SHAFTINGS

1. Compute for the twisting moment in in-lb developed when the shaft delivers
20 hp at 1200 rpm.
A. 1166 B. 915 C. 1050 D. 945
2. Find the torsional deflection, in degrees, of a solid steel shaft, 110 mm
OD x 1.4 m long subject to 3.1 x 106 N-mm torque. The torsional modulus of
elasticity is 80,000 N/mm-mm.
A. 0.221 B. 0.195 C. 0.28 D. 0.21
3. Compute for the torsional deflection, in degrees, of a 110 mm diameter, 1.4
m long shaft subjected to a twist moment of 3 x 106 [Link]. The torsional
modulus of elasticity is 83000 N/mm2.
A. 0.27 B. 0.31 C. 0.20 D. 0.24
4. Find the torsional moment (in Newton-mm), developed when the shaft delivers
20 KW at 200 rpm.
A. 0.75 x 106 B. 1.0 x 106 C. 1.20 x 106 D. 2.10 x 106
5. A 102 mm diameter shaft is driven at 3000 rpm by a 300 hp prime mover. The
shaft drives a 121.9 cm diameter chain sprocket having 85% output efficiency.
Compute the torque in in-lb developed in the shaft.
A. 5,600 B. 7,100 C. 8,150 D. 6,300
6. A 3 in diameter short shaft carrying pulleys close to the bearings transmit
how much horsepower if the shaft makes 280 rpm?
A. 991 hp B. 919 hp C. 199 hp D. 260 hp
7. What power would the spindle 55 mm in diameter transmit at 480 rpm stress
allowed for short shaft is 59 N/mm2?
A. 98.68 KW B. 96.88 KW C. 68.98 KW D. 68.89 KW
8. A hollow shaft has an inner diameter of 0.035 m and an outer diameter of
0.06 m. Compute the torque if the shear stress is not to exceed 120 Mpa in N-
m.
A. 4,400 N-m B. 4,300 N-m C. 4,500 N-m D. 4,200 N-m
9. What power would a spindle 55 mm in diameter transmit at 480 rpm. Stress
allowed for short shaft is 59 N/mm2.
A. 45.12 kw B. 50.61 kw C. 45 hp D. 39.21 hp
10. A small countershaft is 1 inch in diameter and has an allowable stress of
8500 psi. Find the horsepower delivered by the shaft at a speed of 15.7 rad/s.
A. 7.20 B. 1.4 C. 13.31 D. 14.72
11. Determine the torque received by the motor shaft running at 4250 rpm,
transmitting 11 HP, through a 10 in diameter, 200 involute gear. The shaft is
supported by the ball bearings at both ends and the gear is fixed at the
middle of 8 in shaft length.
A. 163 in-lb B. 167 in-lb C. 132 in-lb D. 138 in-lb
12. A 16 ft lineshaft has no bending action except its own weight. What power
in HP can the shaft deliver at a speed of 200 rpm. Consider that the torsional
deflection will not exceed 0.08/ft length.
A. 13.2 B. 15.8 C. 24.4 D. 14.6
13. The torsional deflection of a SAE 1040 steel shaft is 0.80 in a length of
½ m. The shear stress is 69 Mpa. Compute the diameter of the shaft in
millimeter. Steel modulus of elasticity is 79,300 Mpa or N/mm2.
A. 51 B. 50 C. 75 D. 62
14. Compute the diameter of a solid shaft transmitting 75 Hp at 1800 rpm. The
nature of the load and the type of service is such that the allowable SS based
on pure torsion is 6000 psi.
A. 1 7/7” B. 2 1/16” C. 1 5/16” D. 3 1/8”
15. The shaft is subjected to a steady load of 36,000 lbs at a shear stress of
10,000 psi. Compute the diameter of the said shaft in inches.
A. 1 7/8 B. 2 ¼ C. 3 D. 2 3/4
16. Determine the torque received by the motor shaft running at 4250 rpm,
transmitting 11 HP, through a 10 in diameter, 200 involute gear. The shaft is
supported by the ball bearings at both ends and the gear is fixed at the shaft
length.
A. 163 in-lb B. 132 in-lb C. 167 in-lb D. 138 in-lb
17. Compute the maximum unit shear in a 3 inches diameter steel shafting that
transmits 24,000 in-lb of torque at 99 rpm.
A. 4530 psi B. 3860 psi C. 4250 D. 4930 psi
18. Compute the linear shaft diameter to transmits 12 Hp at 180 rpm with
torsional deflection of 0.08 degrees per foot length.
A. 3 in B. 2.35 in C. 5 cm D. 62 mm
19. Compute the nominal shear stress at the surface in Mpa for a 40 mm
diameter shaft that transmit 750 Kw at 1500 rpm. Axial and bending loads are
assumed negligible. Torsional shearing stress is 28 N/mm2.
A. 218 B. 232 C. 312 D. 380
20. A hollow shaft has inner diameter of 0.035 m and outer diameter of 0.06 m.
Compute for the torque if the shear stress is not to exceed 120 Mpa in N-m.
A. 4500 B. 4300 C. 4100 D. 4150
21. Design the size of solid steel shaft to be used for a 500 Hp, 250 rpm
application if the allowable torsional deflection is 10 and the allowable
stress is 10,000 psi and modulus of rigidity is 13 x 106 psi.
A. 5” dia. B. 4-7/8” dia. C. 4-5/8” dia. D. 4-3/4” dia.
22. A 2-in solid shaft is driven by a 36-in, gear and transmit power at 120
rpm. If the allowable shearing stress is 12 ksi, what horsepower can be
transmitted?
A. 29.89 B. 38.89 C. 35.89 D. 34.89
23. A short 61 mm diameter shaft transmits 120 Hp. Compute the linear speed of
a pulley 55 cm diameter mounted on the shaft.
A. 1796 fpm B. 1870 fpm C. 1766 fpm D. 2106 fpm
24. A hollow shaft has inner diameter of 0.035 m and outer diameter of 0.06 m.
Determine the polar moment of inertia of the hollow shaft.
A. 1.512 x 10-6 m4 C. 1.152 x 10-6 m4
B. 1.215 x 10-6 m4 D. 1.125 x 10-6 m4
25. Compute the speed of the gear mounted on a 52.5 mm diameter shaft
receiving power from a driving motor with 250 Hp motor with 250 Hp
A. 2182 rpm B. 2282 rpm C. 2071 rpm D. 2341 rpm
26. A solid cylindrical shaft 48.2 cm long is used for a transmission of
mechanical power at a rate of 37 KW running at 1760 rpm. The SS is 8.13 Mpa.
Calculate the diameter.
A. 30 mm B. 40 mm C. 35 mm D. 50 mm
27. A hollow shaft with outside diameter of 14 cm and wall thickness of 0.8 cm
transmits 200 Kw at 400 rpm. What must be the angular deflection of the shaft
if the length is 5 meters? The material of the shaft is C4140 steel.
A. 0.84 deg B. 1.14 deg C. 1.83 deg D. 1.50 deg
28. A 3” diameter short shaft carrying 2 inches pulleys close to the bearings
transmit how much power if the shaft makes 280 rpm.
A. 199 Hp B. 200 Hp C. 198 Hp D. 210 Hp
29. A step shaft made of SAE 1117 steel with an ultimate strength of 69.7 ksi.
The notch sensitivity factor is 0.00435 is the constant dependent upon the
ultimate strength, check the radius stress raiser.
A. 0.192 B. 0.386 C. 0.250 D. 0.775
30. A shaft is used to transmit 200 Kw at 300 rpm by means of a 200 mm
diameter sprocket. Determine the force tangent to the sprocket.
A. 60.44 KN B. 60.33 KN C. 60.88 KN D. 63.66 KN
31. 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.
A. 60.2 mm B. 58.3 mm C. 38.3 mm D. 46.2 mm
32. What is the speed of 63.42 mm shaft that transmit 75 Kw if stress is not
to exceed 26 Mpa?
A. 550 rpm B. 660 rpm C. 650 rpm D. 650 rpm
33. A steel shaft transmits 50 Hp at 1400 rpm. If allowable stress is 500 psi,
find the shaft diameter.
A. 3.58 in B. 2.84 in C. 1.65 in D. 2.54 in
34. A hollow 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.
A. 13.73 Mpa B. 16.82 Mpa C. 19.86 Mpa D. 17.21 Mpa
35. Determine the length of the shortest 2 mm diameter bronze wire which can
be twisted through two complete turns without exceeding a shearing stress of
70 Mpa. G = 35,000 Mpa.
A. 6,283 mm B. 5,484 mm C. 4,836 mm D. 7,263 mm
36. A hollow shaft developed a torque of 5 KN-m and shaft stress is 40 Mpa. If
outside diameter of shaft is 100 mm, determine the shaft inner diameter.
A. 68.43 mm B. 63.28 mm C. 58.38 mm D. 77.64 mm
37. What is the polar moment of inertia of a solid shaft that has a torque of
1.5 KN-m and a stress of 25 Mpa?
A. 2.46 x 10-6 m4 C. 2.02 x 10-6 m4
B. 3.46 x 10-6 m 4
D. 1.24 x 10-6 m4
38. A force tangent to a foot diameter pulley is 5 KN and is mounted on a 2
inches shaft. Determine the torsional deflection if G = 83 x 106 Kpa.
A. 0.805 0/m B. 0.654 0/m C. 0.768 0/m D. 0.938 0/m
39. 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 30 in a length of 6 m?
(G = 83 x 106 Kpa)
A. 100.64 mm B. 96.80 mm C. 118.45 mm D. 120.72 mm
40. A solid shaft 5 m long is stressed to 60 Mpa when twisted through 40. Find
the shaft diameter if G =83 Gpa.
A. 95.64 mm B. 90.42 mm C. 101.32 mm D. 103.54 mm
41. What is the diameter of a line shaft that transmit 150 Kw at 15 rps?
A. 2.28 in B. 3.54 in C. 1.62 in D. 2.04 in

