MD Probset
MD Probset
MD Probset
Determine the safe wall thickness of a 30 inches steel tank with internal pressure
of 7.82 Mpa. The yield stress of a material is at 275.48 Mpa. The factor of safety
to use is 2.0.
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A. inch B. 232.6 cm C. 21.6 mm D. inch
4 8
2. A thin hollow sphere of radius 10” and thickness of 0.1” is subjected to an internal
pressure of 100psig. The maximum normal stress on an element of the sphere is:
SPRING
1. Find the total shear stress in kpa of a helical compression spring when subjected
to a load of 220 N. The spring is made from 3.429 mm diameter music wire with
a 50.8 mm mean coil diameter.
A. 1,342,400 B. 644,320 C. 520,970 D. 705,870 or 773,491
2. A helical spring having a squared and ground ends has a total of 18 coils and its
material has modulus of elasticity in shear of 78.910 Gpa. If the spring has an
outside diameter of 10.42 cm and a wire diameter of 0.625 cm, compute the
deflection in the spring due to a load of 50 kgs.
3. A spring is made from 2.68mm diameter wire. If the spring has a free length of
76.2 mm, a spring constant of 3.6 N/mm, and 10 total coils, ground and squared
ends, find the force in Newtons and required to fully compress the spring.
A. 173 B. 316 C. 62 D. 153
4. A helical spring will compress 18 cm when a 100-kg person drops one meter
above the spring. What is the spring constant in KN/m?
A. 53.5 KN/m B. 35.7 KN/m C. 71.4 KN/m D. 92.8 KN/m
kg
contains gasoline with a density of 750 . Of the allowable tensile stress is 25
m3
Mpa, find the minimum thickness required.
A. 2.65 mm B. 2.85 mm C. 3.65 mm D. 1.82 mm
12. A cylinder having an internal diameter of 18 inches and an external diameter of
30 inches is subjected to an internal pressure of 8,000 psi. If the hoop stress at
the inner is 13,000 psi, find the external pressure.
A. 1280 psi B. 1384 psi C. 1450 psi D. 1653 psi
13. A cylinder having an internal diameter of 16 in and wall thickness of 6 inches is
subjected to an internal pressure of 65 Mpa and an external pressure of 13 Mpa.
Determine the hoop stress at the outer.
A. 23.58 Mpa B. 28.45 Mpa C. 37.42 Mpa D. 33.45 Mpa
14. The pressure inside the cylindrical tank varies from 800 kpa to 3200 kpa
continuously. The diameter of shell is 1.6m. Find the wall thickness of the yield
point is 460 Mpa, endurance strength is 200 Mpa and factor of safety of 3.
A. 18.34 mm B. 24.83 mm C. 20.45 mm D. 28.45 mm
15. Determine the bursting steam pressure of a steel shell with a diameter of 12
inches and made of ¼ thick steel plate. The joint efficiency is at 85% and the
tensile strength is 64 ksi.
A. 23.23 mm B. 8382.44 psi C. 4533.33 psi D. 5345.55 psi
16. Determine the safe wall thickness of a 26 inches steel tank with internal
pressure of 8 Mpa. The yield stress of material is at 280 Mpa. The factor of safety
is 3.
A. 23.23 mm B. 28.30 mm C. 30.12 mm D. 39.23 mm
17. A water tank 10m x 12m is completely filled with water. Determine the minimum
thickness of the plate if stress is limited to 50 Mpa,
A. 11.77 mm B. 14.55 mm C. 12.66 mm D. 12.44 mm
18. Determine the bursting steam pressure of a steel shell with diameter of 10 inches
and made of ¼ inch thick steel plate. The joint efficiency is at 70 % and the
tensile strength is 60 ksi.
A. 4200 psi B. 10.5 ksi C. 42.8 ksi D. 8500 psi
19. Compute the cutting speed in fpm of a workpiece with 2 inchs diameter and
running at 100 rpm?
A. 72 B. 102 C. 62 D. 52
20. Compute the safe wall thickness of a 76.2 cm diameter steel tank. The tank is
subjected to 7.33 Mpa pressure and the steel material has a yield stress of 215.4
Mpa. The factor of safety to use is 3.
A. 1 ½ inches B. 8.39 cm C. 4.09 cm D. 3.59 cm
21. A cylinder tank with 10 inches inside dimeter contains oxygen gas at 2500 psi.
Calculate the required wall thickness in millimeter under stress of 28,000 psi.
