1. The root diameter of a double square thread is 0.55 in. The screw has a pitch of 0.20 in.

Find the number of threads per inch.

2. Find the ratio of the Shear Modulus of Elasticity to Modulus of Elasticity of a material
made of steel with Poisson’s ratio of 0.3038.
3. A shaft is transmitting 100 kW at 3 rps. Find a suitable diameter for shaft, if the
maximum torque transmitted exceeds the mean by 20%. Take the maximum allowable
shear stress at 70 MPa.
4. During a tensile test on a specimen of 100 mm2 cross-section, maximum load observed
was 71,168 N and area of cross-section at neck was 50 mm 2. Ultimate tensile strength of
specimen is _____.
5. A spherical air tank stores air at 3000 psig. The tank is to have an inside diameter of 7
in. What should be the wall thickness of the tank if it is made of AISI 301, 1/4 -hard
stainless steel (Sy = 75 ksi), with a design factor of 1.5 based on the yield strength and a
joint efficiency of 90%.
6. A seamless cylinder with a storage capacity of 0.03 m 3 is subjected to an internal
pressure of 21 MPa. The ultimate strength of material of cylinder is 350 N/mm 2.
Determine the length of the cylinder if it is twice the diameter of the cylinder.
7. Determine the required number of active coils in a helical spring made of 1/16-in
diameter steel wire, assuming a spring index of 6 and an allowable stress of 50 ksi in
shear. The spring gradient is to be 10 lb/in.
8. A helical spring is fabricated by wrapping wire ¾ in. in diameter around a forming
cylinder 8 in. in diameter. Allowable shearing stress is 18 ksi. Use G = 12x10 6 psi. Find
the mean diameter of spring of the spring coil.
9. If a column has a rectangular cross-section of dimensions 90 mm x 70 mm, determine
the two values of radius of gyration.
10. Two shafts of the same length and materials are joined in series. If the ratio of their
diameters is 2, then the ratio of their angles of twist will be _____.
11. What is the limitations of the Euler’s Formula in terms of the slenderness ratio L/k for a
column made of AIsi 3140 OQT 1000 F, assuming both ends pin-jointed? Take Sy =
133000 psi.