PRESSURE VESSELS
1. Find the thickness of a metal needed in the semi-spherical end of
cylindrical vessel 0.70 meter in diameter subjected to an internal pressure of
2.7 N/mm2. The material is mild carbon steel and tensile stress is 69 N/mm.
A. 5.2 mm B. 6.02 mm C. 7.53 mm D. 6.84 mm
2. A cylindrical tank with 10 inches inside diameter 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. 12.44
3. Determine the bursting pressure of steel with diameter of 10 inches and
make of 1/4. in thick plate. The joint efficiency is at 70% and the tensile
strength is 60 ksi.
A. 4,020 psi B. 4,002 psi C. 2,400 psi D. 4,200 psi
4. Determine the safe wall thickness of a 30 inches steel with internal
pressure of 7.82 Mpa. The yield stress of material is at 275.48 Mpa. The
factor of safety to use is 2.0.
A. 3/4 in B. 23.4 cm C. 21.6 mm D. 5/8 in
5. Determine the bursting steam pressure of a steel shell with a 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. 4,200 psi B. 10.5 psi C. 42.8 psi D. 8,500 psi
6. 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 yield stress of
215.4 Mpa. The factor of safety to use is 3.
A. 1 1/2 in B. 3.89 cm C. 4.09 cm D. 3.69 cm
7. Determine the thickness of a steel air receiver with 30 inches diameter and
pressure load of 120 psi, design stress of 8000 psi
A. 1/4 in B. 3/8 in C. 5/8 in D. 1/2 in
8. A cylindrical tank with 10” inside diameter contains oxygen gas at 2500
psi. Calculate the required wall thickness in (mm) under stress of 28,000 psi.
A. 11.44 mm B. 10.6 mm C. 11.34 mm D. 10.3 mm
9. Determine the internal pressure of a cylindrical tank 500 mm internal
diameter, 20 mm thick and 3 m long if stress is limited to 140 Mpa.
A. 10.06 Mpa B. 10.52 Mpa C. 11.20 Mpa D. 12.88 Mpa
10. A water tank 10 m x 12 m is completely filled with water. Determine the
minimum thickness of the plate if stress is limited to 50 Mpa
A. 11.77 mm B. 12.66 mm C. 13.55 mm D. 12.44 mm
11. A spherical shell of 1.8 m outside and 1.725 m inside diameter contains
helium at a pressure of 10.4 Mpa. Compute the stress in the shell.
A. 124.08 Mpa B. 119.06 Mpa C. 96.48 Mpa D. 88.46 Mpa
12. A 600 mm diameter spherical steel pressure vessel has a uniform 8 mm wall
thickness and an internal gage pressure of 10 Mpa. If the ultimate stress of
steel is 420 Mpa, determine the factor of safety with respect to tensile of
failure.
A. 2.30 B. 1.89 C. 2.69 D. 1.48
13. Determine the largest internal pressure which maybe applied to a
cylindrical tank 2 m in diameter and 15 mm wall thickness, if the ultimate
stress of steel is 420 Mpa and a factor of safety of 4.5.
A. 1.4 Mpa B. 2.6 Mpa C. 1.8 Mpa D. 2.2 Mpa
14. The cylinder of a hydraulic press is made up of thick walled cylinder
having an inside diameter of 300 mm. It is subjected to an internal pressure
of 40 Mpa. Determine the thickness of a cylinder without exceeding a shearing
stress of 80 Mpa.
A. 62.13 mm B. 58.61 mm C. 109.80 mm D. 72.40 mm
15. The internal pressure of a 400 mm internal diameter cylindrical tank is 10
Mpa and tank thickness is 25 mm. Determine the stress developed if joint
efficiency is 95%.
A. 80.10 Mpa B. 84.21 Mpa C. 86.75 Mpa D. 78.42 Mpa
16. A spherical tank 15 mm thick has an internal pressure of 5 Mpa. The joint
efficiency is 96% and stress is limited to 46,875 Kpa. Find the tank internal
radius.
A. 540 mm B. 200 mm C. 270 mm D. 300 mm
17. A cylindrical tank has an inside diameter of 5 in and is subjected to an
internal pressure of 500 psi. If maximum stress is 1200 pasi, determine the
required thickness.
A. 1 in B. 1.2 in C. 1.4 in D. 1.6 in
18. A thick wall cylinder has 50 mm thick and internal diameter of 300 mm. If
stress is limited to 30 Mpa, determine the maximum internal pressure.
A. 8.1 Mpa B. 8.2 Mpa C. 8.3 Mpa D. 8.4 Mpa
19. A round vertical steel tank has inside diameter of 3 m and 6 m height. It
contains gasoline with a density of 750 Kg/m3. If the allowable tensile stress
is 25 Mpa, find the minimum thickness required.
A. 2.65 mm B. 2.85 mm C. 3.65 mm D. 1.82 mm
21. A cylinder having an internal diameter of 16 in and external diameter of
26 inches is subjected to 1500 psi external pressure and internal pressure of
9,000 psi. Determine the hoop stress on outer surface of cylinder.
A. 8,742.65 psi B. 7,642.85 psi C. 9,400.62 psi D. 9,471.43 psi
20. A cylindrical tank has a mean diameter of 40 cm and thickness of 10 cm. It
is subjected to an external pressure of 140 kg/cm2. Determine the maximum
internal tangential stress is 900 kg/cm2. Determine the maximum internal
pressure of the tank?
A. 2947.5 kg/cm2 B. 3426.5 kg/cm2 C. 1246.5 kg/cm2 D. 1942.6 kg/cm2