A. 10.54 B. 11.34 C. 10.24 D. 12.24
22. Determine the bursting steam pressure of a hemispherical steel shell with a
diameter of 100 inches and made of 0.0635 m thick steel plate. The join
efficiency is 80% and the tensile strength is 60,000 psi.
A. 4,020 psi B. 4,200 psi C. 2,400 psi D. 2,040 psi
23. A 16 mm plate is lapped over and secured by fillet weld on the inside and
outside to form a penstock 1.5 meter in diameter. Determine the safe internal
pressure, assuming an allowable stress of 140 Mpa on the plate and an
allowable shear stress of 90 Mpa on the throat side of the 14mm fillet weld.
A. 2.376 Mpa B. 3.590 Mpa C. 2.843 Mpa D. 1.695 Mpa
24. A squared and ground ends spring has a pitch of 20 mm, wire diameter of 12.5
mm. If there are 12 actual number of coils the deflection when spring is
compressed to its solid length.
A. 78 mm B. 75 mm C. 77 mm D. 79 mm
25. A spring with plain ends has 15 active coils diameter of 6mm and pitch of 10
mm. If spring rate is 100 KN/m, determine the solid force.
A. 4KN B. 5KN C. 6 KN D. 7 KN
26. A spring rate has a spring rate of 30 KN/m. If wire diameter is 10 mm with a
GN
mean diameter oF 70 mm, determine the number of active coils. G=80 .
m2
A. 6.54 B. 7.82 C. 8.42 D. 9.72
27. A spring has a load of 50 lb. with a spring index of 8. If stress induced is 90,000
psi, determine the wire diameter.
A. 0.058 in B. 0.828 in C. 0.452 in D. 0.1157 in
28. It is found that a load of 50 lb an extension coil spring deflects 8.5 in. What load
deflect the spring 2.5 in?
A. 10.64 lb B. 12.46 lb C. 13.48 lb D. 14.70 lb
29. A spring sustain 200 ft-lb of energy with deflection of 3 in. Assume that the main
coil diameter is 7 times the wire diameter and allowable stress 0f 100,000 psi,
determine the wire diameter.
30. A weight of 100 lbs. strikes a coil spring from a height of 18 inches and deflects
the spring of 6 inches. Find the average force acting on the spring.
32. Three extension coil spring are hooked in series and supports a weight of 70kg.
One spring has a spring rate of 0.209kg/mm and the other two have spring rates
of 0.643 kg/mm. Find the deflection.
33. Four compression coil spring in parallel support a load of 360 kg. Each spring
has a gradient of 0.717 kg/mm.
A. 125.52 mm B. 132.52 mm C. 138.52 mm D. 145.52 mm
34. A spring has a diameter of 25 mm and 12 active coils. If a load of a 10 KN is
applied it deflects 75 mm. Determine the mean diameter of the spring G= 80
GN/m².
A. 20 mm B. 134.65 mm C. 150.34 mm D. 40 mm
35. A coil spring is to have a mean diameter of 50 mm and is to support a load of
1000N. The allowable working stress is 415 Mpa and the modulus of elasticity in
shear is 80 Gpa. Find the wire diameter of the spring in mm.
A. 7. 195 mm B. 5.719 mm C. 5.197mm D. 1.579 mm
36. All four compression coil spring support one load of 400 kg. All four springs are
arranged in parallel and rated same at 0.709 kg/mm. Compute the deflection in
mm,
A. 564 B.1457 C. 171 D. 141
37. A force of 1.1 KN is acting on a 7.5 active coils with wire diameter of 13 mm. The
outside diameter of coil is 117 mm and G= 80 GN/m². Determine the deflection.
A. 27.6 mm B. 29.8 mm C. 32.5 mm D. 34.6 mm
38. A spring has with plain ends has 15 active coils with the wire diameter of 6 mm
and pitch of 10 mm. If spring rate is 100 KN/m, determine the solid force.
A. 4 KN B. 5KN C. 6KN D. 7KN
39. Compute the deflection of a 16 coils helical spring having a load of 120kg. The
modulus of elasticity in shear of spring is 100 Gpa, outside diameter of 10 cm
and with 10 mm wire diameter. The spring is squared and ground ends.
