UNIT-1 PART - A 1. Name the four types of belts used for transmission of power. 2. What is wiping?

How it can be avoided in belt drive? 3. What are the materials used for V grooved pulleys? 4. When do you prefer a wire rope drive? 5. Write any four wire rope applications. 6. How are wire ropes designated? 7. List out the various stresses induced in the wire ropes. 8. While designing a wire rope drive, always, a larger sleeve diameter is preferred justify the statement? 9. Give any three applications of chain drives? 10. What is backsliding in chain drives? 11 What is a V flat drive? 12 What do you mean by galling of roller chain? 13 What do you mean by chordal action of chain drive? 14 What is an offset in a roller chain? 15 What type of belt would you prefer if the center distance between the pulleys is small? 16 Define creep and slip in belts. 17 Give some application of wire ropes 18 What do you understand by simplex, duplex and triplex chain? Marks Questions (Part B Questions) 11. (i) A V- belt drive is to transmit 15kW to a compressor. The motor runs at 1150 rpm and the compressor is to run at 400 rpm. Determine.1. Belt specifications2.Number of belts (8) (ii) =0.3. If the mass of1m3 of leather is 1mg and the stress in the belt is not to exceed 2.75 Mpa, find the maximum power that can be transmitted and the corresponding speed of the belt. (8) A leather belt 125mm wide and 6mm thick, transmit power from a pulley with the angle of lap 150 and

12. It is required to select a flat belt drive for a fan running at 360rpm.which is driven by a 10kw, 1440rpm motor. The belt drive is open type and space available for a center distance of 2m approximately. The diameter of a driven pulley is 1000mm. (16) 13. Design a belt drive to transmit20kw at 720rpm aluminium rolling machine, the speed ratio being 3. The distance between the pulley is3m.diameter of rolling machine pulley is 1.2m. (16) 14 A truck equipped with a 9.5 kw engine uses a roller chain as the final drive to the rear axle .The driving sprocket runs at 900 rpm and driven sprocket at 400rpm with center distance of approximately 600mm.Select the roller chain. (16) 15 A crane is lifting a load of 18 KN through a wire rope and a hook. The weight of the hook etc., is 10kN. The load is to be lifted with an acceleration of 1m/sec2. Calculate the diameter of the wire rope. The rope diameter may be taken as 30 times the diameter of the rope. Take a factor of safety of 6 and Youngs modulus for the wire rope 0.8 x 105 N/mm2. The ultimate stress may be taken as 1800 N/mm2. The cross-sectional area of the wire rope may be taken as 0.38 times the square of the wire rope diameter. (16) 16 Design a chain drive to actuate a compressor from 15kW electric motor running at 1,000 r.p.m, the compressor speed being 350 rpm. The minimum centre distance is 500 mm. the compressor operates 15 hours per day. The chain tension may be adjusted by shifting the motor (16) 17 Design a chain drive to actuate a compressor from a 12 kW electric motor at 900 rpm, the compressor begins 250 rpm. Minimum centre distance should be 500 mm, the chain tension may be adjusted by shifting the motor on rails. The compressor is to work 8 hour/day. (16) 18 A 15 kW squirrel cage motor, 1250 r.p.m. is driving a centrifugal pump at 550 r.p.m. The centrifugal pump is located at 700 mm form the motor. Design a chain drive. (16) 19 A crane is lifting a load of 25 KN through a wire rope and a hook. The weight of the hook etc., is 15kN. The load is to be lifted with an acceleration of 1m/sec2. Design the rope drive. (16) 20 Design a V-belt drive and calculate the actual belt tension and average stress for the following data. Driven pulley diameter, D= 500 mm, driver pulley diameter, d=150 mm, center distance c=925 mm, speed n1 = 1000 rpm, n2 = 300 rpm and power, P = 7.5 kW. (16)

UNIT-2 PART - A Two Marks Questions (Part A questions) 1. Define module? 2. What are the advantages of toothed gears over the types of transmission system? 3. In a pair of spur gears, the module is 6mm. Determine the circular pitch and the diametral pitch? 4. What are the standard interchangeable tooth profiles?

