BRAKES

1. A band brake is installed on a drum rotating at 250 rpm, and a diameter of 900 millimeters. The
angle of contact is 1.5pi radians and one end of the brake band is fastened to a fixed pin while
the other end to the brake arm 150 millimeter from the fixed pin. The coefficient of friction is
0.25 and the straight brake arm is 1000 millimeters long and is placed perpendicular to the
diameter bisecting the angle of contact. Determine the minimum force in Newtons applied at
the kilowatts is being absorbed.
2. A simple band brake has a 76 cm drum and fitted with a steel band 2/5 cm thick lined with a
brake lining having a coefficient of friction of 0.25. The arc of contact is 245 degrees. The drum is
attached to a 60-cm hoisting drum, that sustain a rope load of 820 kg. The operating force has a
moment arm of 1.50 m and the band is attached 12 cm from the pivot point. Find the width of a
steel band for a steel band for a tensile stress of 50 MPa.

CLUTCHES

3. A Pajero jeep wagon’s engine develops 40 kW at 1200 rpm, with a single plate clutch with two
pairs of friction surfaces transmitting the power. Consider the coefficient of friction to be 0.30
and mean diameter of disc to be 200 mm, determine the axial force required to engage the
clutch and transmit the power.
A. 4.832 kN C. 3.693 kN
B. 5.305 kN D. 6.922 kN
4. An engine of a motor vehicle with a wheel diameter of 712 mm develops 50 kW at 2,000 rpm.
The combined efficiency of the differential and transmission is 75% with an overall speed
reduction of 25 is to 1. Determine the axial force on the clutch in kN. Outside and inside
diameters of the clutch are 300 mm and 240 mm respectively. There are two pairs of mating
surface with a coefficient of friction of 0.3. Use uniform wear method.
5. A disk clutch having an outside diameter of 32 cm and an inside diameter of 12.7 cm is
connected to an engine that turns 750 rpm. The coefficient of frictionis 0.6 while the pressure
between the friction surfaces is 2 kg/cm2. Compute the power transmitted by the engine.
A. 71.49 kW C. 69.30 kW
B. 58.38 kW D. 68.38 kW
6. A local utility vehicle production company have considered to use one of its design, a multi-disc
clutch consisting of 9 steel discs and 8 bronze discs, with effective outside and inside diameter
of 220 mm and 160 mm, respectively. If the shaft turns at 1500 rpm and an axial force of 600
Newtons is applied, find the horsepower capacity, considering a coefficient of friction of 0.25.
A. 48.41 hp C. 52.48 hp
B. 47.59 hp D. 50.40 hp
7. A cone clutch has an angle of 10 degrees and a coefficient of friction of 0.42. Find the axial force
required if the capacity of the clutch is 7.46 kW at 500 rpm. The mean diameter of the active
conical section is 300 mm.
A. 0.40332 kN C. 0.2453 kN
B. 0.3928 kN D. 0.2384 kN
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8. A 1 ½ in. shaft uses a sleeve bearing. The bearing sustains a radial load of 900 lb. if the allowable
bearing pressure is 200 psi, find the length of the bearing.
A. 3 in C. 5 in
B. 4 in D. 6 in
9. A ¾ in shaft uses a sleeve bearings. The total load per bearing is 400 lb. An L/D ratio of 2.5 is
desired. What is the bearing pressure?
10. A sleeve bearing diameter of 1.5 in and a length of 2 in, the wall thickness is 3/16 in. The bearing
is subjected to a radial load of 450 lb. Find the bearing pressure.
A. 100 psi C. 200 psi
B. 150 psi D. 250 psi
11. The main bearing of a one cylinder steam engine are 152 mm diameter and 280 mm long and
support a load of 4400 kg. The bearing are well ventilated and are heavy in construction. The
coefficient of friction in bearing is 0.017 and crank-shaft rotates at 450 rpm. Bearing diametral
clearance is 0.152 mm. Determine the friction loss in kW per bearing.
12. A shaft revolving at 1740 rpm supported by a bearing with a length of 105 mm and a diameter of
64 mm. If the load is light and SAE Oil No. 20 is used with an average temperature of 65 degrees
and diametral clearance is 0.136 mm. What would be the loss of power due to friction? Use a
viscosity of 2.4x106 reyns.
A. 0.189 C. 0.189
B. 0.174 D. 0.185