A. 96.12 mm B. 90.43 mm C. 102.35 mm D. 108.45 mm
40. Find the Wahl factor of the spring having an inside diameter of 10 inches and
wire diameter of 0.75 in.
A. 1.056 B. 0.374 C. 1.863 D. 1.099
41. A high alloy spring having squared and ground ends and has a total of 16 coils
and modulus of elasticity in shear of 85 Gpa. Compute the Wahl factor. The
spring outside diameter is 9.66cm and wire diameter is 0.65 cm.
A. 1.056 B. 1.10 C. 1.185 D. 1.2
42. A coiled spring with 5 cm of outside diameter is required to work under the load
of 190 N with square and ground end. The wire diameter is 5 mm, the spring is to
have 6 active coils. The modulus of rigidity is 809 Gpa and the mean radius is to
be 23 mm, with 7mm pitch of the spring.
A. 6.5 coils B. 7.5 coils C. 8.5 coils D. 9.5 coils
43. A helical spring having squared and ground ends has a total of 18 coils and its
material has modulus of elasticity in shear of 78.910 Gpa. If the spring has an
outside diameter of 10.42 cm and a wire diameter of 0.625 cm, compute the
deflection in the spring due to a load of 50 kgs.
A. 302 mm B. 490 mm C. 400 mm D. 322 mm
44. Compute the maximum deflection of a 20 coils helical spring having a load of 75
kgs. The spring is a square and ground ends with modulus of elasticity in shear
of 79.84 Gpa outside diameter of 101.6 mm and wire diameter of 9.525 mm.
A. 140.7 mm B. 112.7 mm C. 15.17 mm D. 126.7 mm
45. The smaller of two concentric helical springs is made of 22 mm diameter steel
spring and has an outside diameter of 100 mm with 10 active coils. The outer
spring is made of 32 mm steel spring and has an outside diameter of 250 mm
with 8 active coils. Before load is applied, the outer spring is 25 mm longer that
the inner spring. If the load is 90 KN is applied to this rest if springs. Find the rate
of each spring.
A. 507.5 KN/m, 143.6 KN/m C. 493.8 KN/m, 126.5 KN
B. 731.5 KN/m, 212. 5 KN/m D. 976.1 KN/m, 318.8 KN/m
46. Calculate the wire diameter of a steel spring that could support a load of 50 kg.
Allowable working stress is 427x10 6 N/m2 , the spring mean diameter is to be 44.
45 mm and G= 79. 3 Gpa.
A. 0.2106 in B. 0.3028 in C. 0.3924 in. D. 0.6931 in
47. A semi- elliptic laminated spring is made of No. 10 BWG steel 2 inches wide.
The length between support is 26 ½ inches and the band is 2 ½ wide. The spring
has two full- length and five graduated leaves. A central load of 350 lb is carried.
Assume that the distance from bolt tom end of band is 1/6 of the band width and
plate thickness is 0.314 inch.
A. Determine the maximum stress if each set of leaves for an initial condition of
no stress in the leaves.
STRESSES
1. A steel tie rod on bridge must be made to withstand a pull of 600 lbs, find the
diameter of the rod assuming a factor of safety of 5 and ultimate stress of 64,000
psi.
A. 0.705 B. 0.981 C. 0.809 D. 0.773
2. Determine the minimum mean diameter of a taper pin use to fix a lever to a shaft
If it is transmit a max torque of 700 in- lbs. The shaft diameter is 2 inches and the
material allowable stress is 15000 psi. use the factor of safety of 3.
A. 7.0 mm B. 7.2 mm C. 5.2 mm D. 6.2 mm
3. How many 5/16 inch holes can be punch in one motion in a steel plate made of
SAE thick using a force of 55 tons. The ultimate strength for shear is 50 ksi and
use 2 factor of safety.
A. 5.8 B. 3.7 C. 5 D. 6.5
4. The shaft whose torque varies from 2000 to 6000 in lbs has 1 ½ in. in diameter
and 60000 psi yield strength. Compute for the shaft mean average stress.
A. 6036 psi B. 6810 psi C. 5162 psi D. 5550 psi
5. A hollow shaft whose torque carries a torque 3.4 KN-m at a shearing stress of 55
MPA. The outside diameter is 1.25 times that of the inside diameter. Find the
inside diameter in mm.