5. Why is pinion made harder than gear? 6. What are the main types of gear tooth failure? 7. What are the assumptions made in deriving lewis equation? 8. When do you use non-metallic gears? 9. Define pitch circle with reference to spur gears? 10. What are the common forms of fear tooth profile? 11 Define transmission ratio with reference to spur gears? 12 Back lash for spur gears depends on which two factors? 13 What are the non metallicss used as gears? 14 When do you prefer helical gears than spur gears? 15 What is the major disadvantage of single helical gear? How can you over come that difficulty? 16 What hands of helix are used in parallel helical gears? 17 Define axial pitch of a helical gear? 18 Why is the crossed helical gear drive mostly not used for power transmission? 19 What is Herringbone gear? State its application. 20 Where do we use skew gears? 16 Marks Questions (Part B Questions) 11. (i) A pinion with 25 teeth and rotating at 1200rpm drives a gear which rotates at 200rpm and module is 4mm.calculate the center distance between the gears. (8) (ii) A helical gear with 300 helix angle has to transmit 35kW at 1500 rpm. With a speed reduction ratio 2.5. If the pinion has 24 teeth, determine the necessary module for 200 full depths the teeth. Assume 15Ni 2Cr 1 Mo 15 material for both pinion and wheel. (8) 12. Design a spur gear drive required to transmit 45 Kw at pinion speed of 800 rpm. The velocity ratio 3.5:1. The teeth are 20 full depths involute with 18 teeth on the pinion. Both the pinion gear are made of steel with a maximum safe static stress of 180N / mm2 (16) 13. Design a pair of helical gears to transmit 30kW power at a speed reduction ratio of 4:1. The input shaft rotates at 2000 rpm. Take helix and pressure angles equal to 250 and 200 respectively. The number of teeth on the pinion may be taken as 30 (16)

14 Design a straight spur gear drive to transmit 8 kW. The pinion speed is 720 rpm and the speed ratio is 2. Both the gears are made of the same surface hardened carbon steel with 55RC and core hardness less than 350 BHN. Ultimate strength is 720 N/mm2 and yield strength is 360 N/ mm2 (16) 15 A motor shaft rotating at 1500 rpm has to transmit 15kW to a low speed shaft with a speed reduction of 3:1. Assume starting torque to be 25% higher than the running torque. The teeth are 200 involutes with 25 teeth on the pinion. Both the pinion and gear are made of C45 steel. Design a spur gear drive to suit the above conditions and check for compressive and bending stresses and plastic deformations. Also sketch the spur gear drive. (16) 16 An electric motor is to be connected to a reciprocating pump through a gear pair. The gears are overhanging in their shafts. Motor speed = 1440 rpm. Speed reduction ratio = 5. Motor power = 36.8 kW. The gears are to have 200 pressure angles. Design a spur gear drive. (16) 17 A pair of helical gears subjected to moderate shock loading is to transmit 37.5kW at 1750 r.p.m. of the pinion. The speed reduction ratio is 4.25 and the helix angle is 150. The service is continuous and the teeth are 200 FD in the normal plane. Design the gears, assuming a life of 10,000 hours. (16) 18.A compressor running at 300 rpm is driven by a15 Kw, 1200 rpm motor through a 14 0 full depth spur gears .The centre distance is 375 mm .The motor pinion is to be of C30 forged steel hardened and tempered, and the driven gear is to be of cast iron. Assuming medium shock condition, design the gear drive. (16) 19.Design a spur gear drive required to transmit 15 Kw at pinion speed of 1400 rpm to a low speed shaft rotating at 500 rpm. The teeth are 20 degree full depth involute with 25 teeth on the pinion. Both the pinion and gear are made of CI with a maximum safe static stress of 56 N / mm2. (16)

