? 4. Select a flat belt to drive a mill at 250 rpm from a 10 kW, 730 rpm
7. What is centrifugal effect on belts? motor. Centre distance is to be around 2m. The mill shaft pulley is of
1 m diameter.
8. What are the losses in belt drives?
5. Design a flat belt drive for the following data: power to be transmitted
9. What is crowning of pulley? (OR) why the face of a pulley is crowned? = 22.5 kW; driver speed=740 rpm; speed ratio =3; distance between
10. What are the materials used for pulleys? the pulleys =3 m; larger pulley diameter = 1.2m.
11. Define maximum tension in a belt? 6. Design a flat belt drive to transmit 6 kW at 900 rpm of the driver
V- BELTS pulley. Speed reduction is to be 2.5:1. Assume that the service is 16
12. State reasons for V-belt drive being preferred to flat belt drive? hours a day.
13. How can you specify (or designate) V-Belts? 7. Design a flat belt drive to transmit 110kW for a system consisting of
two pulleys of diameters 0.9m and 1.2 m respectively , for a centre
14. What is a ‘V-flat ‘drives?
distance of 3.6m, belt speed of 20m/s and coefficient of friction =0.3.
15. What are the materials used for v- grooved pulleys? There is a slip of 1.2% at each pulley and 5% friction loss at each
WIRE ROPES AND PULLEYS shaft with 20% over load.
16. When do you prefer a wire rope drive? 8. Design a flat belt drive to transmit 25 kW at 720 rpm to an aluminum
17. Write any four wire rope applications. rolling machine with a speed resection of 3.0. The distance between
18. What are the advantages of wire ropes when compared with chains and the shafts is 3 m. Diameter of rolling machine pulley is 1.2 m.
fiber ropes? V- BELTS:
19. How are wire ropes designated? UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS:
9. Design a v- belt drive and calculate the actual belt tensions and
20. What do you understand by 6 x 19 constructions in wire ropes?
average stress for the following data. Power to be transmitted =7.5kw,
21. List out the various stresses induced in the wire ropes.
speed of driving wheel = 1000rpm, speed of driven wheel =300rpm,
CHAIN DRIVES
diameter of driven pulley = 500mm, diameter of driver pulley
22. When do you prefer a chain drive to a belt or rope drive?
=150mm and center distance =925.
23. What are the applications of link (or hoisting) chains?
10. A v-belt drive is to transmit 45 KW in a heavy duty saw mill which
24. How can you specify a link chain?
works in two shafts of 8Hours each. The speed of motor shaft is 1400 rpm
25. What are the materials used for making chains? with the approximate speed reduction of 3 inthe machine shaft. Design the
26. What is a silent chain? In what situations, silent chains are preferred? drive and calculate the average stress induced in the belt.
27. What are the possible ways by which a chain drive may fail? 11. Design a V-belt drive to the following specifications:
28. What do you understand by simplex, duplex and triplex chain? Power to be transmitted: 75kW
UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS YEAR WISE: Speed of driving wheel: 1400 rpm
1. In what ways the timing belts are superior to ordinary v belts. Speed of driven wheel: 400 rpm
Diameter of driving wheel: 300mm
2. What is meant by chordal action of chain? Also name a company that
Centre distance: 2500 mm
produces driving chains. Service: 16 hours /day.
3. What do you understand by 6x19 constructions in wire ropes? 12. A V- belt drive consists of three V-belts in parallel on grooved pulleys
4. Mention the losses in belt drives. of the same size. The angle of groove is 30 degree and coefficient of
5. What is meant by the ply of belt? friction 0.12. The cross sectional area of each belt is 800mm2 and
6. Write any four wire rope applications. permissible safe stress in the belt material is 3MPa. Calculate the
7. How is a wire rope specified? Give an example. power that can be transmitted between two pulleys 400 mm in
8. Mention the parts of roller chain. diameter rotating at 960rpm.
9. Distinguish between open drive and cross drive of a belt drive .what is 13. A V belt drive is to transmit 50 kW in a heavy duty saw mill which
better? works in two shifts of 8 hours each. The speed of the motor shaft is
10. Give any three applications of chain drives. What are their limitations? 1440 rpm with an approximate speed reduction of 2 in the machine
11. Sketch and name the different types of compound wire ropes. shaft. The peripheral speed of the belt should not exceed 24 m/s.
12. State reasons for V-belt drive being preferred to flat belt drive? design the drive.
13. Give the condition for maximum power transmission in terms of 14. Design a V-belt drive and calculate the actual belt tension and average
stress for the following data. Driven pulley diameter=500 mm, driver
centrifugal tension in case of belt drive.
pulley diameter, d= 150 mm , centre distance ,c =925 mm, speed n1 =
14. State the law of gearing. 1000 rpm ,n2 = 300 rpm and power , p =7.5 kW.
15. What are the factors upon which the coefficient of friction between the 15. Design a V-belt drive to transmit 50kW at 1440 rpm from an electric
belt and the pulleys depend? motor to a textile machine running 24 hours a day. The speed of the
16. In what the timing belt is superior to ordinary v-belt. machine shaft is 480 rpm.
DTS – 16 MARKS: UNIT-1 16. Design a V- belt drive and calculate the actual belt tension and
average stress for the following data. Driven pulley diameter=500
Flat belt and pulleys:
mm,deiver pulley diameter=150mm, centre diatance,q= 924
UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS: mm,speed=1000 rpm, speed 2= 300rpm and power= 7.5 kW.
1. A flat belt drive is to design to drive a flour mill. The driving power
requirement of the mill is 22.5 kW at 750 rpm with a speed reduction
of 3.0. The distance between the shafts is 3 m. Diameter of the mill
pulley is 1.2 m design and makes a neat sketch of the drive.
WIRE ROPES AND PULLEYS
UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS:
17. A workshop crane carries a load of 30kN using wire ropes and a hook.
The hook weighs 15 kN. Diameter of the rope drum is 30 times the
diameter of the rope. The load is lifted with an acceleration of 1 m/s2.
Find the diameter rope.FS=6, Er=80 kN/mm2, ultimate stress 180
kN/mm2, cross section of the rope= 0.4* (dia. of rope) 2.
18. At the construction site, 1 tonne of steel is to be lifted up to a height of
20 m with the help of 2 wire ropes 0f 6 * 19 size, nominal diameter 12
mm, and breaking load 78 KN. Determine the factor of safety if the
sheave diameter is 56 d and if wire rope is suddenly stopped in 1
second when travelling at a speed of 1.2 m/s. what is the factor of
safety if bending load is neglected?
19. Select a wire rope to lift 11 kN of debris from a well 60 m deep. The
weight of the bucket is 4 KN. The weight is being lifted in a
maximum speed of 150m/min and attained in 1sec. determine also the
stress induced in the rope due to starting with an initial slack of
0.25m.
20. Determine the size of wire rope for infinite life. The weight of the
hoist and the material to b e lifted is 6kN. The load has to be raised
from a depth of 100m. the maximum speed of the rope is 6m/s and
attained in 6 sec. use 16 x 19 rope with σu = 1600 N/mm2. Also
determine the working FOS .Take Er = 0.8 x 105 N/mm2.
UNIT – II
1. State the law of gearing.[AU-APR/MAY-2015] DTS 16 : UNIT-2
2. What is pressure angle? What is the effect of increase in pressure
angle? [AU-APR/MAY-2015] 1. In a spur gear drive for a stone crusher, the gears are made of
3. Specify the effects of increasing the pressure angle in gear C40 steel. The pinion is transmitting 20 kw at 1200 rpm. The gear
design. ? [AU-NOV/DEC-2014]
4. Why is a gear tooth subjected to dynamic load? [AU-NOV/DEC- ratio is 3. Gear is to work 8 hrs per day, six days a week and for 3
2014] years. Design the drive.
5. Where do we use spiral gears? [AU-NOV/DEC-2013] 2. Design a pair of helical gears to transmit 10 kw at 1000
6. Define module. [AU-MAY/JUNE-2013]
7. What are the main types of gear tooth failure? [AU-MAY/JUNE- r pm of the pinion. Reduction ratio of 5 is required.
2013] 3. Design a straight spur gear drive to transmit 8 kW. The
8. Compare the features of spur and helical gears. [AU-NOV/DEC- pinion speed is 720 rpm and the speed ratio is 2. Both the
2012] gears are made of the same surface hardened carbon steel
9. Sketch the profile of spur gear and mark terminology used to with 55 RC and core hardness less than 350 BHN.
specify the gear. [AU-MAY/JUNE-2010]
10. Compare the contact between mating teeth of spur and helical
Ultimate strength is 720 N/mm2 and yield strength is 360
gears. [AU-MAY/JUNE-2010] R2004 N/mm2.
11. List the effects of increasing and decreasing the pressure angle in
gear design. [AU-NOV/DEC-2010]
12. Mention a few gear materials. [AU-MAY/JUNE -2009]
13. What is a herringbone gear? Where is it used? [AU-NOV/DEC -
2009]
14. What is the advantage of helical gears over the spur gear? [AU-
MAY/JUNE -2009]
15. What is the use of a clutch in power transmission system? [AU-
MAY/JUNE -2007]
16. What do you understand by simplex, duplex and triplex chain?
[AU-MAY/JUNE -2006]