A. 64.87 B. 46.87 C. 84.67 D. 74.64
6. What pressure is required for punching a hole 2’’ dia thru 1/4’’ steel plates?
A. 40 tons B. 50 tons C. 45 tons D. 35 tons
1. An engine parts is being tested with a load of 60000 lb. The allowable tensile
stress is 10000 psi, modulus of elasticity of 40x10 6 psi. If the original length of
specimen is 42 inches with elongation not exceeding 0.0015 in, what
diameter of the specimen is rejected?
A. 4.2 in B. 3.0 in C. 2.5 in D. 5.17 in
6. A steel tie rod on bridge must be withstand a pull of 6200 lbs. Find the
diameter of the rod assuming a factor of safety of 4 and ultimate stress of
66,000 psi
7. If the ultimate shear strength of steel plate is 45,000 psi, what force is
necessary to punch a 0.9 in diameter hole in a 0.5 in thick plate using a factor
of safety 3.5
10. A cable steel has a length of 100m and stretch to 5 cm when thr load is
applied at both ends. If tensile stress is 50 psi, fine the modulus of elasticity of
the steel
11. A shaft whose torque varies from 2200 to 6400 in-lb, It has a diameter of 1.25
inches and yield stress of 63,000 psi. Find the variable component stress.
A. 7 B.9 C. 8 D.10
13. Determine the minimum diameter of a taper pin for use to fix a lever to a
shaft, if it is to transmit a maximum torque of 750 in-lb. The shaft diameter is
1.5 inches and has a stress of 20,000 psi.
14. A 19mm stud bolts is used to fastened on a 250 mm diameter cylinder head
of diesel engine. If there are 10 stud bolts, determine the pressure inside the
cylinder if bolt stress is 50 Mpa.
15. A column supports a compressive load of 250 KN. Determine the outside
diameter of column if inside diameter is 185 cm and compressive stress of 50
Mpa.
16. A steel hollow tube is used to carry a tensile load of 500 KN at a stress of 140
Mpa. If outside diameter is 10 times the tube thickness of the tube.
A. 11.24 mm B. 107 mm C.20.64 mm D.22.61 mm
20. A 2.5 inches shaft is subjected to 3 KN m torque. Find the stress developed.
21. A shaft when subjected to pure torsion developed a stress of 50 Mpa. If polar
moment of inertia is 6.1359 x 10^-7 m^4, determine the maximum torque the
shaft could handle.
A. 41 B. 43 C. 46 D. 48
23. Ina 2.0 m cantilevered I-beam, 2 Mton weight is applied at free end. If the
allowable stress in beam is 110 MPa, determine the section modulus.
A. 7 KN B.8 KN C. 9 KN D. 10 KN
25. A steel wire 10 m long, hanging vertically supports a tensile load of 2 KN.
Neglecting the weight of wire, determine the required diameter if the stress is
not to exceed 140 Mpa and the total elongation is not to exceed 5 mm.
Assume E = 200 Gpa
A. 2 mm B. 3 mm C. 4 mm D. 5 mm
26. An iron rod 4 m long and o.5 cm^2 in cross section stretches 1 mm when a
mass of 225 kg is hang on it. Computer the modulus of elasticity of the iron
A. 176.58 GPa B. 169.81 Gpa C. 160.41 GPa D.180.26 Gpa
A. 20 mm B. 25 mm C. 30 mm D. 35 mm
29. What temperature will the rails just touched if steel railroads is 10 m long are
laid with clearance of 3 mm at initial temperature of 15'C. Use k = 11.7x10^-6
m/m'C.
30. A hollow shaft has an inner diameter of 0.035 m and outer diameter of 0.086
m. Determine the polar moment of inertia of the hollow shaft.
33. If the weight of 6" diameter by 48" long SAE 1030 shafting is 174.5 kg, then
what will be the weight of chromium SAE 51416 of same size?
34. Compute the maximum unit shear in a 3 inches diameter steel shafting that
transmits 2400 in-lb of torque at 99 rpm
35. If the ultimate shear stress of 1/8 inch thick drawn steel plates is 35 ksi what
force is required to punch a 1 1/2 inch diameter hole?
36. The shaft whose torque varies from 2000 to 6000 in-lbs has 1 1/2 inch in
diameter and 60,000 psi yield strength. Computer for the shaft mean average
stress.