20.A helical gear drive with the helix angle of 30 degree required to transmit 15 Kw at pinion speed of 10000 rpm. The velocity ratio 4:1. The teeth are 20 degree full depth involute with 25 teeth on the pinion. Both the pinion gear is made of hardened steel with a maximum safe static stress of 100N / mm2. The face width may be taken as 14 times the module. Find the module and face width. (16) UNIT-3 PART - A Two Marks Questions (Part A questions) 1. What are the materials used for worm and worm gear? 2. Define normal pitch of a worm gear? 3. What is irreversibility in worm gears? 4. Where do we use worm gears? 5. Under what situation, worm gears are used?

6. For bevel gears, define back cone distance? 7. Under what situation, bevel gears are used? 8. Differentiate a straight bevel gear and spiral bevel gear? 9. What are the advantages of spiral bevel gears over straight bevel gears? 10. What a is zero bevel gear? 11 What is the difference between an angular gear and a miter gear? 12 What are the applications of worm and worm gear? 13 Why is the non ferrous material used for worm wheel? 16 Marks Questions (Part B Questions) 11. A 10 kW motor running at 1200 rpm drives a compressor at 780 rpm through a 900 bevel gearing arrangement. The pinion has 30 teeth. The pressure angle of the teeth is 200. Both the pinion and gear are made of heat treated cast iron grade 35. Determine the cone distance, average module and face width of the gears. (16) 12. Design a pair of bevel gears for two shafts whose axes are at right angles. The power transmitted is 25kW. The speed of the pinion is 300 rpm and the gear is 120 rpm. (16) 13. A 2 kW power is applied to a worm shaft at 720 rpm. The worm is of quadruple start with 50mm as pitch circle diameter. The worm is of quadruple start type with 50mm as pitch circle diameter. The worm gear has 40 teeth with 5mm module. The pressure angle in the diametral plane is 200. Determine (i) the lead angle of the worm, (ii) velocity ratio, and (ii) centre distance. Also, calculate efficiency of the worm gear drive, and power lost in friction (16) 14 A pair of straight tooth bevel gears has a velocity ratio of 4/3. The pitch diameter of the pinion is 150 mm. The face width is 50mm. The pinion rotates at 240 rev/min. The teeth are 5mm module, 14 10 involutes. If 6 kW is transmitted, determine (i) the tangential force at the Mean radius (ii) the pinion thrust force (iii) the gear thrust force. Draw the free body diagrams indicating the forces (16) 15 Design a worm gear drive with a standard centre distance to transmit 7.5 kW from a warm rotating at 1440 rpm to a warm wheel at 20 rpm (16) 16 Design the teeth of a pair of bevel gears to transmit 18.75 kW at 600 rpm of the

pinion. The velocity ratio should be about 3 and the pinion should have about 20 teeth which are full depth 200 involutes. Find the module, face width, diameter of the gears and pitch core angle for both gears (16) 17 A 900 degree straight bevel gear set is needed to give a 3:1 reduction. Determine the pitch cone angle, pitch diameter, and gear forces if the, 25 degree pressure angle pinion ahs 15 teeth of pitch circle diameter, 4, and the transmitted power is 8 HP at 550 pinion rpm (16)

