UNIT 12 EXERCISES

EX. 1
Write the opposites:
1. stationary - movable 6. significant – disignificant
2. preceding – next, following 7. to join - to split, disjonit,
3. centrifugal – centripetal 8. rigid couplings – flexible couplings
4. balanced – unbalanced 9. uniform – varying
5. attached – unattached

EX. 2
Write PLURAL forms of the nouns:
Information – information
Equipment – equipment
Phenomenon – phenomena

EX. 3.
What is the meaning of the prefix SUB in the following sentence:
In words submarine and subsection the prefixe SUB- has the same meaning. POD(bellow,
undr)

What is the function of USED in the following sentences:

Universal joints are USED in pairs with equal angles in the two joints.
The USE of equal angles provides uniform angular velocity in the driven shaft. imenica

Compare:
a coupling to connect the shafts – a coupling connecting the shafts
Limiting speed, ogranicavajuca brzina– limited speed

EX. 4
Participial phrase expansion
1. Rigid coupling are used for shafts having good collinear alignment. Which have
2. Splines are a series of teeth cut into the surface of a shaft in the axial direction.which have
been cutting
3. Kinetic energy is the energy associated with mechanical motion of bodies. Which is
4. The external forces acting on a member may be parallel to its major axis. Which act
5. A material stressed beyond its elastic limit will return only partially to its original form
upon complete removal of the deforming force. Which have been stressed
6. The deformation remaining is called permanent set. Which remain
7. The iron coming out of the blast furnace is called pig iron. Which comes

EX. 6
When asking about dimension of an object, you may say:
What is the height of the key? (using a noun form)
How high is the key? (using an adjective form)
The answers:
He height of the key is 4 cm.
The key has a height of 4 cm.
The key is 4 cm high/ in height.

Using these question and answer types with the following examples:
1. width/ key/ ¼ of shaft diameter.
2. Depth/ keyway/ 1/6 of shaft diameter
3. Lenght/ key/ 1 ½ shaft diameters

EX. 7
Preposition + which
1. A gas is a state of matter ________in_____ which the molecules move freely.
2. Translation is a motion ________in_____ which all points of a system have identical
displacements.
3. Various types of thermometers have been devised ______of_______which the mercury-in-
glass or colored-alcohol-in-glass are familiar examples.
4. Stiffness is the property by virtue _________of________which a material can resist
deformation.
5. The scrap metal is melted down ______after___________ which hot metal from the blast
furnace is added.
6. Casting is a primary manufacturing process _____in__________ which the products
referred to as castings, are made by pouring molten metal into a mold.

EX. 8
1. Poznato je da vratilo služi u svrhu prenosa snage. The shaft is known to serve the purpose
of transmitting power.
2. Neosporno je da je vratilo, kao mašinski element, izloženo promjenljivim opterećenjima
prouzrokovanim nekolicinom različitih uzroka. 2. It is indisputable that the shaft, as a
machine element, is exposed to variable loads caused by several different causes.

3. Postoji veliki broj različitih vrsta kvačila od kojih sve moramo uzeti u obzir pri izboru
kvačila za spajanje dva vratila.

3. There are a large number of different types of clutches, all of which we must take into
account when choosing a clutch to connect two shafts