Lingaya`s Vidyapeeth, Faridabad

Subject: Strength of Materials Subject Code: ME-204C

Assignment-II
Short Answer Type Questions:
Unit -II
1. Define resisting torque.
2. Define torsional stiffness.
3. Define torsional rigidity.
4. A long shaft of diameter d is subjected to twisting moment T at its ends. Write
the expression for maximum normal stress acting at its cross-section.
5. Write the torsion equation.
6. What is the unit of Polar Moment of inertia?
7. For a shaft transmitting torque, the shear stress developed at center is maximum
or minimum?
8. Write the formula for power transmitted by the shaft.

Long Answer Type Questions:

1. Derive torsion equation.
2. A solid steel shaft transmits 100 kW at 150 rpm. Determine the suitable
diameter of the shaft if the maximum torque transmitted exceeds the mean
by 20% in each revolution. The shear stress is not to exceed 60 MPa. Also find
the maximum angle of twist in a length of 4 m of the shaft. G = 80 GPA

3. A hollow steel shaft transmits 200 kW of power at 150 rpm. The total angle of
twist in a length of 5 m of the shaft is 3°. Find the inner and outer diameters of
the shaft if the permissible shear stress is 60 MPa. G = 80 GPa.

4. A shaft transmits 800 kW of power at 21 0 rpm. Determine the actual working

stress and the diameter of the shaft if the shaft twists one degree on a length of 18
diameters and the shear stress is not to exceed 50 MPa. Take G = 81 GPA.

5. A stepped shaft fixed at the two ends (as shown in fig.) is subjected to a torque
of 300 N-m at the section C. The larger section is of aluminum and the smaller
section is of steel. Determine the maximum stresses in the two materials. Take Gs
= 82 GPA and Ga = 27 GPA.
6. Figure shows a hollow shaft. Determine the maximum power transmitted by the
shaft at 200 rpm if shear stress in the shaft not to exceed at 70 MPa. Also find the
lengths of the two portions if the twist produced in the two portions of shaft are
equal.