COUPLINGS
1. A flanged bolt coupling has ten (10) steel 25.4 mm diameter bolts evenly
tighten around a 415 mm bolt circle. Determine the torque capacity of the
connection if the allowable shearing stress in the bolt is 50 MN/m2.
A. 59.95 KN.m B. 52.6 KN.m C. 46.15 KN.m D. 43.8 KN.m
2. A flanged bolt coupling consists of eight 20 mm diameter steel bolts space
evenly around a bolt circle 300 mm in diameter. If the coupling is subjected
to a torque of 15.1 KN-m, determine the maximum shearing stress in the bolts?
A. 40 Mpa B. 38 Mpa C. 70 Mpa D. 29 Mpa
3. A flanged coupling having 180 mm bolt circle and 19 mm thick uses 8 bolts,
16 mm diameter to connect two shaft. It is used to transmit 60 Kw at 180 rpm.
Determine the factor of safety in bearing if yield point in compression is 448
Mpa.
A. 15.6 B. 18.5 C. 30.8 D. 25.4
4. A turbine connected to generator by means of flanged coupling that has a
bolt circle diameter of 500 mm. The generator output is 40 MW, 3600 rpm and
90% efficiency. If there are 16 bolts, determine the force acting on each
bolt.
A. 26.41 KN B. 29.47 KN C. 35.62 KN D. 32.61 KN
5. A 75 mm diameter shaft is transmitting 300 Kw at 600 rpm. A solid coupling
has 6 bolts each 18 mm in diameter. Find the required bolt circle diameter if
shearing stress in bolts is 27.5 Mpa.
A. 227.40 mm B. 233.60 mm C. 254.50 mm D. 272.60 mm
6. The total force of 125 KN is required of flange coupling that has 5 bolts
has also shearing stress of 30 Mpa for bolt. Determine the required diameter
of bolt.
A. 62.54 KN B. 54.21 KN C. 45.62 KN D. 32.57 KN
7. A flanged coupling with bolt circle diameter of 250 mm uses 8 bolts, 25 mm
diameter. The torque transmitted is 15 KN-m and compressive stress of bolt is
15 Mpa. Determine the required flange thickness.
A. 25 mm B. 30 mm C. 35 mm D. 40 mm

KEYS
1. A 76.2 mm in diameter shafting of SAE 1040 grade, cold rolled, having a
yield point of 50 ksi and with a ¾ x 5 inches key. Compute the minimum yield
point in the key in order to transmit the torque of the shaft. The factor of
safety to use is 2 and Sys = 0.50 Sy.
A. 39.120 ksi B. 42.130 ksi C. 279.20 ksi D. 47.120 ksi
2. A keyed sprocket delivers a torque of 778.8 N.m thru the shaft of 54 mm OD.
The key thickness is 1.5875 cm and the width is 1.11 cm. Compute the length of
the same key. The permissible stress value of 60 Mpa for shear and 90 Mpa for
tension.
A. 39.12 cm B. 4.82 cm C. 52.22 cm D. 4.32 cm
3. A 76.2 mm in diameter shafting of SAE 1040 grade, cold rolled, having a
yield point of 50 ksi and with a ¾ x ¾ x 5 inches key. Compute the minimum
yield point in the key in order to transmit the torque of the shaft. The
factor of safety to use is 2 and Sys = 0.50 Sy.
A. 47.52 ksi B. 47.25 ksi C. 47.12 ksi D. 47.21 ksi
4. A keyed gears delivers a torque of 912.4 N-m thru its shaft of 63.5 mm
outside diameter. If the key has a thickness of 15.875 mm and width of
11.1125, find the length of the key. Assume the permissible stress values of
61.2 Mpa for shear and tension at 99.8 Mpa.
A. 47.42 mm B. 39.72 mm C. 42.22 mm D. 46.92 mm
5. A metric M4 x 15 square key is used with a 16 mm shaft. If the allowable
shearing stress is 50 Mpa. How much torque can the assembly handle? The
rotational speed of the shaft is 600 rpm.
A. 20 N-m B. 12 N-m C. 24 N-m D. 34 N-m
6. A flat key is to be designed for 75 mm diameter shaft which will transmit
150 KW at 400 rpm. If allowable shearing stress is 200 Mpa and key width is 55
mm, determine the length of key.
A. 30.65 mm B. 31.83 mm C. 33.75 mm D. 32.85 mm
7. A rectangular key is used in pulley to transmit 100 Kw at 1000 rpm on 50 mm
shaft diameter. Determine the force required to remove the shaft from the hub
if friction is 0.4.
A. 33.24 KN B. 36.85 KN C. 28.35 KN D. 30.55 KN
8. A 7/16 in height x 3 in length flat key is keyed to a 2 inches diameter
shaft. Determine the torque in the key if bearing stress allowable is 25 Ksi.
A. 16,406.25 in-lb B. 15,248.56 in-lb C. 17.42 in-lb D. 246.75 in-lb
9. A rectangular key is used in pulley connected to a line shaft at 15 Kw and
600 rpm. If shearing of key is 230 Mpa, determine the force acting on key
length if key width one- fourth of shaft diameter and key length is 1 inch.
A. 43 KN B. 48 KN C. 45 KN D. 46 KN
10. A square key is to be used in 40 mm diameter shaft and that will develop a
2 KN-m torque. If bearing stress of the key is 400 Mpa, determine the cross-
sectional dimension of square key to be used if key length is 30 mm.
A. 324.80 mm2 B. 246.80 mm2 C. 446.80 mm2 D. 277.77 mm2
11. A 100 KN force is acting on a key that has a length of 4 times its height.
If bearing stress of key is 400 Mpa, determine the height of key.
A. 10.54 mm B. 11.18 mm C. 12.65 mm D. 15.25 mm
12. A one meter pulley is fastened to a 100 mm shaft by means of 25 mm square
key and 150 mm long. What force tangent to pulley rim will shear the key if
shear stress is 200 Mpa?
A. 65 KN B. 70 KN C. 75 KN D. 80 KN
13. A 1.2 m pulley is fastened to a 120 mm shaft by means of a square key with
140 mm long. What force tangent to pulley rim will crush the key if bearing
stress is 410 Mpa. Assume key and shaft of the same material.
A. 160.42 KN B. 165.25 KN C. 180.42 KN D. 172.20 KN

