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Dhirajlal Gandhi College of Technology

Department of Mechanical Engineering

ME 8593 – Design of Machine Elements

Regulation – 2017 (Academic Year 2020 – 21)

UNIT 2 - SHAFTS AND COUPLINGS

1. Which among the following is a type of transmission shaft?

a. Spindle shaft
b. Crankshaft
c. Counter shaft
d. All of the above

2. Calculate diameter of shaft using maximum shear stress theory, when equivalent torque of 1000 x
103 N-mm acts on the shaft. 50 Mpa is the allowable shear stress for the shaft

a. 100.9 mm
b. 319.15 mm
c. 46.70 mm
d. Insufficient data

3. A shaft transmits power of 30 kW. According to maximum principle stress theory and shear theory
diameter of shaft is 70 mm and 73 mm respectively. Tensile stress acting on the shaft is 50 Mpa. What
will be the shaft diameter to transmit power?
a. 65 mm
b. 70 mm
c. 73 mm
d. Insufficient data

4. according to A.S.M.E code what is the allowable shear stress for a shaft without keyway effect, which
has ultimate tensile strength and yield strength of 300 N/mm2 and 150 N/mm2 respectively.
a. 45 N/mm2
b. 54 N/mm2
c. 40.5 N/mm2
d. None of the above

5. Where are rigid couplings used?

a. To connect diesel engine and generator
b. To connect eccentric shafts
c. To connect electric motor to pump
d. None of the above

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6. Universal coupling is a type of ____

a. Flexible coupling
b. Rigid coupling
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above

7. Which among the following is a knuckle joint?

a. Tension link in bridge structure
b. Foundation bolt
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above

8. Which type of key consists of two square tapered keys placed 90o apart?
a. Tangent key
b. Kennedy key
c. Saddle key
d. Woodruff key

9. Which material cannot be used to manufacture shafts?

a. Plain carbon steels
b. Cast iron
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above

10. The bending moment ‘M’ and a torque ‘T’ is applied on a solid circular shaft. If the maximum
bending stress equals to maximum shear stress developed, then ‘M’ is equal to
a. T/2
b. T
c. 2T
d. 4T

11. The sleeve or muff coupling is designed as a

a. dun cylinder

b. thick cylinder

c. solid shaft

d. hollow shaft

12. In a flange coupling, the flanges are coupled together by means of

a. bolts and nuts

b. studs

c. headless taper bolts

d. none of these

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13. A transmission shaft includes

a. counter shaft

b. line shaft

c. over head shaft

d. all of these

14. Two shafts A and B under pure torsion are of identical length and identical weight and are made of
the same material. The shaft A is solid and the shaft B is hollow. We can say that
a. shaft B is better than shaft A

b. shaft A is better than shaft B

c. both the shafts are equally good

d. both the shafts are not equally good

15. The rolling contact bearings are known as

a. thick lubricated bearings

b. plastic bearings

c. thin lubricated bearings

d. antifriction bearings

16. When the bearing is subjected to large fluctuations of load and heavy impacts, the bearing
characteristic number should be __________ the bearing modulus.
a. 5 times
b. 10 times
c. 15 times
d. 20 times

17. A shaft is subjected to a maximum bending stress of 80 N/mm2 and maximum shearing stress equal
to 30 N/mm2 at a particular section. If the yield point in tension of the material is 280 N/mm2 and the
maximum shear stress theory of failure is used, then the factor of safety obtained will be
a. 2.5
b. 2.8
c. 3.0
d. 3.5

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18. Which of the following statement is correct?

a. A parallel sunk key is a taper less key

b. A parallel sunk key may be rectangular or square in cross-section

c. A flat saddle key is a taper key which fits in a key way of the hub and is flat on the shaft

d. all of the above

19. A localized compressive stress at the area of contact between two members is known as
a. tensile stress

b. bending stress
c. bearing stress
d. shear stress

20. The standard length of the shaft is

a. 5m

b. 6m

c. 7m

d. all of these

21. A taper key which fits half in the key way of the hub and half in the key way of shaft, is known as
a. sunk key

b. flat saddle key

c. hollow saddle key

d. tangent key

22. For a shaft diameter of 200 mm, the number of bolts in a marine flange coupling should be
a. 4

b. 6

c. 8

d. 10

23. In a marine flange coupling, the thickness of flange is taken as

a. d/4

b. d/3

c. d/2

d. 3 d/4
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24.A motor driving a solid circulr steel shaft transmits 40 kW of power at 500 rpm. If the diameter of
the shaft is 80 mm, the maximum shear stress in the shaft is _________ MPa.
(a) 200 MPa
(b) 100 MPa
(c) 75 Mpa
(d) 150 MPa

