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This document provides 8 example exam questions related to calculating shaft dimensions for mechanical engineering design. The questions cover topics such as determining shaft diameter given torque and allowable stress, calculating inside and outside diameters for hollow shafts, and finding shaft diameter for configurations with multiple loads or pulleys. Sample calculations are provided for questions involving torque transmission, bending stress, shear stress, and combined stresses.

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Shafts

This document provides 8 example exam questions related to calculating shaft dimensions for mechanical engineering design. The questions cover topics such as determining shaft diameter given torque and allowable stress, calculating inside and outside diameters for hollow shafts, and finding shaft diameter for configurations with multiple loads or pulleys. Sample calculations are provided for questions involving torque transmission, bending stress, shear stress, and combined stresses.

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Mech Eng.

Design III - Additional Tutorials (Typical examinable questions)

1. A shaft running at 400 r.p.m. transmits 10 kW. Assuming allowable shear stress in shaft as 40 MPa, find the
diameter of the shaft. [Ans. 35 mm]

2. A hollow steel shaft transmits 600 kW at 500 r.p.m. The maximum shear stress is 62.4 MPa. Find the outside
and inside diameter of the shaft, if the outer diameter is twice of inside diameter, assuming that the
maximum torque is 20% greater than the mean torque. [Ans. 100 mm; 50 mm]

3. A hollow shaft for a rotary compressor is to be designed to transmit a maximum torque of 4750 N-m. The
shear stress in the shaft is limited to 50 MPa. Determine the inside and outside diameters of the shaft if the
ratio of the inside to the outside diameter is 0.4. [Ans. 35 mm; 90 mm]

4. A motor car shaft consists of a steel tube 30 mm internal diameter and 4 mm thick. The engine develops 10
kW at 2000 r.p.m. Find the maximum shear stress in the tube when the power is transmitted through a 4: 1
gearing. [Ans. 30 MPa]

5. A cylindrical shaft made of steel of yield strength 700 MPa is subjected to static loads consisting of a bending
moment of 10 kN-m and a torsional moment of 30 kN-m. Determine the diameter of the shaft using two
different theories of failure and assuming a factor of safety of 2. [Ans. 100 mm]

6. A line shaft rotating at 200 r.p.m. is to transmit 20 kW. The allowable shear stress for the material of the shaft
is 42 MPa. If the shaft carries a central load of 900 N and is simply supported between bearing 3 metres
apart, determine the diameter of the shaft. The maximum tensile or compressive stress is not to exceed 56
MPa. [Ans. 50 mm]

7. A horizontal shaft AD supported in bearings at A and B and carrying pulleys at C and D is to transmit 75 kW at
500 r.p.m. from drive pulley D to off-take pulley C, as shown in Fig. 1. Calculate the diameter of shaft. The
data given is: P1 = 2 P2 (both horizontal), Q1 = 2 Q2 (both vertical), radius of pulley C = 220 mm, radius of pulley
D = 160 mm, allowable shear stress = 45 MPa. [Ans. 100 mm]

Figure 1

8. The shaft, as shown in Fig. 2, is driven by pulley B from an electric motor. Another belt drive from pulley A is
running a compressor. The belt tensions for pulley A are 1500 N and 600 N. The ratio of belt tensions for
pulley B is 3.5. The diameter of pulley A is 150 mm, and the diameter of pulley B is 480 mm. The allowable
tensile stress for the shaft material is 170 MPa and the allowable shear stress is 85 MPa. Taking torsion and
bending factors as 1.25 and 1.75 respectively, find the shaft diameter. Also find out the dimensions for a
hollow shaft with outside diameter limited to 30 mm. Compare the weights of the two shafts.
[Ans. 30 mm; 24 mm; 1.82]

Figure 2

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