POWER SCREWS/THREADED MEMBERS

1. Compute the working strength of 1 in bolt is screwed up tightly in packaged

joint when the allowable stress is 13,000 psi. A. 3,600
lbs B. 3,700 lbs C. 3,800 lbs D. 3,900 lbs 2. What is
the working strength of a 2 inches bolt which is screwed up tightly in a
packed joint when the allowable working stress is 12,000 psi?
A. 20.4 klb B. 22.4 klb C. 23.4 klb D. 18 klb
3. An eyebolt is lifting a block weighing 350 lbs. The eyebolt is of SAE C
1040 material with S U = 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. 0.1341 B. 0.1134 C. 0.0991 D. 0.1043
4. 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
5. Find the horsepower lost when a collar is loaded with 1000 lb rotates at 25
rpm,and has a coefficient of friction 0.15. The outside diameter of the collar
is 4 in and the inside diameter is 2 in.
A. 0.045 hp B. 0.89 hp C. 0.089 hp D. 0.56 hp
6. Compute how many 3/8 inch diameter set screws required transmitting 3 HP at
a shaft speed of 1000 rpm. The shaft diameter is 1 inch.
A. 1 ½ B. 2 C. 3 D. 1
7. What is the frictional Hp acting on a collar loaded with 100 kg weight? The
collar has an outside diameter of 100 mm amd 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. 0.3 Hp C. 0.5 Hp D. 1.2 Hp
8. Determine the permissible working stress of UNC bolts that has a stress
area of 0.606 in2 if material used is carbon steel.
A. 4055.5 psi B. 5244.5 psi C. 4675.5 psi D. 4185.5 psi
9. The stress area of NC bolt is 0.763 in2, if material used is carbon steel,
determine the applied load on the bolt.
A. 3407.14 psi B. 5244.5 psi C. 4675.5 psi D. 4186.5 psi
10. A 12 cm x 16 cm air compressor has 5 bolts on cylinder head with yield
stress of 440 Mpa. If the bolt stress area is 0.13 in2, determine the maximum
pressure inside the cylinder.
A. 546.71 psi B. 671.96 psi C. 742.78 psi D. 840.60 psi
11. The cylinder head of ammonia compressor has core gasket area of 80 cm2 and
flanged pressure of 90 kg/cm2. Determine the torque applied on the bolt if
nominal diameter of bolt used is ¾ inch and there 5 bolts.
A. 476.28 in-lbs B. 586.28 in-lbs C. 696.28 in-lbs D. 666.26 in-lbs
12. The total torque required to turn the power screw is 50 N-m. If linear
speed of screw is 8 ft/min and lead of 8 mm, determine the Hp input of the
power screw.
A. 2.82 Hp B. 2.54 Hp C. 2.14 Hp D. 2.38 Hp
13. A single square thread power screw has a lead of 6 mm and mean diameter of
34 mm. 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
14. An ACME thread power screw that has a mean diameter of 25 mm and a pitch
of 5 mm is used to lift a load of 500 kg. If friction on threads is 0.1,
determine the torque needed to turn the screw.
A. 10.30 N-m B. 12.63 N-m C. 13.10 N-m D. 14.10 N-m
15. The torque required to overcome collar friction of a 100 mm mean diameter
collar power screw is 50 N-m and collar friction of 0.15. Determine the weight
lifted by the screw.
A. 458.57 kg B. 478.57 kg C. 487.57 kg D. 679.57 kg
16. 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. 830.76 N-m B. 835.76 N-m C. 1246.30 N-m D. 1365.30 N-m
17. The root diameter of a double square thread power screw is 0.55 in. The
screw has a pitch of 0.2. Determine the major diameter.
A. 0.524 in B. 0.750 in C. 0.842 in D. 0.961 in
18. 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%
19. A square thread power screw has a pitch diameter of 1.5” and a lead of 1”.
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
20. A square thread screw has an efficiency of 70% when friction of threads is
0.10 and collar friction is negligible.
A. 14.300 B. 10.370 C. 12.430 D. 16.45
21. A double thread ACME screw driven by a motor at 400 rpm raises the
attached load of 900 kg at a speed of 10 m/min. The screw has a pitch diameter
of 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 input.
Determine the lead angle.
A. 12.465° B. 14.265° C. 15.462° D. 16.452°
22. A single square thread power screw is to raise 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%
23. 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
24. 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 90
mm. 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. 45.82 KN D. 32.72 KN
25. Determine the stress area in in2 of a 1-8 UNC bolt.
A. 0.563 in2 B. 0.606 in2 C. 0.334 in2 D. 0.785 in2
26. Determine the stress in psi of a 1-4 UNC bolt if applied force is 4000 lb.
A. 4991 psi B. 5991 psi C. 6991 psi D. 8901 psi
27. 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 threads 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
28. 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 8mm, find the horsepower input of the
power screw.
A. 2.86 hp B. 1.84 hp C. 2.14 hp D. 2.38 hp
29. 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
30. What weight can be lifted by a screw that has an efficiency of 80% if it
is operated by a 50 lb 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
31. 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
32. 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
90 mm. 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. 45.82 KN D. 32.72 KN