25. A hollow shaft (d0=2di where d0 and di are the outer and inner diameters respectively) needs to
transmit 20 kW power at 3000 rpm. If the maximum permissible shear stress is 30 MPA, d0d0 is
(a) 11.29 mm
(b) 22.58 mm
(c) 2.258 mm
(d) 225.8 mm

26. A solid circular shaft needs to be designed to transmit a torque of 50 N.m. If the allowable shear
stress of the material is 140 MPa, assuming a factor of safety of 2, the minimum allowable design
diameter is
(a) 8 mm
(b) 16 mm
(c) 24 mm
(d) 12 mm

27. Shape of wood ruff key is like

(a) Cylinder
(b) semi circle
(c) sphere
(d) trapezoid

28. The tangential force acting at the shaft radius may cause
(a) Shear failure in the key
(b) bending failure in the key
(c) crushing failure in the key
(d) brittle failure in the key

29. In muff coupling the ratio between diameter of the sleeve and diameter of the shaft is equal to
(a) 1.5d + 13mm
(b) 2d + 13 mm
(c) 1.2d + 13 mm
(d) 2.5 d + 13 mm

30. The sleeve or muff coupling is designed as a

(a) Thin vessel
(b) thick vessel
(c) solid shaft
(d) hollow shaft

31. The standard diameter of shaft size 33.5 mm is

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(a) 40 mm
(b) 30mm
(c) 35 mm
(d) 34 mm

32. These type shafts is connects integral parts of the machine

(a) Spindles
(b) Machine shafts
(c) Stub shafts
(d) All of the above

33. The torsional rigidity of the shaft is equal to

(a) C * J
(b) Ө/TL
(c) C/J
(d) TL*Ө

34. In a marine flange coupling, the pitch circle diameter of bolts is taken as(A) 1.2 d
(a) 1.2 d
(b) 1.6 d
(c) 2d
(d) 2.5 d

35. A tapered key which fits in a key way in the hub and is flat on the shaft, is known as
(a) Feather key
(b) Gib-head key
(c) Wood ruff key
(d) Flat saddle key

36. The usual proportion for the width of key is (where d = Diameter of shaft or diameter of hole in
the hub)
(a) d/8
(b) d/6
(c) d/4
(d) d/2

37. A hollow shaft will transmit a __________ torque than a solid shaft of the same mass and same
material.
(a) Smaller
(b) Greater
(c) Medium
(d) None of these

38. Two shafts A and B are made of same material. The diameter of shaft A is twice that of B. The
torque transmitted by shaft A will be
(a) twice that of B
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(b) four times that of B

(c) eight times that of B
(d) sixteen times that of B

39 The standard taper for sunk key is

(a) 1 in 100
(b) 1 in 10
(c) 1 in 125
(d) 1 in 50

40. The key, which consists of two square keys, is called,

(a) saddle key
(b) feather key
(c) Woodruff key
(d) Kennedy key

41. A muff coupling is

(a) rigid coupling
(b) flexible coupling
(c) shock absorbing coupling
(d) none of the above

42. In case of clamp coupling, power is transmitted by means of,

(a) friction force
(b) shear resistance
(c) crushing resistance
(d) none of the above

43. The standard length of the shaft

(a) 5m
(b) 7m
(c) 10m
(d) 8 m

44. Two shafts are equal strength

(a) diameter and length of both shafts is same
(b) material of both shafts is same
(c) angle of twist for both shafts is same
(d) twisting moment of the both shaft is same

45. A transmission shaft subjected to pure bending moment should be designed on the basis of
(a) maximum principal stress theory
(b) maximum shear stress theory
(c) distortion energy theory
(d) Goodman or Soderberg diagrams

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46. A transmission shaft subjected to bending and torsional moments should be designed on the basis
of
(a) Rankine theory
(b) Coulomb, Tresca and Guest theory
(c) Huber von Mises theory
(d) Goodman or Soderberg diagrams

