Design of machine members

Short questions

1. Desgin of Bearings

1. What is bearing? Mention the main use of bearing.

2. Classify the types of bearing.

3. Differentiate between hydrodynamic bearing and hydrostatic bearing.

4. Differentiate sliding contact bearing and rolling contact bearing.

4. What is McKee equation and give the application.

5. Define viscosity and state Newtons law of viscosity.

6. What is viscosity index?

7. What is square bearing?

8. State desirable properties of good bearing

9. Write about bearing materials.

10. What is foot step bearing write its applications

11. Sate any two advantages and disadvantages of deep grooving ball bearing.

12. Define static load carrying capacity of ball bearing.

13. What do you mean by dynamic load carrying capacity?

14. What are the various non dimensional terms used in bearing design?

15. Write a short note on bush pin bearing and pedestal bearing.

16. Explain with neat sketch. What is bearing characteristic curve.

17. why roller bearing can take more than ball bearing of same external and internal diameter.

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 2. Design of I.C.engine parts

1. Why is the connecting rod connecting rod made up of I-section?

2. What do you mean by piston skirt and write its main uses

3. What are the basic functions of piston rings?

4. Under what forces the big end bolt and caps are designed.

5. What are the functions of connecting rod of an I.C. engine?

3. Design of Belt drives, pulleys Chain drives

1. What is the polygon action in roller chain?

2. Distinguish between chain drive and belt drives.

3. What are silent chains?

4. Give the geometric construction of chain drive.

5. Distinguish between gear drives and belt drives.

6. What is the effect of centrifugal tension on power transmitted by a belt drive?

4. Design of Gears

1. Classify different types of gears.

2. What are modes of failures of gears?

3. Sketch spur gear with all important features.

4. Distinguish between helical gear and spur gears.

5. Discuss different gear materials.

6. What is the advantage of worm gear over other types of gears?

8. What are the possible gear failures? State possible remedies to avoid such failures.

9. What is hunting tooth?

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10. State advantages and disadvantages of internal gears.

11. What is pitting and scoring of gear tooth.

12. What is stub tooth?

13. What is herring bone gears.

14. What is the velocity factor for bevel gears?

5. Power screws

1. What is self locking in power screw? Explain with neat sketch?

2. What is collar friction in power screw?

3. What is multi start treads, mention their applications and advantages.

4. Discuss briefly types of threads used in power screws and their application.

5. What do you understand by buckling of power screw?

6. Distinguish between square thread and trapezoidal thread

7. Write the advantages of trapezoidal thread.

8. What are differential screw jack and compound screw jack.

9. What is the advantage of differential screw jack and compound screw jack?

10. What is recirculation ball screws and state its advantages and applications.

11. Why is the efficiency of self locking square thread is less than 50%.

Prepared by J.V.Ramakanth Assistant professor SIET