SPRINGS
1. How long a wire is needed to make helical spring having a mean diameter of
1 inch if there are 8 Active coils?
A. 25.13 in B. 26.65 in C. 30.21 in D. 32.34 in
2. Compute the deflection of an 18 coils helical spring having a load of 100
kg. The modulus of elasticity in shear of spring is 96.62 Gpa, OD of 9.256 cm
and with wire diameter of 9.525 mm. The spring is squared and ground ends.
A. 9 cm B. 101 cm C. 11 cm D. 14 cm
3. Compute the maximum deflection of a 20 coils helical spring having a load
of 75 kgs. The spring is a square/ground ends with modulus of elasticity in
shear of 79.84 Gpa, outside diameter of 101.6 mm, wire diameter of 9.525 mm.
A. 140.7 mm B. 112.7 mm C. 15.17 mm D. 126.7 mm
4. A three extension coil springs are hooked in series that support a single
weight of 100 kg. The first spring is rated at 0.400 kg/mm and the other 2
lower springs is rated at 0.64 kg/mm. Compute the total deflection.
A. 563 mm B. 268 mm C. 156 mm D. 250 mm
5. 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 9.66 cm wire diameter is 0.65 cm.
A. 1.058 B. 1.185 C. 1.10 D. 1.2
6. A coil spring with 5 cm outside diameter is required to work under the load
of 190 N. The wire diameter is 5 mm, the spring is to have 6 active coils and
the ends are to be closed and ground. Determine the total number of coils. The
modulus of rigidity is 80 Gpa, and the mean radius is to be 23 mm, with 7 mm
pitch of the spring.
A. 6.5 coils B. 8.5 coils C. 7.5 coils D. 9.5 coils
7. A helical spring having square and ground ends a total of 18 coils and its
material has modulus of elasticity in shear of 78.910 Gpa. If spring has an
outside diameter of 10.42 cm and wire diameter of 0.625 cm, compute the
maximum deflection that can be produced in the spring due to a load of 50 kgs.
A. 302 mm B. 490 mm C. 342 mm D. 322 mm
8. An extension coil spring is to be elongated 5 in under a load of 50 lb.
What is the spring rate?
A. 5 lb/min B. 10 lb/min C. 15 lb/min D. 20 lb/min
9. A spring has a rate 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
10. Determine the maximum shearing stress of a helical spring composed of 20
turns of 20 mm diameter wire on a mean radius of 80 mm when the spring is
supporting a load of 2 KN. G =83,000 Gpa.
A. 108.20 Mpa B. 98.62 Mpa C. 120.60 Mpa D. 88.68 Mpa
11. A helical spring is made by wrapping steel wire 20 mm diameter around a
forming cylinder 150 mm in diameter. Compute the elongation of the spring
without exceeding a shearing stress of 140 Mpa if it is composed of 18 turns.
A. 96.42 mm B. 100.6 mm C. 117.57 mm D. 89.62 mm
12. It is found that a load of 50 lbs on extension coil spring deflects 8.5
in. What load will the spring deflects 2.5 in?
A. 10.64 lb B. 12.48 lb C. 13.48 lb D. 14.70 lb
13. A spring sustains 200 ft-lb of energy with deflection of 3 in. Assume that
the coil diameter is 7 times the wire diameter and allowable stress of 100,000
psi, determine the wire diameter.
A. 0.416 in B. 0.321 in C. 0.568 in D. 0.672 in
14. A weight of 100 lbs strikes a coil from a height of 18 inches and deflects
the spring of 6 inches. Find the average force acting on the spring.
A. 600 lb B. 700 lb C. 800 lb D. 900 lb
15. A Three coil spring is hooked in series and support a weight of 70 kg. One
spring has a spring rate of 0.209 kg/min and the other two have spring rates
of 0.643 [Link]. Find the deflection.
A. 346.71 mm B. 389.30 mm C. 552.65 mm D. 416.58 mm
16. Four compression coil spring in parallel support a load of 360 kg. Each
spring has a gradient of 0.717 kg/mm. Find the deflection.
A. 125.52 mm B. 132.52 mm C. 138.52 mm D. 145.52 mm
17. 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. Find the coil
deflection.
A. 27.60 mm B. 29.80 mm C. 32.50 mm D. 34.60 mm
18. A square and ground ends spring has a pitch of 20 mm, wire diameter of
12.5 mm. If there are 12 Actual numbers of coils, find the deflection when the
spring is compressed to its solid strength.
A. 78 mm B. 75 mm C. 77 mm D. 79 mm
19. A spring with plain ends has 15 active coils, diameter of 6 mm and pitch
of 10 mm. If spring rate is 100 KN/m, determine the solid force.
A. 4 KN B. 5 KN C. 6 KN D. 7KN
20. A spring has a spring rate of 30 KN/m. If wire diameter is 10 mm with mean
diameter of 70 mm, determine the number of active coils. G = 80 GN/m2 A.
6.54 B. 7.82 C. 8.42 D. 9.72 21. A
spring has a diameter of 25 mm and 12 active coils. If a load of 10 KN is
applied it deflects 75 mm. Determine the mean diameter of the spring if G = 80
GN/m2 A.
124.65 mm B. 129.65 mm C. 134.65 mm D. 140.65 mm 22.
A helical-coil spring has a mean coil diameter of 1 inch and a wire diameter
of 1/8 inch. Determine the curve correction factor of the spring. A. 1.144
B. 1.44 C. 1.1144 D. 1.1414 23. A spring has a
rate 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 24. 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
25. A helical-coil spring has a mean coil diameter of 1 inch and a wire
diameter of 1/8 inch. Determine the value of Bergstrassar factor of the
spring.
A. 1.172 B. 1.712 C. 1.217 D. 1.271
26. Three extension springs are hooked in series that support a single weight
of 100 kg. The first spring is rated at 4 kN/m and the other two springs are
rated 6 kN/m each. Determine the equivalent stiffness of the three springs.
A. 1.71 kN/m B. 5 kN/m C. 2.71 kN/m D. 3.71 kN/m
27. A 6 mm steel wire is 5 m long and stretches 8 mm under a given load. If
modulus of elasticity is 200 Gpa, find the load applied.
A. 7 KN B. 8 KN C. 9 KN D. 10 KN

FLYWHEELS
1. A cast iron flywheel is rotated at a speed of 1200 rpm and having a mean
radius of 1 foot. If the weight of the rim is 30 lbs, what is the centrifugal
force? Use factor C = 41.
A. 14,800 lbs B. 14,860 lbs C. 14,987 lbs D. 14,724 lbs
2. A flywheel for a punching press must be capable of furnishing 3400 N-m of
energy during the 25% revolution while the hole is being punched. The flywheel
maximum speed is 200 rpm and the speed decreases 8.7% during the load stroke.
The mean radius of the rim is 1016 mm diameter to be 1.20 times that of the
rim. Find the weight of the flywheel.
A. 97.5 kg B. 65.2 kg C. 103.34 kg D. 234.5 kg
3. A press is used to punch 10 holes per minute of 30 mm diameter hole from 25
mm thick plate. Determine the power needed to punch a hole if ultimate shear
stress is 400 Mpa
A. 2.68 Kw B. 1.96 Kw C. 3.58 Kw D. 0.96 Kw
4. The kinetic energy needed to punch a hole is 5 KJ. What is the maximum
thickness of a hole that can be punch if hole diameter is 25 mm and ultimate
shearing stress of plate is 420 Mpa.
A. 12.61 mm B. 14.68 mm C. 17.41 mm D. 19.62 mm
5. During a punching process of 350 kg flywheel the speed varies from 200 rpm
to 180 rpm with 1 m mean diameter. Determine the kinetic energy released by
the flywheel
A. 3.64 KJ B. 6.28 KJ C. 4.51 KJ D. 5.62 KJ
6. A plate 200 mm wide and 25 mm thick with strength of 410 Mpa is to be shear
along its width. During shearing process an 800 mm mean diameter flywheel
changes its speed from 200 rpm to 180
During shearing process an 800 mm mean diameter flywheel changes its speed
from 200 rpm to 180 rpm. Determine the weight of flywheel to be use.
A. 3265.84 kg B. 3452.71 kg C. 3821.72 kg D. 3845.97 kg
7. The energy required to punch a square hole from 20 mm thick plate is 10 KJ.
If the ultimate strength of plate is 420 Mpa, determine the maximum sides of
square that can be punched.
A. 45 mm B. 30 mm C. 60 mm D. 55 mm
8. A 1 mm mean diameter flywheel, 500 kg weight changes its speed from 220 rpm
to 200 rpm during shearing process. What average force is needed to shear a 30
mm thick plate Shearing process. What average force is needed to shear a 30 mm
thick plate.
A. 384 KN B. 653 KN C. 234 KN D. 1082 KN
9. The energy required to punch a hole is 3 KJ from a flywheel mean diameter
of 800 mm that slows down from 3.3 rps to 3 rps during punching. If weight of
arm and hub account 10% of rim weight, determine the rim weight.
A. 421.08 kg B. 457.40 kg C. 482.68 kg D. 416.68 kg
10. A flywheel has a total weight of 500 kg and the weight of arm and hub is
8% of total weight. It has a mean diameter of 1 m and width of 300 mm.
Determine the thickness of the flywheel if density of material is 7000 kg/m3.
A. 60.65 mm B. 65.48 mm C. 69.72 mm D. 75.42 mm
11. A flywheel has a rim weight of 450 kg and mean radius of 450 mm. If the
rim width is 5 times the rim thickness and material density is 7200 kg/m3,
determine the width of flywheel.
A. 332.45 mm B. 242.61 mm C. 286.76 mm D. 298.78 mm
12. The power required to shear a plate 50 mm thick for 10 seconds is 5 Kw. If
ultimate strength of plate is 420 Mpa. How wide should the plate be?
A. 80.42 mm B. 85.65 mm C. 90.28 mm D. 95.23 mm
13. A 900 mm mean diameter flywheel has a width of 350 mm, 75 mm thick and
density of 7100 kg/m3 Neglecting the weight of arm and hub, find the energy
released if its speed changes from 280 rpm to 250 rpm
A. 7.89 KJ B. 9.30 KJ C. 5.48 KJ D. 6.71 KJ
14. A flywheel weighing 1000 kg has a radius of gyration of 1.5 m. The normal
operating speed is 160 rpm and coefficient of fluctuation is 0.08, determine
the energy released by the flywheel.
A. 31.70 KJ B. 36.70 KJ C. 41.70 KJ D. 46.70 KJ
15. A 5 ft mean diameter flywheel has to absorb 3500 ft-lb of energy and
maintain a coefficient of fluctuation of 0.09. If mean speed is 80 ft/sec,
find the weight of flywheel.
A. 190.66 lbs B. 195.66 lbs C. 198.66 lbs D. 200.77
lbs