WIRE ROPES
1. A wire rope lifts a load of 10 kips at a maximum speed of 1000 fpm, attained in 5 seconds
starting from rest. The rope has a cross sectional area of 0.4 in2. Compute the maximum tensile
stress on the rope in ksi.
A. 23.5 C. 25.7
B. 27.6 D. 34.1
2. An elevator weighs 1000 pounds and is supported by a 5/16” wire rope, 1500 feet long. When
the elevator carries a 1500-lb load, the rope elongates 6 inches more. What is the modulus of
elasticity of the rope?
A. 58.7 x 106 psi C. 48.7 x 106 psi
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B. 67.8 x 10 psi D. 14.7 x 106 psi
3. In an office building the elevator rises 1200 ft with an operating speed of 1000 ft/min and
reaches full speed at 1000 ft/min and reaches full speed of 35 ft. Assume a rope drive of 6 x 19
cast-steel ropes, 36 inches sheave. The load of the elevator weighs 2 tons. Determine the
number of 5/8 in ropes required if the factor of safety is 5.
A. 2 C. 3
B. 4 D. 5
 FLYWHEELS
1. A flywheel weighing 457 kg has radius 375 mm. How much energy in N-m does the flywheel loss
from 3.0 rev/sec to 2.8 rev/sec?
2. A flywheel weighing 6 kN has a mean diameter of 90 cm. The maximum speed of the flywheel is
7 rev/sec slowed down to 4 rev/sec during the shearing process. Determine the energy released
by the flywheel.
3. A flywheel rotates at 220 rpm slowed down to 65 % of its revolution during the three – fourth
second punching portion of the cycle. Compute the angular acceleration of the flywheel in
radian per second squared.
A. 10.7 C. -10.7
B. 7.10 D. -7.10
4. A flywheel has a diameter of 1.5 m, and mass of 800 kg. What torque in N-m, is needed to
produce an angular acceleration of 100 revolutions per minute, per second?
A. 225 C. 1158
B. 974 D. 2356
5. A cast iron flywheel with a mean diameter of 36 inches changes speed from 300 rpm to 280 rpm
while it gives up 8000 ft-lb of energy. What is the coefficient of fluctuation.
A. 0.069 C. 0.082
B. 0.015 D. 0.020
6. What would be the weight of a flywheel in kg if the weight of the rim is 3 times the sum of the
weight of the hub and arms. Given the outside diameter and inside diameter to be 24 in and 18
in respectively and the rim width is 4.5 in. (assume steel flywheel)
A. 140.95 kg C. 200.95 kg
B. 160.95 kg D. 152.95 kg
7. A flywheel has a mean diameter of 4 ft and is required to handle 2250 ft-lb of kinetic energy.
The flywheel has a width of 8 in. Normal operating speed is 300 rpm and the coefficient of
fluctuation is to be 0.05. Find the weight of the rim assuming that the arms and hub are
equivalent to 10% of the rim weight.
8. A shearing machine requires 150 kg-m of energy to shear a steel sheet, and has a normal speed
of 3 rev/sec, slowing down to 2.8 rev/sec during the shearing process. The flywheel of the
machine has a mean diameter of 75 cm and weighs 0.0155 kg/cm 3. The width of the rim is 30
cm. if the hub and arms of the flywheel account for 15% of its total weight, find the weight of
the flywheel.
9. A punch punches a 1-in diameter hole in a steel plate ¾ inch thick every 10 sec. the actual
punching takes 1 sec. The ultimate shear strength of the plate is 60,000 psi. The flywheel of the
punch press has a mass moment of inertia of 500 in-lb-sec2 and rotates at a mean speed of 150
rpm. What is the horsepower required for the punch operation?
10. What pressure is required for punching a hole 3 inches in diameter through ¼ inch steel stock?
11. What pressure is required for punching a 1.5 inch square hole in a ¼ inch thick plate steel?
12. What pressure is required for punching a 1.5 inch by 2 inch rectangular hole in a ¼ inch thick
brass?
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4. How long will it take to drill a hole through a 10 cm thick steel plate if the drill feed is 0.1 mm
per rev and a ¼ - in diameter drill is turning at 750 rpm?
A. 80 sec C. 500 sec
B. 100 sec D. 1000 sec
5. How long will it take to cut a 4-in long thread at 100 rpm if the threading machine has a
configuration of 20 the threads per inch?
A. 1 sec C. 48 sec
B. 25 sec D. 90 sec
6. How long would it take to cut by oxy-acetylene gas cutter crosswire a 4 ft x 20 ft x 1 in thick steel
plate if oxy-acetylene machine can finish cutting an 10 ft long steel in 12 min?
A. 288 sec C. 400 sec
B. 300 sec D. 550 sec
7. On the average, how long would it take to cut manually using an oxy-acetylene gas cutter to cut
crosswire a 4 ft x 20 ft x 1 in steel plate into 4 sheets of 4 ft x 1 in steel plates. The manual
cutting rate of oxy-acetylene gas cutter is 12 min in 8 to 12 ft length of steel plate.
A. 12.1 min C. 15 min
B. 14.4 min D. 18 min
8. On the average, compute the time to cut manually using an oxy-acetylene gas cutter to cut
lengthwise two 8 ft x 20 ft x ¾ in steel plates into four 4 ft x 20 ft x ¾ in steel plates. The manual
cutting rate of oxy-acetylene gas cutter is 12 min in 11 mft to 16 ft length of steel plate
A. 36 min C. 55 min
B. 40 min D. 90 min
9. Determine the most economical acetylene gas consumption in cu. Ft to manually cut crosswise a
4 ft x 20 ft x 1 in steel plate. The manual cutting rate of oxy-acetylene gas cutter is 12 min in 11
ft to 16 ft length of steel plate. Oxygen consumption is 60 cu. Ft and acetylene gas rate is 10 cu.
Ft per hour
A. 2.4 C. 7.2
B. 3.5 D. 9.5
10. With an electric arc welding rate rate of 18 in/min, how long will it take to weld a ½ in. thick
plate by 3 ft long seam?
A. 3 min. C. 1.5 min.
B. 2 min. D. 4 min.
11. How long will it take to mill a ¾” by 2” long keyway in a 3” diameter shafting with a 24 tooth
cutter turning at 100 rpm and 0.005” feed per tooth?
A. 0.136 min C. 0.166 min
B. 0.196 min D. 0.106 min