37. A link has a load factor of 0.80 the surface factor of 0.80. The surface factor
is 0.92 and the endurance strength is 28000 psi. Computer the alternating
stress of the link if it is subjected to a reversing load. Assume a factor of
safety of 3.
38. The shaft is subjected to a steady load of 36,000 in-lb at a shear stress of
10,000 psi. Computer the diameter of the said shaft in inches.
39. A shear pin is to be shear at 15 hp and 1000 rpm. The pin attaches a hub to
a shaft 1.5 inches in diameter and ultimate shearing stress of 50,000 psi. Find
the diameter of the pin.
41. A steel rod is stretched between two rigid walls and carries a tensile road of
5000 N at 20'C. If the allowable stress is not exceed 130 MN/m^2 at -20'C,
what is the minimum diameter of the rod? Assume k = 11/7 um/(m-'C); E =
200 Gpa
Shafting
A. 15 mm B. 86 mm C. 16.8 mm D. 14.2 mm
4. A line shaft runs at 360 rpm. An 18” pulley on the same shaft is belt connected
to a 12” pulley on the countershaft. From a 15” pulley on the countershaft
motion is transmitted to the machine. Compute/check the required of the pulley
on the machine to give a spindle speed of 660 rpm.
A. 16” B. 12 ¼” C. 101/2” D. 81/2”
5. A line shaft is to transmit 200 hp at 900 rpm. If the line shaft is connected with
a speed of 1,600 rpm, find the horsepower transmitted.
6. A round steel shaft to a torque 200 rpm and is subjected to a torque of 226 N-
m, the allowable shearing stress 41.1 Mpa. It is also subjected to a bending
moment of 339 N-m. the allowable tensile stress is 55 Mpa. Find the diameter.
A. 37 mm B. 41 mm C. 45 mm D. 51 mm
7. A 16 ft steel line shaft has no bending action except its own weight. What
power can the shaft deliver at a speed 200 rpm. Calculate the torsional
deflection will not exceed 0.08 deg/ft length.
2. Find the diameter of a steel shaft which will be used to operate a 110 KW
motor rotating at 5 rps if torsional stress is 90 Mpa.
3. A shaft has an ultimate stress of 350 Mpa and has a factor of safety of 5. The
torque developed by the shaft is 3 KN-m and the diameter outside diameter is
80 mm. Find the inside diameter of the shaft.
6. The shaft of a motor has a length of 20 times its diameter and has a maximum
twist of 1 degrees when twisted at 2 KN-m torque. If the modulus of rigidity of
the shaft is 80 Gpa, find the shaft diameter.
8. A hallow shaft that has a 100 mm outside diameter and 80 mm inside diameter
is used to transmit 100 KW at 600 rpm. Determine the shaft stress.
9. What is the polar moment of inertia of a slid shaft that has a torque of 1.5 KN
and a stress of 25 Mpa?
11. What is the minimum diameter of a steel shaft which will be used to operate a
14 KN-m torque and will not twist more than 3º in a length od 6 m? (G = 83
×10 6 Kpa)
13. Compute the maximum unit shear in a 2 in diameter steel shafting that
transmits 24,000 in-lb of torque at 120 rpm.
14. What is the diameter of line shaft that transmit 150 KW at 15 rps?
15. A main shaft has 50 mm diameter is running at 300 rpm. What is the power
that could be deliver by the shaft.
16. A 2 inches diameter main shaft running at 600 rpm is mounted by a 12 inches
diameter pulley and is then connected to the shaft of driven machine mounted
by a 40 inches diameter pulley by means of a bell. The belt efficiency is 90%.
Find the diameter of the short shaft.
17. A 1.5” diameter short shaft is used to transmit 44.4 hp. Determine the shaft
speed.
20. A circular saw blade has a circular speed of 25 m/sec and 500 mm diameter
is driven by a belt that has a slip of 7%. Find the required speed of driven shaft
is speed ratio is 3.
21. An 800 mm diameter circular saw blade is driven by a 1800 rpm motor with
gear speed ratio of 1.8. Find the peripheral speed of the blade.
A. 100 mm B. 90 mm C. 94 mm D. 98 mm
24. A shaft has a length of 10 ft. Find the diameter of the shaft that could safely
deliver.
