CHAPTER 2: BELT DESIGN

Practice Problems:

1. A 5 hp motor running at 350 rpm drives an irrigation pump which has a pulley diameter same as the
pulley used in motor. Determine the angle of the wrap.

a. 170° b. 180° c. 175° d. 185°

2. A power transmitting system uses a flat belt wherein during the operation, a 1.5% slip on each pulley
was observed. The driving pulley runs at 750 rpm with a diameter of 600 mm. Determine the rotative
speed of a 2000 mm driven pulley.

a. 238.46 rpm b. 228.28 rpm c. 208.60 rpm d. 218.35 rpm

3. An open belting power transmitting system has a center to center distance between pulleys of 3
m. The pulley diameter of the driver and driven are 450 mm and 1000 mm, respectively. Determine
the difference in belt length when using crossed belting.

a. 130 mm b. 160 mm c. 140 mm d. 150 mm

4. Determine the distance between shaft centers of a 500 mm driving and 1500 mm driven belt pulleys.
The arc of contact is 160°.

a. 2.865 m b. 4.432 m c. 6.211 m d. 8.422 m

5. The leather material used in an open belt drive has an ultimate strength of 5600 kPa, consider a
factor of safety of 2. The 300 mm wide and 10 mm thick belt is wire laced by a machine with an
efficiency 88%. Determine the belt pull on the tight side.

a. 7.4 kN b. 9.8 kN c. 5.6 kN d. 3.2 kN

6. Determine the belt tension ratio of an open belt drive when the peripheral belt speed is zero. The
angle of contact on the 200 mm motor is 160°. The coefficient of friction between the belt and
pulley is 0.32.

a. 5.4 b. 4.2 c. 2.3 d. 3.6

7. A 450 mm driving pulley has a relative speed of 900 rpm. The mass of the belt is 3 kilograms per
meter of belt length. Determine the load on the belt due to the centrifugal force.

a. 7.24 kN b. 5.12 kN c. 3.60 kN d. 1.35 kN

8. In an open belt drive, the power output of the driven shaft is 84 hp. The frictional loss on the shaft is
5%. Determine the power transmitted.

a. 98.65 hp b. 94.84 hp c. 84.21 hp d. 88.42 hp

9. Determine the net belt pull of an 85 kW, 275 rpm motor with 600 mm pulley.

a. 3.15 kN b. 5.34 kN c. 9.84 kN d. 7.68 kN

10. A 300 mm circular saw blade with a peripheral speed of 20 m/s is fastened to a 600 mm pulley. The
power is transmitted thru open belting with a belt slip of 3% on each pulley. Find the relative speed
of the driving shaft carrying a 300 mm pulley.

a. 2704 rpm b. 2528 rpm c. 2946 rpm d. 2371 rpm

11. The sheave diameter of the driver and driven are 5.4 inches and 15.4 inches, respectively.
Determine the center to center distance between shafts.

a. 10.7 in b. 15.8 in c. 18.5 in d. 13.6 in

12. A 55 kW, 750 rpm motor with 600 mm pulley is connected by a flat belt to a 2000 mm flywheel of a
machine. The allowable design stress of the belt is 2 MPa. The distance between shaft centers is 3
m. The coefficient of friction between the belt and pulley is 0.3. Find the width of an 8 mm medium
leather belt to be used.

a. 376 mm b. 371 mm c. 361 mm d. 366 mm