47. Calculate diameter of shaft using maximum shear stress theory,when equivalent torque of 1000 N-
m acts on the shaft. 50 Mpa is the allowable shear stress for the shaft.
(a) 100.9 mm
(b) 319.15 mm
(c) 46.70 mm
(d) Insufficient data

48. Which type of key consists of two square tapered keys placed 90 degree apart?
(a) Tangent key
(b) Saddle key
(c) Kennedy key
(d) Woodruff key

49. Which among the following is a type of transmission shaft?

(a) Counter shaft
(b) Spindle shaft
(c) Crankshaft
(d) All of the above

50. In a flange coupling, the thickness of flanges is taken as one-half the diameter of shaft.
(a) 0.75d
(b) 1.25 d
(c) 2d
(d) 1.5d

51. The standard diameter of shaft dimension 72.8 mm is

(a) 75 mm
(b) 73 mm
(c) 70 mm
(d) 80 mm

52. If two rectangular sectioned key are fitted on a shaft right angel to each other is known as
(a) Kennedy key
(b) Parallel key
(c) Feather key
(d) Tangent key

53. Diameter of hub and flange in flange coupling is respectively equal to

(a) 2d and 3d
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(b) 3d and 4d
(c) 2d and 4d
(d) 1.5d and 3d

54. The material of flange in flange coupling is

(a) Carbon steel
(b) Cast Iron
(c) Brass
(d) Mild steel

55. Bushed type flange coupling is an example of

(a) Rigid coupling
(b) Flexible coupling

56. The angle of twist for a transmission shaft is inversely proportional to

(a) d
(b) d power of 2
(c) d power of 3
(d) d power 4

57. In a flange coupling, the keys are staggered at __________ along the circumference of the shafts in
order to divide the weakening effect caused by key ways.
(a) 90°

(b) 135°

(c) 160°

(d) 180°

58. A circular shaft can transmit a torque of 5 kN-m. If the torque is reduced to 4 kN-m, then the
maximum value of bending moment that can be applied to the shaft is
(a) 1 kN-m

(b) 2 kN-m

(c) 3 kN-m

(d) 4 kN-m

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59. A shaft is subjected to fluctuating loads for which the normal torque (T) and bending moment (M)
are 1000 N-m and 500 N-m respectively. If the combined shock and fatigue factor for bending is 1.5
and combined shock and fatigue factor for torsion is 2, then the equivalent twisting moment for the
shaft is
(a) 2000 N-m

(b) 2050 N-m

(c) 2100 N-m

(d) 2136 N-m

60. A hollow saddle key is

(a) a taper key which fits half in the key way of hub and half in the key way of shaft

(b) a taper key which fits in a key way of the hub and is flat on the shaft

a taper key which fits in a key way of the hub and the bottom of the key is shaped to fit the
(c)
curved surface of the shaft

(d) provided in pairs at right angles and each key is to withstand torsion in one direction only

61 Two shafts of the same length and material are joined in series. If the ratio of their diameters is 2,
then the ratio of their angles of twist will be
(a) 2

(b) 4

(c) 8

(d) 16

62. A shaft coupling should

(a) be easy to connect or disconnect

(b) transmit full power of the shaft

(c) hold the shafts in perfect alignment

(d) all of these

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63. The shear stress at a point in a shaft subjected to a torque is

(a) directly proportional to the polar moment of inertia and to the distance of the point from the axis

directly proportional to the applied torque and inversely proportional to the polar moment of
(b)
inertia

(c) directly proportional to the applied torque and the polar moment of inertia

(d) inversely proportional to the applied torque and the polar moment of inertia

Two shafts will have equal strength, if

(a) diameter of both the shafts is same

(b) angle of twist of both the shafts is same

(c) material of both the shafts is same

(d) twisting moment of both the shafts is same

64. Which of the following coupling is used to connect two shafts which have both lateral and angular
misalignment ?
(a) Bushed pin type coupling

(b) Universal coupling

(c) Oldham coupling

(d) all of these

65. Oldham coupling is used to connect two shafts

(a) which are perfectly aligned

(b) which are not in exact alignment

(c) which have lateral misalignment

(d) whose axes intersect at a small angle

66. In designing a sleeve coupling, outer diameter of the sleeve is taken as (where d = Diameter of the
shaft)
(a) d + 17 mm

(b) 2 d + 13 mm

(c) 2 d + 20 mm

(d) 3.5 d Answer: Option B

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67. In a marine flange coupling, the pitch circle diameter of bolts is taken as
(a) 1.2 d