18 Design a worm gear drive to transmit 22.5 kW at a worm speed of 1440 rpm. Velocity ratio is 24:1. An efficiency of at least 85% is desired. The temperature rise should be restricted to 400 C. Determine the required cooling area (16) 19 A speed reducer wait is to be designed for an input of 11.25kW with a transmission ratio of 20. The speed of the hardened steel worm is 1500 rpm. The worm wheel is to be made of bronze. The tooth form is to be 200 in volute (16) 20 Design a bevel gear drive to transmit 3.5 kW with the following specifications: speed ratio = 4; driving shaft speed = 200 r.p.m.; drive is non-reversible; material for pinion is steel; material for wheel is cast iron; and life 25000 hours (16) UNIT-4 PART - A Two Marks Questions (Part A questions) 1. Write any two requirements of a speed gear box? 2. Why G.P. series is selected for arranging the speeds in gear box? 3. List any two methods used for changing speeds in gear box? 4. What are preferred numbers? 5. What is step ratio? Or Define progression ratio? 6. What is kinematic arrangement, as applied to gear boxes? 7. What does the ray-diagram of gear box indicate? 8. State any three basic rules to be followed while designing a gear box? 9. What are the possible arrangements to achier 12 speeds from a gear box? 10. What is a speed reducer? 11 What are the main applications of gear box? 12 What are the main functions of gear box cover? 13 List out the possible arrangement to achieve 16 speed gear box? 16 Marks Questions (Part B Questions) 11. (i) The maximum and minimum speeds of a 6 speed gear box are to be 1600 rpm and 500 rpm respectively. Construct the speed diagram and the kinematic arrangement of the gearbox. (8) (ii) Design a gearbox, for the following data:

No of speeds required=16; min speed=100rpm; max speed=560rpm; Draw diagram and kinematic arrangement. (8) 12. Design a 12 speed gearbox The speed range required is 100 to 355rpm a) Draw the ray diagram, b) Draw the kinematic arrangement c) Calculate the no. of teeth on each gear. (16) 13. A gearbox is to give 18 speeds for a spindle of a milling machine. The drive is from an electric motor of 3.75kw at 1440rpm. Maximum and minimum speeds of the spindle are to be around 650rpm and 35rpm respectively. Find the speed ratios which will give the desired speeds and draw the structural diagram and kinematic arrangement of the drive. (16) 14Design a nine speed gear box for a milling machine with speed ranging from 56-900rpm. The output speed is 720rpm; make a neat sketch of the gearbox. Indicate the no of teeth on all the gears and their speeds. (16) 15The minimum and maximum speeds of a six speed box are to be 160 and 1500rpm. Construct the kinematic arrangement and the ray diagram of the gearbox and also calculate the no of teeth of all gears (16) 16 A gearbox is to be designed to provide 12 output speeds ranging from 160 to 200rpm. The input speed of motor is 1600rpm. Choosing a standard speed ratio construct the speed diagram and the kinematic arrangement calculate the no of teeth of all gears (16) 17 A six speed gear box is required to provide output speeds in the range of 125 to 400 r.p.m. with a step ratio of 1.25 and transmit a power of 5 kW at 710 r.p.m. Draw the speed diagram and kinematics diagram. Determine the number of teeth module and face width of all gears, assuming suitable materials for the gears. Determine the length of the gear box along the axis of the gear shaft. (16) 18. A machine tool gear box is to have 9 speeds. The gear box is driven by an electric motor whose shaft rotational speed is 1400 r.p.m. The gear box is connected to the motor by a belt drive. The maximum and minimum speeds required at the gear box output are 1000 r.p.m. and 200 r.p.m. respectively. Suitable speed reduction can also be provided in the belt drive. What is the step ratio and what are the values of 9 speeds? Sketch the arrangement. Obtain the number of teeth on each gear and also the actual output speeds. (16) 19. Design a 9 speed gear box for a machine to provide speeds ranging from 200 r.p.m to 1000 rpm. The input is from a motor of 5 kW at 1440 rpm. Assume any alloy steel for the gear.(16) 20. In a milling machine, 18 different speeds in the range of 35 rpm and 650 rpm are required. Design a three stage gear box with a standard step ratio. Sketch the layout of the gear box, indicating the number of teeth n each gear. The gear box receives 3.6 kW from an electric motor running at 1,440 rpm. Sketch also the speed diagram. (16) UNIT-5 PART - A

Two Marks Questions (Part A questions) 1. How do you classify the cams? 2. What are the disadvantages of knife-edge follower? 3. What are the different types of follower motions? 4. What is the function of a clutch? 5. Give examples for axial and radial friction clutch? 6. What are the properties required of the material used as a friction surface? 7. Name few commonly used friction materials? 8. Clutches are usually designed on the basic of uniform wear, why? 9. Distinguish between dry and wet operation of clutches? 10. In case clutch semi-cone angle should be greater than 12 why? 11 What is the difference between cone and centrifugal clutches? 12 Compare disc clutches and cone clutches? 13 Given the reaction to find temperature rise in clutches? 14 What is the friction of a brake? 15 Differentiate a brake and a clutch? 16 What is a self locking brake? 17 What do you mean by self energizing brakes?