25. A 12 ft shaft is running 260 rpm. What that this shaft could safely deliver?
27. Determine the thickness of a hallow shaft having an outside diameter of 100
mm if it is subjected to a maximum torque of 5,403.58 N-m without exceeding
a shearing stress of 60 Mpa or a twist of 0.5 degree per meter length of shaft.
G = 83,000 Mpa.
A. 15 mm B. 86 mm C. 16.8 mm D. 14.2 mm
30. A 102 mm diameter solid shaft is to be replaced with a hollow shaft equally
strong (torsion) and made of the same a material. The outside diameter of the
hollow shaft is to be 127 mm. what should be the inside diameter? The
allowable shearing stress is 41.4 Mpa.
A. 9 mm B. 11 mm C. 13 mm D. 15 mm
32 A round steel shaft transmits 373 watts at 1800 rpm. The torsional deflection
is not to exceed 1 deg in a length equal to 20 diameters. Find the shaft
diameter.
34. What factor of safety is needed for a 1.998 in diameter shaft with an ultimate
strength of 50,000 psi to transmit 40,000 in-lb torque.
38. A solid steel shaft whose S y = 300 Mpa and Su = 400 Mpa, is used to transmit
300 KW at 800 rpm. Determine its diameter.
A. 70 mm B. 65 mm C. 80 mm D. 90 mm
BOLTS
1. Two 2% in sellers’ standard square thread screws are used to rise and lower
a hydraulic gate weighing 60 tons. A 570 rpm electric motor operates the
screws. The coefficients of collar and thread friction are 0.03 and 0.14
respectively. The mean diameter of the collar 4in. if the gate rises at the rate
of 2 fpm, determine the size of the motor required to lift the gate if the
mechanical efficiency is 85% for the speed reducing equipment.
A. 20 hp B. 30 hp C. 34 hp D. 24 hp
2. A single threaded trapezoidal metric thread has a pitch of 4 mm, and a mean
diameter of 18 mm. It is used as a translation screw in conjunction with a
collar having an outside diameter of 37 mm and an inside diameter of 27 mm.
Find the required torque in N-m to raise a load of 400 kg if the coefficient of
friction is 0.3 for both thread and collar.
A. 34.6 N-m B. 32.6 N-m C. 39.1 N-m D.38.5 N-m
3. Compute how many 3/8-inch diameter set screws required to transmit 3 Hp at
a shaft speed of 1000 rpm. The shaft diameter is 1 inch.
A. 1 ½ B. 2 C. 3 D. 1
4. Determine the permissible working stress of a UNC bolts that has a stress
area of 0.606 in2 if material used in carbon steel.
A. 4055,5 psi B. 5244.5 psi C. 4675.5 psi D.4186.5 psi
5. The stress area of UNC bolt is 0.763 in 2, if material used is carbon steel,
determine the applied load on the bolt.
A. 3407.14 lbs B. 3846.71 lbs C. 4025.86 lbs D.3102.74 lbs
6. Compute the working strength of 1 ½ in. bolt which is screwed up tightly in
packed joint when the allowance working stress is 13,000 psi.
A. 11,465.5 lbs B. 13,860.5 lbs C. 11,212.5 lbs D. 11,854.5 lbs
7. Determine the diameter of bolt needed to tightly packed the joint is bolt
working strength is 90.76 KN and working stress is 82.71 Mpa.
A. 0.5 in B. 1.0 in C. 1.5 in D. 2.0 in
8. A 12 cm x 16 cm air compressor have 5 bolts on cylinder head with yield
stress of 440 Mpa. If the bolt stress area is 0.13 in 2, determine the maximum
pressure inside the cylinder.
A. 142.23 psi B. 671.96 psi C. 742. 78 psi D. 840.60 psi
9. The cylinder head of ammonia compressor has core gasket are 80 cm 2 and
flange pressure of 90 kg/cm2. Determine the torque applied on the bolt if
nominal diameter of bolt used is 3/5 inch and there are 5 bolts.
A.476.28 in-lb B. 586.28 in-lb C. 381. 02 in-ln D. 666.28 in-lb
10. The total torque required to turn the power screw is 50 N-m. If the linear
speed of screw is 7 ft/min and lead of 8 mm, find the horsepower input of the
power screw.
A. 2.86 hp B. 1.84 hp C. 2.14 hp D. 2.38 hp
11. A single square thread power screw has a lead of 6 mm and mean diameter
of 34 mm. If it is used to lift a load of 26 KN and coefficient of friction of thread
is 0.15, determine the torque required to turn the screw.
