BAPATLA ENGINEERING COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BAPATLA

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Design of Machine Elements – III

(Assignment Test)

Class: IV B. Tech Section C Date of Exam: 17-10-2019

Prepared By: Dr. P. Ravi Kumar

1. The turning moment diagram of a multi-cylinder engine is drawn with a scale of (1 mm = 1°) on
the abscissa and (1 mm = 250 N-m) on the ordinate. The intercepted areas between the torque
developed by the engine and the mean resisting torque of the machine, taken in order from one
end are – 350, + 800, – 600, + 900, – 550, + 450 and –650 mm2. The engine is running at a mean
speed of 750 rpm and the coefficient of speed fluctuations is limited to 0.02. A rimmed flywheel
made of grey cast iron FG 200 (r = 7100 kg/m3) is provided. The spokes, hub and shaft are
assumed to contribute 10% of the required moment of inertia. The rim has rectangular cross-
section and the ratio of width to thickness is 1.5. Determine the dimensions of the rim.

2. The torque developed by an engine is given by the following equation:

T = 14 250 + 2200 sin2θ – 1800 cos2θ
where T is the torque in N-m and θ is the crank angle from the inner dead centre position. The
resisting torque of the machine is constant throughout the work cycle. The coefficient of speed
fluctuations is 0.01. The engine speed is 150 rpm. A solid circular steel disk, 50 mm thick, is
used as a flywheel. The mass density of steel is 7800 kg/m3. Calculate the radius of the flywheel
disk.

3. A single cylinder internal combustion engine working on the four stroke cycle develops 75 kW
at 360 r.p.m. The fluctuation of energy can be assumed to be 0.9 times the energy developed per
cycle. If the fluctuation of speed is not to exceed 1 per cent and the maximum centrifugal stress
in the flywheel is to be 5.5 MPa, estimate the mean diameter and the cross-sectional area of the
rim. The material of the rim has a density of 7200 kg/m3.

4. Design a cast iron flywheel for a four stroke cycle engine to develop 110 kW at 150 r.p.m. The
work done in the power stroke is 1.3 times the average work done during the whole cycle. Take
the mean diameter of the flywheel as 3 metres. The total fluctuation of speed is limited to 5 per
cent of the mean speed. The material density is 7250 kg/m3. The permissible shear stress for the
shaft material is 40 MPa and flexural stress for the arms of the flywheel is 20 MPa.

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5. A punching press is required to punch 40 mm diameter holes in a plate of 15 nun thickness at the
rate of 30 holes per minute. It requires 6 N-m of energy per mm2 of sheared area. Determine the
moment of inertia of the flywheel if the punching takes one-tenth of a second and the r.p.m. of
the flywheel varies from 160 to 140.

6. A cast iron wheel of mean diameter 3 metre has six arms of elliptical section. The energy to be
stored in it is 560 kN-m when rotating at 120 r.p.m. The speed at the mean diameter is 18 m/s.
Calculate the following:
(a) Assuming that the whole energy is stored in the rim, find the cross-section, if the width is
300 mn.
(b) Find the cross-section of the am is near the boss on the assumption mat their resistance to
bending is equal to the torsional resistance of the shaft which is 130 mm in diameter. The
maximum shear stress in the shaft is to be within 63 MPa and the tensile stress 16 MPa.
Assume the minor axis of the ellipse to be 0.65 major axis.

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