16 Marks Questions (Part B Questions) 11. A single plate clutch , both side being effective is required to connect a machine shaft to a driver shaft which runs at 500rpm .The moment of inertia of the rotating parts of the machine is 1Kgm2.The inner and the outer radii of the friction discs are 50mm&100mm respectively .Assuming uniform pressure of 0.1N/mm2 and =0.25 , determine the time taken for the machine to reach full speed when the clutch is suddenly engaged . Also determine the power transmitted by the clutch, the energy dissipated during the clutch slip and the energy supplied to the machine during engagement. (16) 12. A multi disk clutch consists of five steel plates and four bronze plates. The inner and outer diameters of friction disks are 75mm and 150mm respectively. The coefficient of friction is 0.1 and the intensity of pressure

is limited to 0.3 N/mm2. Assuming the uniform wear theory, calculate (i) the required operating force, and (ii) power transmitting capacity at 750 rpm.(16) 14. In an automotive type internal expanding double shoe brake he face width of the friction lining is 40 mm and the intensity of normal pressure is limited to 1 N/mm2 . The coefficient of friction is 0.32. The angle 1 can be assumed to be zero. Calculate (i) the actuating force P, and (ii) the torque absorbing capacity of the brake. (16) 15.A leather faced conical clutch has cone angle of 300.The pressure between the contact surfaces is limited to .35N/mm2 and the breath of the conical surface is not to exceed 1/3 of the mean radius. Find the dimensions of the contact surface to transmit 22Kw at 2000 rpm .Also calculate the force required to engage the clutch. .Take =0.15 . (16) 16.Draw the displace time , velocity time and the acceleration time curves for the follower in order to satisfy the following conditions (1) Stroke of the follower 25mm (2) Outstroke takes place with SHM during 900 of cam rotation (3) Return stroke takes with SHM during 750 of cam rotation (4) Cam rotates with a uniform speed of 800 rpm (16) 17.A radial cam rotates at 1200 rpm with the follower rising 20mm with SHM in1500of the cam rotation .The roller is 32mm in diameter and the prime circle is 80mm in diameter. Check whether undercutting will occur. (16) 18.A multi disk clutch has 3 disks on the driving shaft and two on the driven shaft. The inner and outer diameters of friction disks are 120mm and 240mm respectively. The coefficients of friction is 0.3 and find the max axial intensity of pressure between the discs for transmitting 25 kW at 1575 rpm .Assuming the uniform wear theory. (16) 19.A single plate clutch transmits 25 kW at 900 rpm. The max. Pressure intensity between the plates is 85 kN/m2. The ratio of radii is 1.25. Both the sides of the plate are effective and the coefficient of friction is .25. Determine (i) the dia of the plate (ii) the axial force to engage the clutch. Assuming the uniform wear theory. (16) (i) What is a self energizing brake? When a brake becomes self-locking?.Discuss (8) (ii) What is positive clutch? Describe the types. (8) 20.In a band and block brake, the band is lined with 14 blocks, each of which subtends an angle of 20degrees at the drum centre. One end of band is attached to the function of the brake lever and the other to a pin 150mm from the fulcrum. Find the force required at the end of the lever 1 m long from the fulcrum to give a torque of 4kN-m. The diameter of the brake drum is 1m and the co-efficient of friction between the blocks and the drum is 0.25. (16)

ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI 25 MODEL QUESTION PAPER B.E. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, VI SEMESTER ME 342 DESIGN OF TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ( Use of approved data book is permitted ) TIME 3 Hours MAXIMUM : 100 Marks PART A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks) ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS 1. What are the effects of centrifugal tension on flat belt. 2. State any four advantages of V-belt drive over chain drive. 3. What is meant by dynamic load in gears? How it is taken care in the gear design? 4. With the help of a sketch, indicate the normal pitch and axial pitch in helical gear. 5. Name two important modes of failure in gear. 6. When do we use worm gear? Write any two applications of worm-gear drive. 7. What is the importance of saw-tooth diagram in the selection of standard step ratio, in gear box design? 8. What are the required properties of clutch material? 9. Sketch a shoe brake and show the forces acting on the shoe. 10. Distinguish between cross-lay and long lay wire ropes. PART B (5 x 16 = 80 Marks) 11. In a spur gear drive for a rock crusher, the gears are made of case hardened alloy steel. The pinion is transmitting 20 kW at 1000 rpm with a gear ratio of 3.5. The gear is to work 8 hrs / day for 3 years. Design the drive (16 Marks) 12. a) Design a fabric belt to transmit 10 kW at 450 rpm from an engine to a line shaft at 1200 rpm. The diameter of the engine pulley is 600 mm and the distance of the shaft

from the engine is 2 m. (16 Marks) ( OR ) b) Design a chain drive for a blower which is to run at 600 rpm. Power available from a 10 HP motor at 1450 rpm. The motor can be located at a distance not less than 700 mm. (16 Marks)

13. a) A pair of helical gears subjected to heavy shock loading is to transmit 37.5 kW at 1500 rpm of the pinion . The speed reduction ratio is 4.25 and the helix angle is 15o. The service is continuous and the teeth are 20o full depth in the normal plane. Select suitable material and design the gears. Calculate the major dimensions and sketch the arrangement (16 Marks) ( OR ) b) A hardened steel worm rotates at 1440 rpm and transmit 15 kW to a phosphor bronze gear with gear ratio of 15. Design the worm gear drive and sketch the arrangement. What is the heat generated and the power loss? (16 Marks) 14. a) Draw the ray diagram and kinematic lay out of a gear box for an all geared headstock of a lathe. The maximum and minimum speeds are to be 600 and 23 rpm respectively. number of steps is 12 and drive is from a 3 kW electric motor running at 1440 rpm. (16 Marks) ( OR ) b) Design the headstock gear box of a lathe having nine spindle speeds ranging from 25 to 1000 rpm. The power of the machine may be taken as 6 kW and speed of the motor is 1450 rpm. Minimum number of teeth on the gear is to be 25. a) Draw the speed diagram b) Sketch the layout of the gear box. c) Calculate the number of teeth on all gears. (16 Marks) 15. a) In a band brake the drum diameter is 800 mm and the band thickness is 5 mm. The brake facing has a coefficient of friction of 0.25. The arc of contact is 250o. This brake drum is attached to a hoisting drum that sustains a rope load of 8 kN. The operating force has a moment arm of 1.5 m and

the band is attached 150 mm from the pivot point. Determine a) the force required to just support the load b) the required force when the direction is reversed, and c) the width of steel band, limiting its tensile strength to 50 N/mm2 (16 Marks) ( OR ) b) A cone clutch has a cone angle of 11.5o, a mean frictional diameter of 320 mm, and face width of 60 mm. The clutch is to transmit a torque of 200 Nm. The coefficient of friction is 0.26. Find the activating force and pressure using the assumption of uniform pressure. (16 Marks)

B.E/B.TECH. DEGREE EXAMINATION ,NOV/DEC 2006 Sixth semester, Mechanical engineering Design of transmission system

Time:3 Hrs Maximum: 100 marks

PART A (10 X 2 =20) 1. What are the factors upon which the coefficient of friction between the belt and the pulleys depend? 2. In what ay the timming belt is suprior to ordinary V-belt. 3. What do you understand by simplex ,duplex and triplex chain? 4. State the law of gearing. 5. How does the function of a brake differ from that of a clutch? 6. Mention the important types of gears and discuss their applications. 7. State the advantage of herringbone gear. 8. What is a pressure angle? What is the effect of increasing in pressure angle ? 9. Name the different types of clutch. Why positive clutch is used? 10. Draw the ray diagram for a six speed gear box.