GEARS

1. Compute the tooth thickness of 14 ½ deg. spur gear with diameter pitch of
5.
A. 0.34116 in B. 0.31146 in C. 0.41416 in D. 0.31461 in
2. A 36 tooth pinion with a turning speed of 300 rpm drives 120 tooth gear of
14 ½ degrees involute
full depth pressure angle. What would be the speed of the driven gear?
A. 1000 rpm B. 100 rpm C. 90 rpm D. 140 rpm
3. A triple thread worm has a pitch diameter of 3 inches. The wheel has 25
teeth and a pitch diameter of 5 inches. Material for both the worm and the
wheel is of phosphor bronze. Compute the helix angle (tan α).
A. 0.20 B. 0.30 C. 0.40 D. 14
4. Find the tooth thickness on tooth circle of a 20-degrees full depth
involute tooth having a diametrical pitch of 3, circular pitch of 1.0472 and
whole depth of tooth at 0.60.
A. 10.7 mm B. 13.2 mm B. 13.2 mm D. 7.9 mm
5. A helical gear having a 14 1/20 normal pressure angle and transverse
diametrical pitch of 2.3622 per cm. The helix angle is at 450 and has 8 teeth.
Compute the transverse pressure angle in degrees.
A. 22.20 B. 18.90 C. 19.30 D. 20.10
6. Two idlers of 28T and 26T are introduced between the 24T pinion with a
turning speed of 400 rpm driving a final 96T gear. What would be the final
speed of the driven gear and direction relative to the driving gear rotation?
A. 120 rpm and opposite direction
B. 80 rpm and same direction
C. 100 rpm and opposite direction
D. 100 rpm and same direction
7. A spur pinion rotates at 1800 rpm and transmits to a mating gear 30 HP. The
pitch diameter is 4” and the pressure angle is 14 1/2. Determine the
tangential load in lbs.
A. 495 B. 535 C. 525 D. 475
8. Compute the pitch angle of a bevel gear given the pinion’s number of teeth
of 14 and 42 teeth on the gear.
A. 18.40 B. 33.40 C. 28.40 D. 38.40
9. Compute the circular pitch of a pair of gears having a ratio of 4 and a
center distance of 10.23. Each gear has 72 teeth and pinion has 18 teeth.
A. 0.8095 B. 0.8035 C. 0.7854 D. 0.8085
10. The tooth thickness of a gear is 0.5 inch, and its circular pitch is 1.0
inch. Calculate the dedendum of the gear.
A. 0.3183 B. 0.3979 B. 0.3979 D. 0.1114
11. An internal gear is set up with a 5 in diameter pinion and center distance
of 18 inches. Find the diameter of the internal gear.
A. 36” B. 21.5” C. 26” C. 26”
12. The minimum whole depth of spur gear of 14-1/2 deg. involute type with
diameter pitch of 24 and circular pitch of 0.1309.
A. 0.09000 B. 0.08900 C. 0.08987 D. 0.08975
13. The minimum clearance allowed for meshing spur gears with a circular pitch
of 0.1571 and diametrical pitch of 20. The spur gear has 25 teeth.
A. 0.007855 B. 0.007558 C. 0.008578 D. 0.007585
14. Find the distance between centers of a pair of gears, one of which has 12
teeth and the other 37 teeth. The diametrical pitch is 7.
A. 3 in B. 3.5 in C. 4 in D. 4.5 in
15. Determine the pitch diameter of a gear with 28 teeth, 4 diametrical pitch?
A. 7 in B. 8 in C. 9 in D. 10 in
16. Two parallel shafts have an angular velocity ratio of 3 to 1 are connected
by gears, the largest of which has 36 teeth. Find the number of teeth of
smaller gear.
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13
17. The parallel shafts have a center distance of 15 in. One of the shaft
carries a 40-tooth, 2 diametrical pitch gear which drives a gear on the other
shaft at a speed of 150 rpm. How fast is the 40-tooth turning?
A. 600 rpm B. 300 rpm C. 150 rpm D. 75 rpm
18. A pair of meshing gears has a diametrical pitch of 10, a center distance
of 2.6 inches, and velocity ratio of 1.6. Determine the number of teeth of
smaller gear.
A. 10 B. 20 C. 30 D. 5
19. A spur gear 20 degrees full-depth involute teeth has an outside diameter
of 195 mm and a module of 6.5. Determine the number of teeth.
A. 20 B. 25 C. 28 D. 41
20. What is the pitch diameter of a 40-tooth gear having a circular pitch of
1.5708 in?
A. 20 in B. 25 in C. 30 in D. 35 in
21. How many revolutions per minute is a spur gear turning if it has 28 teeth,
a circular pitch of 0.7854 in and a pitch line velocity of 12 ft/sec?
A. 378.44 rpm B. 643.82 rpm C. 954.66 rpm D. 392.88 rpm
22. How many revolutions per minute is a spur gear turning if it has a module
of 2,40 teeth, and a pitch line velocity of 2500 mm/sec?
A. 596.83 rpm B. 386.83 rpm C. 476.85 rpm D. 312.83 rpm
23. The module of a gear having a diametrical pitch of 8 is:
A. 5.234 B. 3.175 C. 4.23 D. 2.34
24. The diametrical pitch of a gear having a module of 2.3 is:
A. 9 B. 11 C. 10 D. 12
25. A gear turning 300 rpm has diametrical pitch of 8. If there are 40 teeth
on the gear, find the pitch line velocity of gear.
A. 6.54 fps B. 8.34 fps C. 7.45 fps D. 9.45 fps
26. Two gears meshing each other have 18 teeth and 30 teeth. If circular pitch
is 0.23 in. Find the center distance between gears.
A. 5.23 in B. 2.34 in C. 3.23 in D. 1.76 in
27. A gear with pitch line velocity of 6.126 m/s when turning at 600 rpm. If
module is 3, find the number of teeth on the gear.
A. 60 B. 50 C. 65 D. 70
28. Two gears meshing each other has a center distance of 200 mm. The pinion
has 20 teeth and gear has 60 teeth. Find the module of meshing gears. A.
2 B. 4 C. 3 D. 5
29. A gear has a tooth thickness of 0.1308 in. Find the addendum of the gear
at 14.50 involute.
A. 2.12 mm B. 4.12 mm C. 3.12 mm C. 3.12 mm
30. A gear has an addendum of 0.10 in. What is the dedendum of the gear at 200
pressure involutes.
A. 0.037 in B. 0.125 in C. 0.345 in D. 0.235 in
31. A gear is used to transmit 12 Kw at 450 rpm with 26 teeth. If the diameter
pitch of the gear is 10, find the force tangent to the gear.
A. 12.34 KN B. 14.24 KN C. 15.42 KN D. 16.45 KN
32. A gear is used to transmit 20 Kw at 600 rpm to a driven gear. The pinion
has a pitch diameter of 200 mm. If pressure angle is 14.5 degrees, find the
load that tends to separate the two gears.
A. 0.234 KN B. 0.534 KN C. 0.763 KN D. 0.823 KN
33. The pressure angle of the 12 in diameter gear is 20 degrees. The total
load of the gear is 5 KN and is turning at 750 rpm. Find the power delivered
by the gear.
A. 43.23 KN B. 64.23 KN C. 56.23 KN D. 34.23 KN