A. 91.9 N.m B. 65.8 N.m C. 72.6 N.m D. 86.5 N.m
12. An acme thread power screw that has a mean diameter of 25 mm and pitch
of 5 mm is used to lift a load of 500 kg. If friction on thread is 0.1, determine
the torque needed to turn the screw.
A. 11.10 N.m B. 126.3 N.m C. 13.10 N.m D. 10.30 N.m
13. A double square thread power screw has a mean radius of 80 mm and a
pitch of 10 mm is used to lift a load of 80 KN. If friction of screw is 0.13 and
collar torque is 20% of input torque, determine the input torque required.
A. 830. 75 N.m B. 1365.40 N.m C. 840.76 N.m D. 846.76 N.m
14. The root diameter of a double square thread power screw is 0.55 in. The
screw has a pitch of 0.2 in. Determine the major diameter.
A. 0.524 in. B. 0.750 in. C. 0.842 in. D. 0.961 in.
15. A power screw consumes 6 hp in raising a 2800 lb weight at the rate of 30
ft/min. Determine the efficiency of the screw.
A. 12.5% B. 16.8% C. 42.42% D. 66.62%
16. A square thread power screw has a pitch diameter of 1.5 and a lead of 1 in.
Neglecting collar friction, determine the coefficient of friction for threads if
screw efficiency is 63. 62%
A. 0.113 B. 0.121 C. 0.146 D. 0.151
17. A square thread screw has an efficiency of 70% when friction of threads is
0.10 and collar friction is negligible. Determine the lead angle.
A. 12.6º B. 14.3 º C. 16.5º D. 18.3º
18. A 12 cm x 16 cm air compressor is operating with a maximum pressure of 10
kg/cm2. There are 5 bolts which held the cylinder head to the compressor.
What is the maximum load per bolt in KN?
A. 2.22 B. 4.44 C. 3.33 D. 5.55
19. What weight can be lifted by a screw that’s has an efficiency of 80% if is
operated by a 50lb force at the end of a 30 in lever? The pitch diameter of the
screw is ½ in.
A. 12, 000 lbs B. 13,000 lbs C. 14,000 lbs D. 15,000 lbs
20. Find the horsepower lost when a collar is loaded with 1000 lb, rotates at 25
rpm, and has a coefficient of friction of 0.15. The outside diameter of the
collar is 4 inches and inside diameter is 2 inches.
A. 0.0629 Hp B. 0.0926 Hp C. 0.0269 Hp D. 0.0692 Hp
21. Compute the working strength of 1” bolt which is screwed up tightly in a
packed joint when the allowable working stress is 13,000 psi.
A. 3600 lbs B. 3950 lbs C. 3900 lbs D. 3800 lbs
22. What is the working strength of 2” bolt which is screwed up tightly in packed
joint when the allowable working stress is 12, 000 psi?
A. 20,120 lbs B. 20,400 lbs C. 20, 400 lbs D. 20,200 lbs
23. What is the frictional HP acting on a collar loaded with 100kg in weight? The
collar has an outside diameter of 100 mm and an internal diameter of 40 mm.
The collar rotates at 1000 rpm and the coefficient of friction between the collar
and the pivot surface is 0.15.
A. 0.8 HP B. 0.5 HP C. 0.3 HP D. 1.2 HP
24. If the pitch of a screw is 2/9, find the thread per inch.
A. 0.34 B. 4.5 C. 5.4 D. 17
25. An eyebolt is lifting a block weighing 350 lbs. The eyebolt is of SAE 1040
material with Su = 67 ksi and Sy = 55 ksi what is the stress area (in inches
square) of the bolt if it is under the unified coarse series thread?
A. 1341 B. 0.1134 C. 0991 D. 1043
26. Compute how many 3/8-inch diameter set screws required to transmit 3 Hp at
a shaft speed of 1000 rpm. The shaft diameter is 1 inch.
A. 1 ½ B. 2 C. 3 D. 1
27. For a bolted connection, specification suggests that a high grade material of
13 mm bolt be tightened to an initial tension of 55, 000 N. What is the
appropriate tightening torque?
A. 41 N-m B. 139 N-m C. 145 N-m D. 143 N-m
28. An eye bolt is lifting 500 lbs weight. The S u = 70 ksi and Sy = 58 ksi. What is
the stress area of the bolt?