PART B ( 5 X 16 =80) 11. (a) A leather belt 9mm X 250 mm is used to drive a cast iron pulley 900 mm in diameter at 336 rpm.If the active arc on the smaller pulley is 20 degrees and stress in tight side is 2 MPa ,find the power capacity of the belt.The density of leathr may be taken as 980 Kg/m ^3 and coefficient of friction of leathre on cast iron is 0.35

OR (b) Design a V belt drive and clculate the actual belt tension and average stress for the following data .Driven pulley diameter,D = 500 mm,Driver pulley diameter ,d = 150 mm ,center distance , C = 925 mm, speed n1 = 1000 rpm,n2 = 300 rpm and power ,P =7.5 kW.

12 (a) Design a chain drive to actuate a compressor from 15 kW eletric motor running at 100 rpm, hte compressor speed being 350 rpm.The minimum center distance is 500 mm.The compressor operates 16 hours per day.The chain tension may be adjusted by shifting the motor sides. OR (b) Design a straigth spur gear drive to transmit 8 kW.The pinion speed is 720 rpm and the speed ratio is 2.Both the gears are made of the same surface hardened carbon steel with 55 RC and core hardness less than 350 BHN .Ultimate strength is 720 N/mm ^2 and yield strength is 360 N/mm ^2 13 (a) Design a nine speed gearbox for a c machine to provide speeds ranging from 100 to 1500 rpm .The input is from a motor of 5 kW at 1440 rpm.Assume any alloy steel for the gear. OR (b) Design a pair bevel gear for two shafts whose axis are at rigth angles .Thepower transmitted is 25 Kw .The spedd of the pinion is 300 rpm and of the gear is 120 rpm. 14 (a) A single plate clutch ,effective on both sides ,is required to transmit 25 kW at 3000 rpm.Determine the outer and inner diameter of frictional surface if the coefficient of friction is 0.255,ratio of diameters is 1.25 and he maximum pressure is not exceeded 0.1 N/mm ^2 .Also determine the axial thrust to be provided by springs.Assume theory of uniform wear. Or (b) An engine developing 45kW at 1000 rpm id fitted with a cone clutch built inside the fly wheel.The cone has a face angle of 12.5 degree and a maximum mean diameter of 500 mm.The coefficient of friction is 0.2 .The normal pressure on the clutch face is not exceeded 0.1N/mm ^2 .Dtermine (i) The face width required (ii) the axial spring force necessary to engage the clutch. 15 (a) In a single block brake ,the diameter of the drum is 250 mm and th angle of

contact is 90 degrees .If the operating force is 700 N is applied at the end of lever which is at 250 mm from the center of he brake block,The coefficient of friction between the drum and the lining is 0.35. Dtermine the torque that may be transmitted.Fulcrum is at 200 mm from the center of brake block with an offset 50 mm from the surface of contact. OR (b) Design a worm gear drive to transmit 22.5 kW at a worm speed of 1440 rpm.Velocity ratio 24:1 .An efficient of atleast 85% is desired .The temperature rise shoul be restricte to 40 degree C.Dtermine the required cooling area.

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PART - A Two Marks Questions (Part A questions) 1. Define module? 2. What are the advantages of toothed gears over the types of transmission system? 3. In a pair of spur gears, the module is 6mm. Determine the circular pitch and the diametral pitch? 4. What are the standard interchangeable tooth profiles? 5. Why is pinion made harder than gear? 6. What are the main types of gear tooth failure? 7. What are the assumptions made in deriving lewis equation?