UNIT – III
17. What is the difference between an angular gear and miter gear?
[AU-NOV/DEC -2015]
18. State the advantages of herring bone gear. [AU-MAY/JUNE -
2015]\
19. What is a Zerol bevel gears? [AU-MAY/JUNE -2015]
20. What is virtual number of teeth in bevel gears? [AU-NOV/DEC -
2014]
21. Mention the advantage of worm gear drive. [AU-NOV/DEC -
2014]
22. Define the following terms: (a) cone distance, (b) Face angle.
[AU-MAY/JUNE -2014]
23. What is virtual number of teeth in bevel gears? [AU-MAY/JUNE
-2014]
24. What are the forces acting on bevel gear? [AU-MAY/JUNE -
2013]
25. Where do we use warm gear? [AU-MAY/JUNE -2013]
26. Mention the types of failure in worm gear drives. [AU-
NOV/DEC -2012]
27. List the various types of bevel gears. ? [AU-MAY/JUNE -
2012]-CBE
28. What are the various losses in the worm gear drive? [AU-
MAY/JUNE -2012]-CBE
29. Under what situation, bevel gears are used? [AU-MAY/JUNE -
2011]
30. Mention the reason for irreversibility in worm gears. [AU-
NOV/DEC -2010]
31. In what way is the timing belt superior to ordinary belt? [AU-
NOV/DEC -2010]R2001
32. What is Lewis (tooth) form factor? [AU-MAY/JUNE -
2010]R2001
33. When is bevel gear preferred? [AU-MAY/JUNE -2009]
34. Why is the crossed helical gear drive not used for power
transmission? [AU-NOV/DEC -2007]
35. What are commonly used materials for worm and wheel? [AU-
MAY/JUNE -2007]
 UNIT-III
(DESIGN OF BEVEL AND WORM GEARS REFER PSG DATA
BOOK P.NO:8.1 TO 8.49)

