MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE;: MADANAPALLE

I B Tech II Mid term Examinations: Feb 2011

Engineering Mechanics (Conventional)

(Mechanical Engineering) Date:23/02/2011 Time: 90 min Answer any three of the following
1 A screw jack raises a load of 40 KN. The screw is square threaded having 3 threads per 20 mm length and 40 mm in diameter. Calculate the force required at the end of a lever 400 mm long measured from axis of screw, if coefficient of friction between screw and nut is 0.12. 2 3 (a) (b) 4 (a) (b) Determine the center of gravity of solid hemisphere of radius `r' from the diametral axis. State and prove the perpendicular axis theorem of moment of inertia. From basic principles, determine the moment of inertia of a rectangle about the centroidal x-axis as well as centroidal y-axis. Explain the types of friction with examples. Two equal bodies A and B of weight `W' each are placed on a rough inclined plane. The bodies are connected by a light string. If A = 1/2 and B = 1/3, show that the bodies will be both on the 5 (a)
(b)

Max.Marks:30

point of motion when the plane is inclined at tan-1 (5/12). Determine centriod for the rectangle lamina, having a width of b" and height of h". Determine the centriod for triangular lamina, having a base b" and height h".

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE; MADANAPALLE

I B Tech II Mid term Examinations: Feb 2011

Engineering Mechanics (Conventional)

Date:23/02/2011

(Mechanical Engineering) Time: 90 min Answer any three of the following

Max.Marks:30

A screw jack raises a load of 40 KN. The screw is square threaded having 3 threads per 20 mm length and 40 mm in diameter. Calculate the force required at the end of a lever 400 mm long measured from axis of screw, if coefficient of friction between screw and nut is 0.12.

2 3 (a) (b) 4 (a) (b)

Determine the center of gravity of solid hemisphere of radius `r' from the diametral axis. State and prove the perpendicular axis theorem of moment of inertia. From basic principles, determine the moment of inertia of a rectangle about the centroidal x-axis as well as centroidal y-axis. Explain the types of friction with examples. Two equal bodies A and B of weight `W' each are placed on a rough inclined plane. The bodies are connected by a light string. If A = 1/2 and B = 1/3, show that the bodies will be both on the point of motion when the plane is inclined at tan-1 (5/12). Determine centriod for the rectangle lamina, having a width of b" and height of h". Determine the centriod for triangular lamina, having a base b" and height h".

(a)
(b)

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE; MADANAPALLE

I B Tech II Mid term Examinations: Feb 2011

Engineering Mechanics (Objective)

(Mechanical Engineering)

Date:23/02/2011
Roll No.

Time: 20min
Name

Max.Marks: 10

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The centre of gravity of a semi circle lies at a distance of . From its base measured along the vertical radius. (a) 3r/8 (b) 4r/3 (c) 8r /3 (d) 3r/4 The centre of gravity of a trapezium with parallel sides a and b lies at a distance y from the base b, the value of y is (a) h(2a+b)/(a+b) (b){ h(2a+b)} / {2(a+b)} c) { h(2a+b)} / {3(a+b)} (d) { h(2a+b)} / {4(a+b)}

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The centre of gravity of a right circular cone is at distance of .. From its base , measured along the vertical axis. Where h is height of right circular cone. (a) h/2 (b)h/3 (c) h/4 (d) h/6

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The term centroid is strictly applicable in case of (a) any geometric figure (b) material body without effect of mass(c) none of these(d) both a and b Moment of inertia is the (a) second moment of force (b) second moment of area (c) second moment of mass(d) all of these

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The unit of moment of inertia of an area is (a) kg-m2 (b) kg-m-s2 (c) kg / m2
The unit of mass moment of inertia in S.I. units is kg m2 (a) True (b) False

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The moment of inertia of a thin disc of mass m and radius r, about an axis through its centre of gravity and perpendicular to the plane of the disc is (a) mr2/2 (b) mr2/4 (c) mr2/6 (d) mr2/8

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The second moment of area about centroidal x-axis of a rectangle having width b and height h will be (a) bh3/12 (b) bh3/3 (c) hb3/12 (d) hb3/3 Izz of a lamina about z-axis perpendicular to x-y plane is equal to (a) Ixx + Iyy (b) Ixx - Iyy (c) Ixx x Iyy (d) Ixx / Iyy Radius of gyration with reference to centroidal x-axis of a plane geometric figure having area A is (a) I xx / A (b) I yy / A (c) Izz / A (d) none of these
The friction experienced by a body, when at rest, is known as (a) static friction (b) dynamic friction (c) limiting friction(d) coefficient friction The angle of the inclined plane at which a body just begins to slide down the plane, is called helix angle (a) True (b) False Coefficient of friction is the ratio of the limiting friction to the normal reaction between the two bodies (a) Yes (b) No In a screw jack, the effort required to lower the load is the effort required to raise the same load (a) less than (b) equal to (c) more than The coefficient of friction depends on a) nature of surface (b) area of contact (c) shape of surface (d) strength of surface

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The efficiency of a screw jack its maximum, when (a) = 45 0 + / 2 (b) = 45 0 / 2

(c) = 90 0 +

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(d) none of these

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The term second moment of area is strictly applicable for (a) a line (b) any plane geometric figure (c) both a line and any plane geometric figure

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Rotating a right triangular area about any non-intersecting axis by an amount 3600 generates volume of a (a) cylinder (b) sphere (c) hemisphere (d) cone Static friction is always .. dynamic friction (a) equal to (b) less than (c) greater than

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