BDA20303

MECHANICS OF MACHINES
ASSIGNMENT 1
SEM I 2015/2016

1.

The axes of two parallel shafts are to be 600mm apart approximately, and have to be
connected by spur gear, having a circular pitch of 30 mm. If gear A rotate at 200 rpm and
gear B rotate at 600 rpm, find the number of teeth on each gear.

2.

Figure below showed a motor used to accelerate a hoist through a set of gear system.
Gear for the hoists shaft has 200 teeth and gear for motor shaft has 20 teeth. Gear
efficiency is 90 %. Moment of inertia for the motor shaft is 2.5 kgm and hoist shaft is
275 kgm. The rope that carries a 250 kg load are encircle on hoist with diameter 1.2 m.
By neglecting the friction, find

a) gear ratio,
b) equivalent moment inertia for a gear system,
c) the total torque required by the motor to accelerate the load at acceleration of 1.0
m/s.

Set of gea

Motor

The diagram above shows a gear train composed of three gears. Gear A revolves at 60
revs/min in a clockwise direction.

GEAR
A

GEAR
B

GEAR
C

20
TEET
H

60
TEET
H

10
TEET
H

a)
b)

What is the output in revolutions per minute at Gear C?

In what direction does Gear C revolve ?

[ 120 rpm, clockwise ]

Spur gears are arranged as shown below. Driver gear is rotating at 200 rpm in clockwise
direction. Calculate;

(i)
( ii )

Rotational speed, N of gear D and

Gear ratio, n of the gear train system

FIGURE Q1(b) shows a motor used to accelerate a hoist through a set of gear system.
Gear for the hoists shaft has 100 teeth and gear for motor shaft has 10 teeth. Gear
efficiency is 90 %. Moment of inertia for the motor shaft is 2 kgm and hoist shaft is 200
kgm. Motor shaft attached by a support bearing with friction, Tx is 9 Nm. The rope that
carries a 147 kg load are encircled on hoist with radius 0.5 m. By neglecting the gear
friction, find
(i)

Gear ratio n,

( ii )

Equivalent moment inertia, Iequi for a gear system and

( iii )

The total torque, Ttotal required by the motor to accelerate the load at

acceleration 2.0 m/s2 .

Motor

Tx

Set