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St. Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai-119 Department of Mechanical Engineering Sub. Name: Dynamics of Machinery Sub - Code: ME2302
St. Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai-119 Department of Mechanical Engineering Sub. Name: Dynamics of Machinery Sub - Code: ME2302
UNIT-I
1. When the crank is at the inner dead centre, in a reciprocating steam engine, then the
velocity of the piston will be
a) Minimum b) Zero c) Maximum d) none of these
2. In a four stroke I.C. engine, the turning moment during the compression stroke is
a) positive throughout
b) negative throughout
c) positive during major portion of the stroke
d) negative during major portion of the stroke
3. Maximum fluctuation of energy in a flywheel is equal to (where I = Mass moment of
inertia of the flywheel, E = Maximum fluctuation of energy, CS = Coefficient of
a)
b)
c) answer is c
d)
5. In a turning moment diagram, the variations of energy above and below the mean
resisting torque line is called
a) fluctuation of energy
b) maximum fluctuation of energy
c) coefficient of fluctuation of energy
d) none of these
6. For static balancing of a shaft, the net dynamic force acting on the shaft is equal to zero.
a) Agree b) Disagree
7. When the crank is at the outer dead centre, in a reciprocating steam engine, then the
acceleration of the piston will be ans B
a) b) c) d)
8. The maximum fluctuation of speed is the
a) difference of minimum fluctuation of speed and the mean speed
b) difference of the maximum and minimum speeds
c) sum of maximum and minimum speeds
d) variations of speed above and below the mean resisting torque line
9. The Klein's diagram is useful to find
a) displacement of various parts
b) velocity of various parts
c) acceleration of various parts
d) angular acceleration of various parts
10. The essential condition of placing the two masses, so that the system becomes
dynamically equivalent, is (where l1 and l2 = Distance of two masses from the centre of
gravity of the body, and kG = Radius of gyration of the body)
a) l1 = kG b) l2 = kG c) l1l2 = kG d) l1l2 = kG2
UNIT-II
c) ± (1 - c)m.ω2.r
d) ± 2a(1 - c)m.ω2.r
9. The unbalanced primary forces in a reciprocating engine are
a) balanced completely
b) balanced partially
c) balanced by secondary forces
d) not balanced
10. In a locomotive, the maximum magnitude of the unbalanced force along the
perpendicular to the line of stroke, is known as
a) tractive force b) swaying couple c) hammer blow d) none of these
UNIT-III
1. When a body moves with simple harmonic motion, the product of its periodic time and
frequency is equal to
a) Zero b) one c) π/2 d) π
2. In a vibrating system, if the actual damping coefficient is 40 N/m/s and critical damping
coefficient is 420 N/m/s, then logarithmic decrement is equal to
a) 0.2 b) 0.4 c) 0.6 d) 0.8
3. If ω/ωn is very high for a body vibrating under steady state vibrations, the phase angle for
all values of damping factors, will tend to approach
a) 0° b) 90° c) 180° d) 360°
4. The factor which affects the critical speed of a shaft is
a) Diameter of disc
b) Span of shaft
c) Eccentricity
d) All of these
5. In under damped vibrating system, the amplitude of vibration
a) decreases linearly with time
b) increases linearly with time
c) decreases exponentially with time
d) increases exponentially with time
6. The frequency of damped vibrations with viscous damping is __________ the frequency
of undamped vibrations.
a) more than b) less than c) same as
7. A mass of 1 kg is attached to the end of a spring with a stiffness of 0.7 N/mm. The
critical damping coefficient of this system is
a) 1.4 N-s/m b) 18.52 N-s/m c) 52.92 N-s/m d) 529.2 N-s/m
8. If the damping factor for a vibrating system is unity, then the system will be
a) over damped b) under damped c) critically damped d) without vibrations
9. When a shaking force is transmitted through the springs, damping becomes detrimental
when the ratio of its frequency to the natural frequency is greater than
a) 0.25 b) 0.5 c) 1 d) 2
10. A shaft carrying three rotors will have
a) no node b) one node c) two nodes d) three nodes
UNIT-IV
1. In vibration isolation system, the transmissibility will be equal to unity, for all values of
damping factor, if ω/ωn is
a) equal to one b) equal to 2 c) less than 2 d) greater than 2
2. If ω/ωn = 2, where co is the frequency of excitation and ωn is the natural frequency of
vibrations, then the transmissibility of vibration will the
a) 0.5 b) 1 c) 1.5 d) 2
3. In under damped vibrating system, the amplitude of vibration
a) decrease linearly with time b) increases linearly with time
c) decreases exponentially with time d) increases exponentially with time
4. A body is said to be under forced vibrations, when
a) there is a reduction in amplitude after every cycle of vibration
b) no external force acts on a body, after giving it an initial displacement
c) a body vibrates under the influence of external force
d) none of the above
5. The natural frequency of free transverse vibrations of a shaft fixed at both ends and
carrying a uniformly distributed load is 0.571/δS , where δS is the static deflection of a
shaft fixed at both ends and carrying a uniformly distributed load.
a) True b) False
UNIT-V
1. When the relation between the controlling force (Fc) and radius of rotation (r) for a spring
controlled governor is Fc = ar + b, then the governor will be
a) stable b) unstable c) isochronous d) none of these
2. The steering of a ship means
a) movement of a complete ship up and down in vertical plane about transverse axis
b) turning of a complete ship in a curve towards right or left, while it moves
forward
c) rolling of a complete ship side-ways
d) none of the above
3. When the sleeve of a Porter governor moves upwards, the governor speed
a) Increases b) decreases c) remains unaffected d) first increases and then decreases
4. When the speed of the engine fluctuates continuously above and below the mean speed,
the governor is said to be
a) Stable b) unstable c) isochronous d) hunt
5. The height of a Watt's governor is
a) directly proportional to speed
b) directly proportional to (speed)2
c) inversely proportional to speed
d) inversely proportional to (speed)2
6. In a spring controlled governor, when the controlling force __________ as the radius of
rotation increases, it is said to be a stable governor.
a) remains constant b) decreases c) increases
7. For two governors A and B, the lift of sleeve of governor A is more than that of
governor B, for a given fractional change in speed. It indicates that
a) governor A is more sensitive than governor B
b) governor B is more sensitive than governor A
c) both governors A and B are equally sensitive
d) none of the above
8. A spring controlled governor is found unstable. It can be made stable by
a) increasing the spring stiffness
b) decreasing the spring stiffness
c) increasing the ball mass
d) decreasing the ball mass
9. Which of the following is a spring controlled governor?
a) Hartnell governor
b) Hartung governor
c) Wilson-Hartnell governor
d) all of these
10. The power of a Porter governor is equal to
a)
b)
c)
d)
Answers:
Unit – I
1) B 2) B 3) D 4) C 5) A 6) A 7) B 8) B 9) C 10) D
Unit – II
1) D 2) B 3) B 4) C 5) B 6) C 7) C 8) C 9) B 10) C
Unit - III
1) B 2) C 3) C 4) D 5) C 6) B 7) C 8) C 9) D 10) C
Unit – IV
1) B 2) B 3) C 4) A 5) A 6) C 7) D 8) C 9) A 10) C
Unit – V
1) B 2) B 3) A 4) D 5) D 6) C 7) A 8) B 9) D 10) D