AKGEC/CDT/FM/01

Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Course: B.Tech. Semester:V
Branch: Mechanical Engineering section: ME-1
Subject Name: Machine Design-I Sub. Code: NME 501
Tutorial Sheet No.:02 Session: 2016-2017
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Q.1What are the various factors that reduce fatigue strength of materials? What factors should be
considered while designing against fatigue?
Q2 A beam of uniform cross section is fixed at one end and carries an electric motor weighing 400 N at a
distance of 300 mm from the fixed end. The maximum bending stress in the beam is 40 MPa. Find the
width and depth of the beam if the depth is twice that of the width.

Q3. Determine the thickness of a 115 mm wide uniform plate for safe continuous operation, if the plate is to
be subjected to a tensile load that has a maximum value of 225 kN and a minimum value of 75 kN. The
properties of the plate material are as follows:
Endurance limit stress = 225 MPa and
Yield point stress = 300 MPa.
The factor of safety based on yield point may be taken as 1.5.

Q4. A machine component is subjected to bending stress which fluctuates between 300 N/mm2 tensile and
150 N/mm2 compressive in cyclic manner. Using the Goodman and Soderberg criterion, calculate the
minimum required ultimate tensile strength of the material. Take the factor of safety 1.5 and the endurance
limit in reversed bending as 50% of ultimate tensile strength.
Q5.A wall bracket, as shown in following figure, is subjected to a pull of P = 5 kN, at 60 to the vertical.
The cross-section of bracket is rectangular having b = 3t. Determine the dimensions b and t if the stress in
the material of the bracket is limited to 28 MPa.
Q6A cantilever beam made of cold drawn steel 20C8 (Sut =540 N/mm2) is subjected to a completely
reversed load of 1000 N as shown in Fig. 3a. The corrected endurance limit for the material of the beam
may be taken as 123.8 N/mm2. Determine the diameter d of the beam for a life of 10000 cycles.

Q7A circular bar is subjected to a completely reversed axial load of 150 kN. Determine the size of the bar
for infinite life, if it is made of plain carbon steel having ultimate tensile strength of 800 N/mm2 and yield
point in tension of 600 N/mm2. Assuming the surface finish factor as 0.80, size factor 0.85, reliability as
90%, and modifying factor for the stress concentration as 0.9.
Q8. Determine the factor of safety according to the distortion energy theory if the stresses at a point in the
body are
x 91MPa; y 91MPa; xy 84 MPa; and yield stress y 280 MPa.
Q9. Determine the maximum stress produced in a stepped shaft, stepped down from 40 mm to 30 mm with a fillet
radius of 6 mm. It is subjected to a couple of 100 N-m. Take theoretical stress concentration factor or form stress
concentration factor Kt =1.23.
Q10. The principal stresses at a point are given as
1 200MPa; 2 100MPa;3 0; and yield stress y 500 MPa.
Determine the maximum shear stress and factor of safety for the given loading condition.
Q11.Determine the size of a piston rod, made of 0.30 hot rolled carbon steel, subjected to fluctuation from 15 kN in
compression to 25 kN in tension. Minimum desired factor of safety is 1.5. Impact factor has been estimated to be 1.25.
take suitable surface correction factor (surface finish factor) for the machined surface of the rod. Neglect the column
action and stress concentration effect.
Q12. A circular rod made of ductile material has endurance strength of 280 N/mm2 and ultimate strength 350 N/mm2.
The member is subjected to a variable axial load varying from +700 kN to -300 kN. Take fatigue stress concentration
factor as 1.8 and factor of safety as 2.0. Find the suitable diameter of the rod.
Q13. A cylindrical shaft, made of steel of yield strength 760 MPa, is subjected to static load consisting bending
moment of 15 kN-m and a torsional moment 25 kN-m. Determine suitable diameter of shaft using maximum shear
stress theory and maximum strain energy theory, assuming a factor of safety 2.5.
(Take E =200 GPa and poissons ratio = 0.25).
Q14. A solid shaft of steel FE620 (Sut=620 N/mm2, Syt=380 N/mm2) is subjected to an alternating torque, which
varies from -200 N-m to +400 N-m. The shaft is ground and the expected reliability is 90%. Neglecting stress
concentration, calculate the shaft diameter for infinite life. The factor of safety is 2.5. Use the distortion energy theory
of failure.
Q15. A plate of steel 20C8 (Sut = 440 MPa) in hot rolled and normalized condition is shown in following figure. It is
subjected to a completely reversed axial load of 30 kN. The notch sensitivity factor q can be taken as 0.8 and the
expected reliability is 90%. The factor of safety is 2. The size factor can be taken as 0.85. Determine the plate
thickness for infinite life.
Q16. A rotating bar made of steel 20C8 (Sut = 630 MPa) is subjected to a completely reversed bending
stress. The corrected endurance limit is 315 MPa. Calculate the fatigue strength of the bar material for the
life of 90000 cycles.
Q17.A rotating shaft, subjected to a non-rotating force of 5 kN and simply supported between two bearings
A and E as shown in below figure. The shaft is machined from plain carbon steel having Sut= 500 N/mm2
and the expected reliability is 90%. The equivalent notch radius at the fillet section can be taken as 3 mm.
What is the life of the shaft?

Q18. The work cycle of a mechanical component subjected to completely reversed bending stresses consists
of the following three elements:
i. 350 N/mm2 for 85% of time;
ii. 400 N/mm2 for 12% of time;
iii. 500 N/mm2 for 3% of time;
The material for the component is made of a material having Sut=660 N/mm2 and the corrected endurance
limit of the component is 280 N/mm2. Determine the life of the component.
Q19. A machine component is subjected to 2-D stresses. The tensile stress in X direction variesfrom 40 to
100 N/mm2, while the tensile stress in Y direction varies from 10 to 80 N/mm2. The frequency of variation
of these stresses is equal. The corrected endurance limit of the component is 270 N/mm2. The ultimate
tensile strength of the material of component is 660 N/mm2. Determine the factor of safety used by the
designer.
Q20.A transmission shaft carries a pulley midway the two bearings. The bending moment at the pulley
varies from 200 N-m to 600 N-m, and the torsional moment in the shaft varies from 70 N-m to 200 N-m.
The frequency of variation of the bending and torsional moments is equal to the shaft speed. The corrected
endurance limit of the shaft is 200 N/mm2. The ultimate tensile strength of the material of shaft is 540
N/mm2 and the yield strength is 400 N/mm2. Determine the diameter of the shaft using a factor of safety of
2.0.