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Materials Technology (Elective) : 12ME5A1 USN R. V. College of Engineering
Materials Technology (Elective) : 12ME5A1 USN R. V. College of Engineering
Materials Technology (Elective) : 12ME5A1 USN R. V. College of Engineering
USN
R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU
V Semester B. E. Examinations Nov/Dec-15
Mechanical Engineering
MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY (ELECTIVE)
Time: 03 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions to candidates:
1. Answer all questions from Part A. Part A questions should be answered
in first three pages of the answer book only.
2. Answer FIVE full questions from Part B.
PART-A
PART-B
2 a Briefly explain:
i) Pyrometallurgy
ii) Hydrometallurgy. 08
b With a neat sketch explain Induction furnace. 08
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10 a List the materials used for hammer and briefly explain need fort heat
treatment of hammer. 04
b What are the properties of cutting tool? 04
c Briefly explain any two cutting tool materials. 08
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USN
R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU
V Semester B. E. Examinations Nov/Dec-15
Mechanical Engineering
REFRIGERATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING (ELECTIVE)
Time: 03 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions to candidates:
3. Answer all questions from Part A. Part A questions should be answered
in first three pages of the answer book only.
4. Answer FIVE full questions from Part B.
5. Use of refrigerant and steam tables, Refrigerant and psychrometric chart
permitted.
PART-A
PART-B
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( 6) of gas 2.4 -/ .7 10
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8 a Define:
i) Dry bulb temperature
ii) Relative humidity
iii) Specific humidity
iv) Dew point temperature. 04
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b Prove that relative humidity Φ is given by Φ ABC where
=> =<?@ E
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F degree of saturation, GH sat. temperature of vapor in moist air,
Pt=total pressure of air 04
c Air at 32 and 20 is passed through a cooling coil
maintained at 5 . The heat extracted by the cooling coil is 14 and
air flow rate is 42.5 $+ /$0!. Determine:
i) and of the air leaving the coil
ii) Coil by –pass factor. 08
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9 a Briefly explain:
i) Effective temperature
ii) Human comfort chart. 04
b It is required to design an air-conditioning system for an industrial
process for the following hot and wet summer conditions.
Outdoor conditions: 32 and 65% I. 9.
Required air inlet conditions: 25 and 60% I. 9.
Amount of free air circulated: 250 $+ /$0!, coil dew temperature:13
The required condition is achieved by first cooling and dehumidifying
and then by heating. Calculate the following:
i) The cooling capacity of the cooling coil and its .
ii) Heating capacity of the heating coil in and its surface
temperature if its . . is 0.3.
iii) Mass of water vapor removed per hour. 12
10 a Write the classification of air-conditioning systems. 06
b Describe the unitary air-conditioning system with a neat sketch.
Mention its advantages. 10
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USN
R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU
V Semester B. E. Examinations Nov/Dec-15
Mechanical Engineering
QUALITY AND RELIABILITY ENGINEERING (ELECTIVE)
PART-A
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7 a Define RSJ. 03
b Name three most common types of RSJd and briefly explain them. 06
c Provide a schematic representation of RSJ worksheet by taking
example of a bicycle hand-brake system. 07
8 a Define reliability 02
b With a neat diagram explain failure pattern for complex product with the
help of “bath tub curve”. 08
c Describe fault tree analysis with a diagrammatic representation. 06
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10 a A system has three units with a failure rate of 1.5, 4 and 3.8 failures for
10fZ hours.
i) Find the R of the system.
ii) Determine the reliability of the system for 10 hrs if the components
are connected in series.
iii) Determine the reliability of the system for 10 hours if the
components are connected in parallel. 08
b Calculate the reliability of the configuration given in fig 10b.
figure 10(b) 08
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11 a An active generator has a failure rate (failures per day) of 0.01. An older
stand by generator has a failure rate of 0.001 while in stand by and a
failure rate of 0.10 when on-line. Determine the system reliability for a
planned 30 day use and compute the system R . What would be the
system reliability if there is 10% probability of switching failure? 08
b Write short notes on:
i) Common mode Failure 04
ii) Load sharing system. 04
12ME5B1
USN
R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU
V Semester B. E. Examinations Nov/Dec-15
Mechanical Engineering
STRESS ANALYSIS (ELECTIVE)
Time: 03 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions to candidates:
10. Answer all questions from Part A. Part A questions should be
answered in first three pages of the answer book only.