(b) 1.6 d

(c) 2d

(d) 2.5 d Answer: Option B

68. Which of the following key is preferred for the condition when a large amount of impact type
torque is to be transmitted in both direction of rotation?
(a) Woodruff key

(b) Feather key

(c) Gib-head key

(d) Tangent key Answer: Option D

69. In a flange coupling, the bolts are subjected to

(a) tensile stress

(b) compressive stress

(c) shear stress

(d) none of these Answer: Option C

70. A key made from a cylindrical disc having segmental cross-section, is known as
(a) feather key

(b) gib-head key

(c) wood ruff key

(d) flat saddle key Answer: Option C

71. In the assembly of pulley, key and shaft

(a) pulley is made the weakest

(b) key is made the weakest

(c) key is made the stongest

(d) all the three are designed for equal strength Answer: Option B

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72. The washer is generally specified by its

(a) outer diameter

(b) hole diameter

(c) thickness

(d) mean diameter

Answer: Option B

73. The bending moment M and a torque T is applied on a solid circular shaft. If the maximum bending
stress equals to maximum shear stress developed, then M is equal to
(a) T/2
(b) T
(c) 2T

(d) 4T Answer: Option A

74. A feather key is generally

(a) loose in shaft and tight in hub

(b) tight in shaft and loose in hub

(c) tight in both shaft and hub

(d) loose in both shaft and hub

Answer: Option B

75. The distribution of the forces along the length of key fitted in a shaft
(a) varies linearly

(b) is uniform throughout

(c) varies exponentially, being more near the torque-input end

(d) varies exponentially, being less near the torque-input end

Answer: Option C

76. When the material of key and shaft is same, and the width of key is one-fourth of the diameter of
shaft (d), then length of key will be
(a) 0.8 d

(b) 1.2 d

(c) 1.57 d

(d) 1.8 d Answer: Option C

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77. Which of the following statement is wrong ?

(a) A key is used as a temporary fastening

(b) A key is subjected to tensile stresses

(c) A key is always inserted parallel to the axis of the shaft

(d) A key prevents relative motion between the shaft and boss of the pulley
Answer: Option B

78. The angle of twist of shaft is

(a) directly proportional to (shaft diameter)2

(b) inversely proportional to (shaft diameter)2

(c) directly proportional to (shaft diameter)4

(d) inversely proportional to (shaft diameter)4

Answer: Option D

79. In designing a flange coupling, the pitch circle diameter of bolts is taken as (where d = Diameter of
the shaft)
(a) 2d

(b) 3d

(c) 4d

(d) 5d
Answer: Option B

81. Two shafts A and B are made of the same material. The diameter of shaft A is twice as that of
shaft B. The power transmitted by the shaft A will be __________ of shaft B.
(a) twice

(b) four times

(c) eight times

(d) sixteen times

Answer: Option C

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82. In designing a key, it is assumed that the distribution of forces along the length of key
(a) varies linearly

(b) is uniform throughout

(c) varies exponentially, being more at the torque-input end

(d) varies exponentially, being less at the torque-input end

Answer: Option B

83. A tapered key which fits in a key way in the hub and is flat on the shaft, is known as
(a) feather key

(b) gib-head key

(c) wood ruff key

(d) flat saddle key

Answer: Option D

84. The design of shafts made of brittle materials is based on

(a) Guest's theory

(b) Rankine's theory

(c) St Venant's theory

(d) VonMises theory

Answer: Option B

85. According to maximum shear stress theory, the maximum shear stress in the shaft is

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Answer: Option A

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86. A key way lowers

(a) the strength of the shaft

(b) the rigidity of the shaft

(c) both the strength and rigidity of the shaft

(d) the ductility of the shaft

Answer: Option C

87. Which of following statement is correct, for the two shafts connected in parallel?
(a) Torque in each shaft is the same

(b) Shear stress in each shaft is the same

(c) Angle of twist of each shaft is the same

(d) Torsional stiffness of each shaft is the same

Answer: Option C

88. The railway carriage couplings have

(a) square threads

(b) acme threads

(c) knuckle threads

(d) buttress threads

Answer: Option C

89. The taper on a rectangular sunk key is

(a) 1 in 16

(b) 1 in 32

(c) 1 in 48

(d) 1 in 100
Answer: Option D

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