A. 0.009 in2 B. 0.026 in2 C. 0.1388 in2 D. 0.1276 in2
29. Find the horsepower required to drive a power screw lifting a load of 4000
lbs. A 2 and ½ inches double square thread with two threads/inch is to be
used. The frictional radius of the collar is 2 inches and the coefficients of
friction are 0.10 for the threads and 0.15 for the collar. The velocity of the nut
is 10 ft/min.
A. 5.382 HP B. 4.395 HP C. 3.683 HP D. 6.472 HP
30. Determine the diameter of the stud bolt that are required to fasten down the
cylinder head of a 203 mm x 304 mm gas engine. There are ten bolts on the
block. The explosion pressure is 31 kg/sq cm and studs are mare of ordinary
bolts material SAE 1020. How deep should the bolt be drilled?
A. 38.1 mm B. 40.2 mm C. 37.3 mm D. 35.5 mm
31. A double thread Acme thread screw driven by a motor at 4oo rpm raises the
attached load of 900 kg at a speed of 10 meters per minute. The screw has a
pitch diameter 36 mm. The coefficient of friction on threads is 0.15. The
friction torque on the thrust bearing of the motor is taken as 20% of the total
torque input. Determine the motor power required to operate the screw.
A. 3.239 KW B. 4.658 KW C. 2.482 KW D. 4.391 KW
32. A 12 cm x 16 cm air compressor is operating with a maximum pressure of 10
kg/cm which held the cylinder head to the compressor. The core gasket area
is 60 cm2 with a flange pressure of 100 kg/cm 2. Determine the size of UNF
bolts in inches.
A. ½ in B. ½ in C. 1/3 in D. ½ 5 in
33. The root diameter of a double square thread is 0.55 inch. The screw has a
pitch of 0.20 inch. Find the outside diameter and the number of threads per
inch.
A. 0.75 inch and 5 threads/inch C. 0.50 inch and 5 threads/inch
B. 0.75 inch and 4 threads/inch D. 0.50 inch and 4 threads/inch
34. A single square thread power screw is to raised load of 70 KN. The screw
has a major diameter of 36 mm and a pitch of 6 mm. The coefficient of thread
friction and the collar friction are 0.13 and 0.10 respectively. If the collar mean
diameter is 90 mm and the screw turns at 60 rpm, find the combined
efficiency of screw and collar.
A. 13.438 % B. 15.530 % C. 14.526 % D. 12.526 %
35. A single threaded trapezoidal metric thread has a pitch of 4 mm, and a mean
diameter of 18 mm. It is used as a translation screw in conjunction with a
collar having an outside diameter of 37 mm and an inside diameter of 27 mm.
Find the required torque in N-m to raise a load of 400 kg if the coefficient of
friction is 0.3 for both threads and collar.
A. 34.6 N-m B. 32.6 N-m C. 39.1 N-m D. 38.5 N-m
36. The collar of the capstan has an outside diameter of 8 in and an inside
diameter of 6 in. The total load supports is 2000 lbs. If the coefficient of
friction is 0.10, what is the collar friction torque?
A. 705 in-lb B. 802 in-lb C. 1012 in-lb D. 972 in-lb
37. Calculate the bolt area in mm2 of each of 20-bolts used to fasten the
hemispherical joints of a 580 mm pressure vessel with an internal pressure of
10 Mpa and a material strength of 80 Mpa and a bolt strength of 150 Mpa.
A. 880.69 B. 920.5 C. 820 D. 790
38. A double – thread Acme form power screw of 50 mm major diameter is used.
The nut makes 1 turn per cm of axial travel. A force of 60 kg is applied at the
end of a 750 mm wrench used on the nut. The mean diameter of the collar is
90mm. If the coefficient of friction at the thread and at the collar are 0.15 and
0.13 respectively. Determine the weight that is being lifted.
A. 42.95 KN B. 39.50 KN C. 45.62 KN D. 32.72 KN
39. Determine the stress area in in2 of a 1-8UNC bolt.
A. 0.563 in2 B. 0.606 in2 C. 0.334 in2 D. 0.785 in2
40. Determine the stress in psi of a 1-4UNC bolt if applied force is 4000 lb.
A. 4991 psi B. 5991 psi C. 6991 psi D. 8901 psi