SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND BUILDING SCIENCES

QUIZ-II B1 B
B.TECH. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DYNAMICS OF MACHINERY-MEE301

1. In a locomotive, the ratio of the connecting rod length to the crank radius is kept very large in order to
(a) minimize the effect of primary forces
(b) minimize the effect of secondary forces
(c) have perfect balancing
(d) start the locomotive quickly
2. The swaying couple is maximum or minimum when the angle of inclination of the crank to the line of
stroke ( ) is equal to
a) 45 and 135

b) 90 and 135

c) 135 and 225

d) 45 and 225

3. The effect of hammer blow in a locomotive can be reduced by

(a) decreasing the speed
(b) using two or three pairs of wheels coupled together
(c) balancing whole of the reciprocating parts
(d) both (a) and (b)

4. what is the value of c such that the system of figure 1 is critically damped if the m = 20 kg
and k = 10000 N/m ?

Figure 1

(a) 1550 Ns/m

(b) 3200 Ns/m
(c) 1050 Ns/m
(d) 2100 Ns/m