CLUTCH
1. A cone clutch has an angle of 10° and coefficient of friction of 0.42. Find
the axial force required if the capacity of the clutch is 7 kw at 500 rpm. The
mean diameter of the active conical sections is 300 mm.
A. 234.45 N B. 186.45 N C. 368.49 N D. 492.45 N
2. How much torque can a cone clutch transmit if the angle of the conical
elements is 10 degrees the mean diameter of the conical clutch sections 200 mm
and an axial force of 550 N is applied?
Assume the coefficient of friction is 0.45.
A. 123.23 N-m B. 34.56 N-m C. 142.53 N-m D. 234. 56 N-m
3. If the inertia is 90 lb-ft2 and the speed of the driven shaft is to be
increased from 0 to 2500 rpm in 5 seconds, shaft material is of SAE 4140 with
yield strength of 110,000 lb/in2, find the clutch starting torque in ft-lb.
A. 159 B. 128 C. 146 D. 191
4. Find the frictional radius for a disc clutch. The disc clutch has an
outside diameter of 10 in and an inside diameter of 6 in.
A. 4.54 in B. 4.08 in C. 5.34 in D. 8.44 in
5. In a clutch the outside diameter is 8 in and the inside diameter is 4 in.
An axial force of 400 lb is used to hold the two parts together. If the
coefficient of friction of the mating materials is 0.4, torque can the clutch
handle?
A. 123.45 in-lb B. 497.80 in-lb C. 213.34 in-lb D. 563.23 in-lb
6. A disc clutch has 6 pairs of contracting friction surfaces. The frictional
radius is 2 in and the coefficient of friction is 0.3. An axial force of 100
lbs acts on the clutch. The shaft speed is 400 rpm. How much horsepower can
the clutch transmit?
A. 2.28 hp B. 1.23 hp C. 3.23 hp D. 4.23 hp
7. A cone clutch has cone elements at an angle of 10°. The clutch transmits 20
hp at a speed of 100 rpm. The mean diameter of the conical friction sections
is 16 in, and the coefficient of friction is 0.3. Find the axial force needed
to engage the clutch.
A. 246.37 lbs B. 212.56 lbs C. 234.56 lbs C. 264.56 lbs
8. In a band clutch, the ratio of the pull on the tight side of the band to
that of the slack side is 4:1. The band contacts the drum for 250 degrees.
What is the coefficient of friction?
A. 0.123 B. 0.318 C. 0.234 D. 0.462
9. A band clutch has an angle of contact of 270° on a 15 in diameter drum. The
rotational speed of the drum is 250 rpm and the clutch transmits 8 hp. The
band is 1/16 in thick and has a design stress of 5000 psi. How wide should the
band be? Assume a coefficient of friction of 0.40.
A. 2.123 in B. 3.234 in C. 1.014 in D. 4.354 in
10. The angle of contact of a band clutch is 250 degrees. The cross section of
the band is 1/16 in x 1.5 in. The design stress for the band material is 8,000
psi. If the drum is 16 inches in diameter and at 350 rpm, what is the
horsepower capacity of the clutch? The coefficient of friction is 0.4.
A. 20.34 hp B. 15.23 hp C. 22.34 hp D. 27.50 hp
11. Find the power capacity under uniform wear of a cone clutch with mean
diameter of 250 mm if the conical elements are inclined 8 degrees and the
axial force is 450 N. The rotational speed of driver is 200 rpm and the
coefficient of friction is 0.20.
A. 1.683 kw B. 2.340 kw C. 1.287 kw D. 3.234 kw
12. Determine the power capacity of a cone clutch under uniform pressure and
assuming the following conditions: major diameter = 250 mm; minor diameter =
200 mm; length of conical contact = 125 mm; rotational speed = 870 rpm;
coefficient of friction = 0.30; and allowable pressure = 70,000 N/m2?
A. 12.34 kw B. 19.09 kw C. 14.56 kw D. 23.45 kw
13. Find the power capacity under uniform wear of a cone clutch with the
following specification speed = 870 rpm; length of conical elements in contact
= 125 mm; major diameter = 250 mm; minor diameter = 200 mm; coefficient of
friction = 0.30; and axial operating force = 500 N.
A. 7.69 kw B. 5.23 kw B. 5.23 kw D. 3.23 kw
14. Assuming uniform wear, find the power capacity of a single disc clutch
with an outside and inside diameter of 200 mm and 100 mm respectively,
rotational speed of 1160 rpm, a coefficient of friction of of 0.35 and an
axial operating force of 800 Newtons.
A. 4.23 kw B. 2.55 kw C. 6.32 kw D. 8.23 kw