11. Answer FIVE full questions from Part B.
12. Missing data if any, may be assumed suitably.
PART-A
1 1.1 When the body is assumed to be isotropic, then elastic constants will be
independent of the ________. 01
1.2 In formulation of equilibrium equations relevant to the deformed state,
the ________ and ________ of the body before deformation are used. 02
1.3 The displacements of the different points of a material body consists of
two parts, which are ________ and ________. 02
1.4 In continuum mechanics, ________ forces are introduced through the
concept of body forces and surface forces. 01
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1.5 The state of stress at a point is given by the following matrix:
PART-B
4 1 2
by the array:
ijk g1 6 0h R )
2 0 8
Show that by transformation of the axes by 45° about the n-axis, the
stress invariants remain unchanged. 12
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3 a Explain spherical and deviatoric stress tensors. 06
b Describe the evaluation of principal stresses in three dimensional bodies. 10
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USN
R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU
V Semester B. E. Examinations Nov/Dec-15
Mechanical Engineering
ENERGY CONVERSION ENGINEERING (ELECTIVE)
Time: 03 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions to candidates:
13. Answer all questions from Part A. Part A questions should be
answered in first three pages of the answer book only.
14. Answer FIVE full questions from Part B.
PART-A
PART-B
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USN
R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU
V Semester B. E. Examinations Nov/Dec-15
Mechanical Engineering
OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT (ELECTIVE)
Time: 03 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions to candidates:
15. Answer all questions from Part A. Part A questions should be
answered in first three pages of the answer book only.
16. Answer FIVE full questions from Part B.
17. Use of statistical (Normal distribution) tables permitted.
PART-A
PART-B
2 a A farmer has to plant two kinds of trees and X in a land of 4000 sq.
m. area. Each tree requires atleast 25 sq. m and X tree requires
atleast 40 sq. m of land. The annual water requirements of P tree are 30
units and of X tree is 15 units per tree. While utmost 30000 units of
water is available. It is also estimated that the ratio of the number of X
tree to the number of trees should not be less than 6/19 and should
not be more than 17/9. The returns per tree from X are expected to be
one and half times as much as from tree. Formulate this into linear
programming problem. 06
b Solve the following / by simplex method:
Minimize m 3 2 +
subject to: 3 2 +}7
2 4 } 12
4 3 8 + } 10
where , , + ~ 0 10
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The price of J’s scrap is Rs. 200 per quintal and that of is Rs. 400 per
quintal. The firm wants to determine how much it should buy from the
two suppliers so that the total cost is minimum. 08
b Solve the following / by Big-R method:
Minimize m 600 500
subject, to: 2 ~ 80
2 ~ 60
where , ~ 0 08
4 a In a machine shop, the interarrival time at the tool crib are exponential,
with an average time of 10 minutes. The length of service time is
assumed to be exponential with a mean of 6 minutes. Determine:
i) The probability that a person arriving at the booth will have to
wait.
ii) The average length of queue.
iii) The probability that on arrival will have to wait for more than
12 minutes for service and to obtain his tools. 10
b Explain the characteristics of queuing system. 06
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J 6 4 1 5 14
8 9 2 7 16
4 3 6 2 5
Demand 6 10 5 4 - 06
b Solve the following transportation problem by *JR and obtain its
optimal solution.
