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In designing thick cylinders, the equation used is

A. Lame's equation

B. Birnie's equation

C. Clavarinos' equation

D. All of these

Correct Answer :

D. All of these


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The fatigue life of a part can be improved by

A. Electroplating

B. Polishing

C. Coating

D. Shot peening

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Surface endurance limit of gear material is dependent upon its

A. Elastic strength

B. Yield strength

C. Brinell hardness number

D. Toughness

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Which of the following statement is correct?

A. The cold rolled shafting is stronger than hot rolled shafting

B. The hot rolled shafting is stronger than cold rolled shafting

C. The cold rolled and hot rolled shaftings are equally strong

D. The shafts are not made by rolling process

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The building up of worn and undersized parts, subjected to repeated loads by electroplating is

A. Best method

B. Extremely hazardous

C. Has no effect as regards fatigue strength

D. Cheapest method

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When the belt speed increases

A. Power transmitted increases

B. Power transmitted decreases

C. Power transmitted increases to a maximum value and then decreases

D. Power transmitted remains the same

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Which of the following property is essential for spring materials?

A. Stiffness

B. Ductility

C. Resilience

D. Plasticity

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In the levers of third type, the mechanical advantage is __________ one.

A. Less than

B. Equal to

C. More than

D. None of these

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The suitable material for belt used in flour mill is

A. Leather

B. Rubber

C. Canvas or cotton duck

D. Balata gum

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In worm, gears, pitch lead angle is

A. Half the angle between two inclined faces in axial plane

B. The angle between the tangent to the pitch helix and the plane of rotation

C. The angle between the tangent to the pitch helix and an element of the cylinder

D. None of the above

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If an application calls for stresses on screw threads in one direction only, then the following type of thread would be best suited

A. Square

B. Acme

C. Buttress

D. BSW

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Which is correct statement? Stress concentration in cyclic loading is

A. Very serious in brittle materials and less serious in ductile materials

B. Very serious in ductile materials and less serious in brittle materials

C. Equally serious in both types of materials

D. Seriousness would depend on other factors

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In order to ensure self locking in a screw jack, it is essential that helix angle is __________ friction angle.

A. Larger than

B. Smaller than

C. Equal to

D. None of these

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Multiple threads are used to secure

A. Low efficiency

B. High efficiency

C. High load lifting capacity

D. High mechanical advantage

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When two helical springs of equal lengths are arranged to form a cluster spring, then

A. Shear stress in each spring will be equal

B. Load taken by each spring will be half the total load

C. Only A is correct

D. Both A and B is correct

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Plastic flow in ductile materials

A. Increases the seriousness of static loading stress concentration

B. Lessens the seriousness of static loading stress concentration

C. Has no effect on it

D. Depends on other considerations

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The shock absorbing capacity of a bolt may be increased by

A. Increasing its shank diameter

B. Decreasing its shank diameter

C. Tightening the bolt properly

D. Making the shank diameter equal to core diameter of thread

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In radial bearings, the load acts __________ to the axis of rotation.

A. Parallel

B. Perpendicular

C. Both A and B

D. None of these

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The velocity factor for precision metallic gears cut with high accuracy and operating at velocities upto 20 m/s is equal to

A. 0.75/ (0.75 + √v)

B. 3/ (3 + v)

C. 4.5/ (4.5 + v)

D. 6/ (6 + v)

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The cracks in helical springs used in railway carriages usually start on the inner side of the coil because of the fact that

A. It is subjected to a higher cyclic loading than the outer side

B. It is subjected to a higher stress than the outer side

C. It is more stretched than the outer side during the manufacturing process

D. It has a lower curvature than the outer side

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Soderberg relation is based on __________ of the material whereas all other failure relation for dynamic loading are based on ultimate strength of the material.

A. Elastic strength

B. Yield strength

C. Shear strength

D. None of these

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A sliding bearing in which although lubricant is present, the working surfaces __________ contact each other at least part of the time, is called boundary lubricated bearing.

A. Partially

B. Fully

C. Either A or B

D. None of these

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Which of the following statement is correct?

A. A parallel sunk key is a taperless 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

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For applications involving high stresses in one direction only the following type of thread would be best suited

A. ISO metric thread

B. Acme thread

C. Square thread

D. Buttress thread

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When an open coiled helical compression spring is subjected to an axial load (W), the compression produced in the spring will be (where n = No. of active turns of the spring, and G = Modulus of rigidity for the spring material)

A. 2WD3n/Gd⁴

B. 4WD3n/Gd⁴

C. 8WD3n/Gd⁴

D. 16WD3n/Gd⁴

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In designing a sleeve coupling, length of the sleeve is taken as (where d = Diameter of the shaft)

A. d + 17 mm

B. 2d + 13 mm

C. 2d + 20 mm

D. 3.5d

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A transmission shaft includes

A. Over head shaft

B. Counter shaft

C. Line shaft

D. All of these

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When the bolt is very yielding as compared to the connected members, then the resultant load on the bolt will be equal to the

A. Initial tension

B. External load applied

C. Sum of the initial tension and external load applied

D. Initial tension or external load, whichever is greater

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The value of Lewis form factor used in design of gears is

A. Dependent on number of teeth of a gear

B. Dependent on system of teeth

C. Independent of size of teeth

D. All of these

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An alien bolt is

A. Self locking bolt

B. Same as stud

C. Provided with hexagonal depression in head

D. Used in high speed components

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For steel, the ultimate strength in shear as compared to ultimate strength in tension is

A. 1/2

B. 1/3

C. 1/4

D. 2/3