1.

A one meter pulley is fastened to a 100 mm shaft by means of 25 mm

square key and 150 mm long. What force tangent to the pulley rim will
shear the key if shearing stress is 200 Mpa.
A. 65 KN B. 70 KN C. 75 KN D. 80 KN
2. A 1.2 m pulley is fastened to a 120 mm shaft by means of square key
with 140 mm long. What force tangent to pulley rim will crush the key if
bearing stress is 410 Mpa. Assume key and shaft are of the same
material.
A. 160.25 KN B. 172.20.25 KN C. 180.42 KN D. 86.10 KN
3.Two short shafts having identical diameters of 38.1 mm and rotating at
400 rpm are connected by a flange coupling having 4 bolts with 100
mm bolt circle. The design shearing stress of the bolts is 12 N/mm 2 and
design compressive stress of the flange is 15 N/mm 2. What is the
power transmitted by the short shaft in KW?
A. 30.4 KW B. 26.5 KW C. 29.3 KW D. 32.3 KW
4.Two short shafts having identical diameters of 38.1 mm and rotating at
400 rpm are connected by a flange coupling having 4 bolts with 100
mm bolt circle. The design shearing stress of the bolts is 12 N/mm 2 and
design compressive stress of the flange is 15 N/mm 2. What is the
diameter of bolt should be used?
A. 19.30 mm B. 22.37 mm C. 20.40 mm D. 18.32 mm
5.Two short shafts having identical diameters of 38.1 mm and rotating at
400 rpm are connected by a flange coupling having 4 bolts with 100
mm bolt circle. The design shearing stress of the bolts is 12 N/mm 2 and
design compressive stress of the flange is 15 N/mm 2. How thick should
the flange be?
A. 11.51 mm B. 13.60 mm C. 12.49 mm D. 15.65 mm
6.A flange coupling is to be designed, using 25 mm diameter bolts at a
distance of 152 mm from the center of the shaft. Allowable shearing
stress on the bolt is 103 Mpa. If the shaft is to transmit 5,800 hp at a
speed of 1,200 rpm, how many bolts are needed in the connection?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
7.A flange bolt coupling consists of eight steel 20 mm diameter steel bolts
spaced evenly around a bolt circle 300 mm in diameter. If the coupling
is subjected to a torque of 15.1 KN-m, determine the maximum
shearing stress in the bolts.
A. 40450 Kpa B. 63320 Kpa C. 40054 Kpa D. 31298 Kpa
8.A pulley is keyed to a 2 and ½ inches diameter shaft by a 5/8 x 7/16 x 3
in flat key. The shaft rotates at 50 rpm. The allowable shearing stress
for the key is 22 ksi. The allowable compressive stress for the key, hub
and shaft are 66 ksi, 59 ksi 72 ksi, respectively. Determine the
maximum torque the pulley can safely deliver.
A. 48398. 4 in-lb B. 54140.6 in-lb C.51562.5 in-lb D. 67495.2 in-lb
9.A rectangular key was used in a pulley connected to a line shaft with a
power of 7.46 KW at a speed of 1200 rpm. If the shearing stress of the
shaft and key are 30 N/mm 2 and 240 N/mm2, respectively. What is the
diameter of the shaft?
A. 18.7 mm B. 21.7 mm C. 25.8 mm D. 30.2 mm
10.A 4-spline shaft (d = 0.75D, w = 0.24D, h = 0.25D) and to slide when
not under load has a diameter of 2.5 in. Find the shearing stress
 if shearing force is 2500 lbs. If hub length is 2 inches.
A. 420.83 psi B. 520.83 psi C. 620.83 psi D. 720.83
psi
11.A 1.5 in diameter 10-spline shaft d = 0.91D, w = 0.156D, h= 0.045D)
and permanent fit has compressive force of 2200 lbs. Find the torque
applied if hub length 1 ¾ in.
A. 1,575.75 psi B. 1,675.75 psi C. 1,775.75 psi D. 1,875.75 psi
12.1 15/16 – in wide key has a depth of 5/8. It is 12 inches long and is to
be used on a 200 hp, 1160 rpm, squirrel-cage induction motor. The
shaft diameter is 3 7/8 inches. The maximum running torque is 200% of
the full load torque. Compute the maximum torque.
A. 17,330 in-lb B. 733,211 in-lb C. 37,210 in-lb D. 21,733 in-lb