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2 2 2 1 3
X 10 8 5 4 7
I 7 6 6 8 5
$)!3 4 3 4 4 10
6 a Draw the network for the following project. Identify its critical paths and
find project duration, calculate total float for each activity:
J"&0•0&l J S O 9 _ -
_$$ 30)& # 3 " dd4 - - J J , , S S ,O , 9, _
0$ >‚ d? 15 15 3 5 8 12 1 14 3 14 10
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b Two competitors J and are competing for the same product. Their
different strategies are as follows in matrix:
4$# &0&4
_ __ ___ _*
_ 3 2 4 0
__ 3 4 2 4
4$# &0&4 J
___ 4 2 4 0
_* 0 4 0 8
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USN
R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU
V Semester B. E. Examinations Nov/Dec-15
Common to ME / IM
DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS - I
Time: 03 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions to candidates:
18.Answer all questions from Part A. Part A questions should be answered in
first three pages of the answer book only.
19.Answer FIVE full questions from Part B.
20.Use of design data hand book is permitted.
21.Missing data may be assumed suitably.
PART-A
2 a Fig.2(a) shows a flat plate under a tensile load of 6 8. Using a design stress
off 80R ), determine the thickness of the plate.
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b A mild steel shaft of 50 $$ diameter is subjected to a bending moment of
20 8 $ and a turning moment . IF the yield point of the steel material in
tension is 2008/$$ , find the maximum value of torque ‘ ’ without causing
yielding according to
i) Maximum principal stress theory
ii) Maximum shear stress theory.
Choose a factor of safety of 2.5. 10
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6 a Design a helical compression spring for a maximum load of 10008 and for a
deflection of 25$$. the maximum permissible shear stress for spring wire
is 420 8/$$ , modulus of rigidity is 0.84 e 10… 8/$$ and value of spring
index is 6. 08
b A railway wagon weighing 50 8 and moving with a speed of 88 $/, has to
be stopped by four buffer springs in which the maximum compression
allowed is 220$$. Find the number of turns in each spring of mean
diameter 150$$. the diameter of spring wire is 25$$. Take O 84O ). Also
find the shear stress. 08
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7 a A loaded narrow car of mass 1600 and moving at a velocity of 1.2 $/d is
brought to rest by a bumber consisting of two helical steel springs of
square section. The mean coil diameter of the spring is 6 times the side of
the square. In bringing the car to rest, the springs are compressed by
200$$. the permissible shear stress is 400R ). Modulus of rigidity may be
taken as 84 O ). Determine the following:
i) Mean load on each spring
ii) Side of square section wire
iii) Mean coil diameter
iv) Active number of coils.
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b The laminated leaf spring has an overall length of 1100$ and has a central
load of 160 8.The spring has 3 full length leaves and 15 graduated leaves
with a central band of 100 $$ wide. All the leaves are to be stressed to
400R ) when fully loaded. The ratio of total spring depth to width is 2.
Determine:
i) The width and thickness of leaves.
ii) Initial space to be provided between full length and graduated leaves.
iii) What load is exerted on the band when the leaves are assembled? 08
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11 a Design a knuckle joint to withstand a load of 100 8. All the parts of the
joint are made of the same material with i{ ix 80R ) and u 60R ). 08
b Design a cotter joint to connect two round rods of diameter 30$$. the
following stresses may be used:
Tensile stress 90R )
Shear stress 60R )
Crushing stress 150R ). 08
12ME53
USN
R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU
V Semester B. E. Examinations Nov/Dec-15
Mechanical Engineering
HEAT TRANSFER
PART-A
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9 a With the usual notation derive 82 ‘ >O , ? for free convection heat
transfer. 08
b A horizontal rod of 5 "$ diameter is maintained at a constant surface
temperature of 70 by submerging it in water at 20 . Calculate the
heat/unit length of the rod. 08
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USN
R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU
V Semester B. E. Examinations Nov/Dec-15
Mechanical Engineering
COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING
Time: 03 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions to candidates:
25.Answer all questions from Part A. Part A questions should be answered in
first three pages of the answer book only.
26.Answer FIVE full questions from Part B.
PART-A
PART-B
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and rotate the line about the origin by 30°. Write the resultant matrix by the
method of concatenation. 08
4 a List some of the advantages and disadvantages of 8 over 8 system. 08
b Explain the components of closed loop control system with example. 08
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8 a Write a manual part program to obtain the component shown in figure 8a.
Assume suitable value.
Fig 8a 12
b With an example explain canned cycle. 04
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Fig 9b 12
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