MACHINE SHOP

1. Determine the time in seconds, to saw a rectangular magnesium bar 5 in wide

and 2 in thick if the length of cut is 5 in. The power hacksaw does 120
strokes/min and the feed/stroke is 0.127 mm.
A. 189 B. 500 C. 99 D. 20
2. In an Oxy-Acetylene manual welding method, to weld a 3 ½ ft long seam in a
0.375” thick steel plate at a consumption rate of 9 ft3/ft for oxygen and 7
ft3 combined gas consumption in ft3
A. 189 B. 500 C. 99 D. 20
3. Compute for the drill penetration in in/min when a drill turns at 1200 rpm
and the feed of 0.005 in/rev. Material is steel.
A. 1.8 B. 3.6 C. 12 D. 6
5. Compute the manual cutting time in minutes, of steel plate 4 ft by 8 ft by
2.5 cm thick with a hand cutting speed of 3.8 to 4 mm/sec, cutting lengthwise.
A. 10 B. 1.81 C. 0.38 D. 8.16
6. Compute the cutting speed in fpm of a workpiece with 2 inches diameter and
running at 100 rpm.
A. 52 B. 62 C. 25 D. 26
7. Compute the cutting speed in fpm of a workpiece with 2 inches diameter and
turning at 100 rpm.
A. 72 B. 102 C. 62 D. 52
8. Determine the average time to cut by automatic oxyacetylene (machine)
crosswise a 4 ft x 8 ft x 4 in thick steel plate.
A. 6.85 B. 318 C. 10 D. 360
9. Calculate the rpm for machining a cast iron workpiece 6 inches in diameter.
The lowest cutting speed for cast iron is 50 fpm.
A. 35.3 B. 43.3 C. 33.3 D. 53.32
10. With the arc welding rate of 18 in/min, how long will it take to weld ½ in
thick plate by 3 feet long seam?
A. 3 min B. 1.5 min C. 2 min D. 4 min
11. How long will it take to mill a ¾” by 2” long keyway in a 3” diameter
shafting with a 24 tooth cutter turning at 100 rpm and a 0.005” feed/tooth?
A. 0.136 min B. 0.166 min C. 0.196 min D. 0.106 min
12. How long will it take to saw a rectangular piece of aluminum plate 8 in
wide and 1 ½ in thick if the length of the cut is 8 in, the power hacksaw
makes 120 rev/min and average feed per stroke is 0.0060 in?
A. 13.11 B. 14.01 C. 11.11 D. 12.03
13. Using oxy-acetylene welding method to weld a 3 ft long seam in a 3/8 in
thick plate at a
consumption rate of 9 ft3/ft of weld for oxygen and 7 ft3/ft for acetylene.
What is the total combined gas consumption in ft3?
A. 51 B. 45 C. 48 D. 55
14. A grinding wheel rotates 1750 rpm and has a surface speed of 2290 ft/min.
Find the diameter of the wheel in inches.
A. 3 in B. 5 in C. 4 in D. 6 in
15. To facilitate the milling (roughing) work of a cast steel material using a
1 ½ inch diameter cutter choose between the two available stock. Find the
speed of the cutter in rpm. –high speed steel cutter with a cutting speed of
50 fpm- carbide tipped cutter with cutting speed of 200 fpm.
A. 389 B. 509 C. 572 D. 412
16. A piston reciprocates 100 times per minute (single stroke). The length of
the stroke is 6 in. What is the average wristpin velocity in ft/min?
A. 50 ft/min B. 100 ft/min C. 75 ft/min D. 125 ft/min
17. A workpiece turning at 300 rpm has a tangential speed of 15 ft/s. Find the
diameter of the workpiece.
A. 11.46 in B. 15.23 in C. 13.23 in D. 17.34 in
18. A workpiece turning at 20 rad/sec has diameter of 4 in. Find the
peripheral speed of workpiece.
A. 1.23 fps B. 3.33 fps C. 5.23 fps D. 7.34 fps
19. Two plates 4 ft x 8 ft plate ½ in thick is to be joined lengthwise. A
welding machine to be used has a welding rate of 20 in/min. How long will it
take to join the plates?
A. 7.34 min B. 1.23 min C. 4.80 min D. 6.45 min
20. A 10 ft long seam can be weld in 10 min. the welding rate is:
A. 8 in/min B. 12 in/min C. 10 in/min D. 14 in/min
21. A seam can be weld in 3 min. If the welding rate is 15 in/min, find the
length of the seam.
A. 20 in B. 30 in C. 25 in D. 45 in
22. How long will it take to mill ½“ by 1.5“long keyway by means of 25 teeth
cutter turning at 120 rpm and 0.008” feed/tooth.
A. 1.23 sec B. 6.34 sec C. 4.23 sec D. 3.75 sec
23. A 5 in long keyway is to be mill at the rate of 0.2 in/min. How long will
it take to mill the keyway?
A. 20 sec B. 15 sec C. 25 sec D. 30 sec
24. It takes 1 min to mill a ¾” x 4” keyway of a hub by means of a cutter
having 30 teeth at 120 rpm. Find the equivalent feed per tooth, in/tooth.
A. 0.00222 B. 0.00444 C. 0.00333 D. 0.00111
25. How long will it take to cut a rectangular plate 4 ft wide by means of a
saw that has a speed of 160 rev/min and an average feed per stroke of 0.009
in?
A. 22.22 min B. 33.33 min C. 55.55 min D. 44.44 min
26. A 4 ft wide x 8 ft long and ½ in thick steel plate is be cut into 4 equal
parts crosswise. If cutting rate is 0.02 in/stroke and saw speed is 110 rpm,
how long will it take to do the job?
A. 53.45 min B. 34.23 min C. 65.45 min D. 67.45 min
27. It takes 5 min to cut a plate 20 ft long by means of a saw having a speed
of 250 rpm. What is the average feed per stroke of the saw, in/stroke?
A. 0.534 B. 0.192 C. 0.745 D. 0.342
28. An oxyacetylene cutter is used to cut a 4 ft x 8 ft steel plate crosswise
and divided the whole plate into five equal parts. If the cutting rate is 10
in per minute, how long will it take to cut plates?
A. 19.20 min B. 13.45 min C. 21.23 min D. 17.34 min
29. Using oxyacetylene welding method to weld a 10 ft long seam in a ½ in
thick plate at a consumption rate of 10 ft3 /ft oxygen and 8 ft3/ft for
acetylene. What is the total gas consumption?
A. 150 ft3 B. 170 ft3 C. 160 ft3 D. 180 ft3
30. lateral surface for a cylindrical tank is to be made by joining 2 ft by 2
ft steel plate to form 6 ft x 4 ft. The consumption rate for both oxygen and
nitrogen is 20 ft3 /ft using oxyacetylene welding method. Find total gas
consumption needed, ft3?
A. 250 ft3 B. 470 ft3 C. 440 ft3 D. 280 ft3
31. A 10 ft x 20 ft plate is to be divided into 8 pieces 5 ft x 5 ft steel
plate by means of an oxyacetylene cutter that has a cutting rate of 10 in per
minute. How long will it take to do the job?
A. 50 min B. 70 min C. 60 min D. 80 min