4. Gears are to be designed for the following

requirements:
Power to be transmitted = 18 kw
Speed of pinion = 1200rpm
Angular velocity ratio = 3.5:1
Tooth profile 20° stub
Gear material: case hardened alloy steel
Design the spur gear. 1.

5. Two shafts 300 mm apart transmitting 7.46 kw are to

be connected by a steel pinion meshing with a cast iron
gear .the velocity ratio of the drive is 3:1 and the pinion 2.
runs at 600rpm. Assuming 20° involutes tooth profile.
Design the drive.
6. A pair of helical gears subjected to moderate shock
loading is transmit 37.5 kw at 1750 rpm of the pinion. The 3.
speed reduction ratio is 4.25 and the helix angle is 15°.the
service is continous and the teeth are 20° FD in the
normal plane. Design the gear , assuming a life of 10,000
hrs.

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TWO MARKS
DTS - TWO MARKS: UNIT-III
BEVEL GEARS:
1. Under what situation, bevel gears are used?
2. Differentiate a straight bevel gear and a spiral bevel gear.
3. What is zerol bevel gear?
4. What is a crown gear?
5. For bevel gears, define ‘back cone distance’.
1. 6. What are the forces acting on a bevel gear?
7. What are the generally used gear profiles?
8. What is reference angle? How is it related to speed of bevel
gear ratio?
9. What is effect of increasing the pressure angle in gears?
2. 10.

WORM GEARS:
1. Under what situation, worm gears are used?
3. 2. Where do we use worm gears?
3. How can you specify a pair of worm gears?
4. List out the main types of failure in worm gear drive.
5. What are the various losses in the worm gear?
6. In worm gearing heat removal is an important design
requirement. Why?
4. 7. Give the speed ratio range of worm – wheel drive.
8. Why is dynamic loading rarely considered in worm gear
drives?
9.
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