8. When do you use non-metallic gears? 9. Define pitch circle with reference to spur gears? 10. What are the common forms of fear tooth profile? 11 Define transmission ratio with reference to spur gears? 12 Back lash for spur gears depends on which two factors? 13 What are the non metallicss used as gears? 14 When do you prefer helical gears than spur gears? 15 What is the major disadvantage of single helical gear? How can you over come that difficulty? 16 What hands of helix are used in parallel helical gears? 17 Define axial pitch of a helical gear? 18 Why is the crossed helical gear drive mostly not used for power transmission? 19 What is Herringbone gear? State its application. 20 Where do we use skew gears? 16 Marks Questions (Part B Questions) 11. (i) A pinion with 25 teeth and rotating at 1200rpm drives a gear which rotates at 200rpm and module is 4mm.calculate the center distance between the gears. (8) (ii) A helical gear with 300 helix angle has to transmit 35kW at 1500 rpm. With a speed reduction ratio 2.5. If the pinion has 24 teeth, determine the necessary module for 200 full depths the teeth. Assume 15Ni 2Cr 1 Mo 15 material for both pinion and wheel. (8) 12. Design a spur gear drive required to transmit 45 Kw at pinion speed of 800 rpm. The velocity ratio 3.5:1. The teeth are 20 full depths involute with 18 teeth on the pinion. Both the pinion gear are made of steel with a maximum safe static stress of 180N / mm2 (16)

13. Design a pair of helical gears to transmit 30kW power at a speed reduction ratio of 4:1. The input shaft rotates at 2000 rpm. Take helix and pressure angles equal to 250 and 200 respectively. The number of teeth on the pinion may be taken as 30 (16) 14 Design a straight spur gear drive to transmit 8 kW. The pinion speed is 720 rpm and the speed ratio is 2. Both the gears are made of the same surface hardened carbon steel with 55RC and core hardness less than 350 BHN. Ultimate strength is 720 N/mm2 and yield strength is 360 N/ mm2 (16) 15 A motor shaft rotating at 1500 rpm has to transmit 15kW to a low speed shaft with a speed reduction of 3:1. Assume starting torque to be 25% higher than the running torque. The teeth are 200 involutes with 25 teeth on the pinion. Both the pinion and gear are made of C45 steel. Design a spur gear drive to suit the above conditions and check for compressive and bending stresses and plastic deformations. Also sketch the spur gear drive. (16) 16 An electric motor is to be connected to a reciprocating pump through a gear pair. The gears are overhanging in their shafts. Motor speed = 1440 rpm. Speed reduction ratio = 5. Motor power = 36.8 kW. The gears are to have 200 pressure angles. Design a spur gear drive. (16) 17 A pair of helical gears subjected to moderate shock loading is to transmit 37.5kW at 1750 r.p.m. of the pinion. The speed reduction ratio is 4.25 and the helix angle is 150. The service is continuous and the teeth are 200 FD in the normal plane. Design the gears, assuming a life of 10,000 hours. (16) 18.A compressor running at 300 rpm is driven by a15 Kw, 1200 rpm motor through a 14 0 full depth spur gears .The centre distance is 375 mm .The motor pinion is to be of C30 forged steel hardened and tempered, and the driven gear is to be of cast iron. Assuming medium shock condition, design the gear drive. (16) 19.Design a spur gear drive required to transmit 15 Kw at pinion speed of 1400 rpm to a low speed shaft rotating at 500 rpm. The teeth are 20 degree full depth involute with 25 teeth on the pinion. Both the pinion and gear are made of CI with a maximum safe static stress of 56 N / mm2. (16)

20.A helical gear drive with the helix angle of 30 degree required to transmit 15 Kw at pinion speed of 10000 rpm. The velocity ratio 4:1. The teeth are 20 degree full depth involute with 25 teeth on the pinion. Both the pinion gear is made of hardened steel with a maximum safe static stress of 100N / mm2. The face width may be taken as 14 times the module. Find the module and face width. (16)

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