1. A flywheel weighting 1000 kg has a (weight of 800 lb during operation) a

radius of gyration of 1.5 m. The normal operation speed is 160 rpm and
coefficient of fluctuation is 0.08. Determine the kinetic energy released by the
flywheel.
A. 31 KN.m B. 36 KN.m C. 41.56 KN.m D. 46.65 KN.m
2. A 5 ft mean diameter flywheel has to absorb 3500 ft-lb of energy and
maintain a coefficient of fluctuation of 0.09. If mean speed is 80 ft/sec, find the
weight of the flywheel. A. 190.66 lbs B. 195.66 lbs. C. 198.66 lbs D.
200.77 lbs
3. A mechanical press is used to punch 6 holes per minute on a 25 mm thick
plate. The hole is 25 mm in diameter and the plate has an ultimate strength in
shear of 420 Mpa. The normal operating speed is 200 rpm and it slow down to
180 rpm during the process of punching. The flywheel has a mean diameter of
one meter and the rim width is 3 times the thickness. Assume that the hub
and arm account for 5% of the rim weight concentrated at the mean diameter
and the density of cast iron is 7,200 kg per cubic meter. Find the power in KW
required to drive the press.
A. 1.310 KW B. 5.67 KW C. 8.92 KW D. 9.03 KW
4. It is found that the shearing machine requires 205 joules of energy to shear
a specific gauge of sheet metal. The mean diameter of the flywheel is to be
76.2 cm. The normal operating speed is 200 rpm and slows down to 180 rpm
during shearing process. The rim width is 30.48 cm and the weight of cast iron
is 7,196.6 kg/m3. Find the thickness of the rim, assuming that the hub and
arms account for 10% of the rim weight concentrated on the mean diameter.
A. 0.583 cm B. 0.587 cm C. 0.672 cm D. 0.480 cm
5. A sheet metal working company purchase a shearing machine from a
surplus dealer without a flywheel. It is calculated that the machine will use 238
joules of energy to shear a 1.2 mm thick sheet metal. The flywheel to be used
will have a mean diameter of 91.44 cm with a width of 25.4 cm. The normal
operating speed is 180 rpm and slows down to 160 rpm during the shearing
process. Assuming that the arms and the hub will account for 12 % of the rim
weight concentrated at the mean diameter and that the material density is
0.26 lb/cu.in, compute for the weight of the flywheel.
A. 296 kg B. 304 kg C. 347 kg D. 493 kg
6. A shearing machine requires 150 kg-m of energy to shear a steel sheet,
and a normal speed of 3.0 rev/sec. slowing down to 2.8 rev/sec during the
shearing process. The flywheel of the machine has a mean diameter of 75 cm
and weighs 15.5 kg/cm3. The width of the rim is 30 cm. if the hub and arms of
the flywheel account for 15% of its total weight, find the thickness of the rim in
cm.
A. 0.00487 cm B. 0.00432 cm C. 0.00363 cm D. 0.00482 cm
7. A cast iron flywheel with a mean diameter of 36 inches changes speed from
300 rpm to 280 rpm while it gives up 8000 ft-lb energy. What is the coefficient
of fluctuation?
A. 0.069 B. 0.015 C. 0.082 D. 0.020
8.A rectangular key was used in a pulley connected to a line shaft with a
power of 7.46 KW at a speed of 1200 rpm. If the sharing stress of the shaft
and key are 30 N/mm2 and 240 N/mm2, respectively. What is the diameter of
the shaft?
A. 18.7 mm B. 21.7 mm C. 25.8 mm D. 30.2 mm
9.A flange bolt coupling consist of eight steel 20 mm diameter steel bolts
spaced evenly around a bolt circle 300 mm in diameter. If the coupling is
subjected to a torque of 15.1 KN-m, determine the maximum shearing stress
in the bolts.
A. 40450 kPa B. 63320 kpa C. 40054 kpa D.
31298 kpa
10.A cast iron flywheel is rotated at a speed of 1200 rpm and having a rim
mean diameter of 2 feet. If the weight of the rim is 30 Ibs, what is the
centrifugal force? Use factor C = 41.
A. 14,800 lbs C. 14,860 lbs
B. 7 lbs D. 14,724 lbs
11.A flywheel rotates at 120 rpm or 12.57 rad/sec slowed down to 102 rpm or
10.68 rad/sec during the punching operation that requires ¾ second of the
punching portion of the cycle. Compute the angular acceleration of the
flywheel in rad/sec2.
A. -2.52 rad/sec2 C. 3.15 rad/sec2
B. -2.75 rad/sec2 D. 2.22 rad/sec2
12. A keyed sprocket deliver a torque of 778.8 N-m thru the shaft of 54 mm
OD. The key thickness is 1.5875 cm and the width is 1.11 cm. Compute the
length of the same key. The permissible stress value of 60 Mpa for shear and
90 Mpa for tension.

A. 39.12 cm C. 52.22 cm
B. 4.82 cm D. 4.32 cm