r050210804 Engineering Mechanics

Code No: R050210804 Set No.
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II B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February 2007
ENGINEERING MECHANICS
(Chemical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. A strut AB attached to the face of a vertical wall at A by a spherical hinge stands

perpendicular to the wall and is supported by two guy wires, as shown in Figure1.
At B, in a plane parallel to the wall, two forces P and Q acts as shown, Q being
horizontal and P, vertical. Find the axial forces produced in the members if P =
500 N and Q = 1000 N.
Figure 1:
2. (a) A screw jack has a pitch of 6 mm. The mean radius of the threads is 60
mm. The mean diameter of the bearing surface under the cap is 80 mm.
The coefficient of friction for all surfaces is 0.06. What turning moment is
necessary to raise 680 Kg.
(b) Determine the magnitude and direction of the friction force acting on the
1000N block shown in figure2. If, first P = 500 N and second P = 100 N. The
coefficient of static friction is 0.2, and the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.17.
The forces are applied with the block initially at rest.
3. An open flat belt drive connects two parallel shafts 1200mm apart. The driving
and driven shafts rotate at 350 r.p.m and 140 r.p.m respectively and the driven
pulley is 400 mm in diameter. The belt is 5mm thick and 80mm wide. Coefficient
of friction between belt and pulley is 0.3 and maximum permissible tension in the
belting is 1.4N/mm2 . Determine.
(a) Diameter of driving pulley.

(b) Maximum power that may be transmitted by the belting and
(c) Required initial tension in the belt. Neglect centrifugal tension.
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4. (a) Differentiate between centroid and center of gravity.

(b) Determine the product of inertia of shaded area as shown about the indicate
x-y axis.
{As shown in the Figure3}
Figure 3:
5. (a) Prove that the mass moment of inertia of a right circular cone of base radius
R and height h, with respect to a diameter of the base is M (3R2 + 2h2 )/20
where M is the mass of the cone.
(b) Calculate the mass moment of inertia of a circular cone of base radius 300mm
and height 600mm about a line which passes through the mass centre of the
cone and which is parallel to the base of the cone. The mass density of the
cone is 2500 kg/m3 [8+8]
6. (a) Maximum range of a field gun is 2000m. If a target at a distance of 1200m is

to be hit, what should be the angle of projection.
(b) A stone dropped into a well is heard to strike the water in 3.5 seconds. Find
the depth of the well assuming the velocity of sound is 335 m/sec.
7. (a) A body weighing 20N is projected up a 200 inclined plane with a velocity of
12m/s, coefficient of friction is 0.15. Find
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i. The maximum distance S, that the body will move up the inclined plane
ii. Velocity of the body when it returns to it original position.
(b) Find the acceleration of the moving loads as shown in figure4. Take mass of
P=120kg and that of Q=80Kg and coefficient of friction between surfaces of
contact is 0.3 .Also find the tension in the connecting string.
Figure 4:
8. A vertical U-tube manometer contains a liquid of mass density ρ as shown in the

(figure5). A sudden increase of pressure on one column forces the level of the liquid
down, When the pressure is released, the liquid column start vibrating. Neglecting
the frictional damping, determine the period of vibration. Comment if the period
is affected by changing the liquid, diameter of the tube or length ‘l’ of the liquid
column.
Figure 5:
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1. (a) Two forces equal to ZP and P respectively act on a particle. If first be doubled
and the second increased by 12N the direction of the resultant is unaltered,
find the value of ‘P’ ?
(b) A 675 N man stands on the middle rung of a 225 N ladder, as shown in Figure1.
Assuming a smooth wall at B and a stop at A to prevent slipping, find the
reactions at A and B.
Figure 1:
2. The vertical position of the 100-kg block is adjusted by the screw-activated wedge.
Calculate the moment M which must be applied to the handle of the screw to raise
the block. The single-threaded screw has square threads with a mean diameter of
30 mm and advances 10 mm for each complete turn. The coefficient of friction for
the screw threads is 0.25, and the coefficient of friction for all mating surfaces of
the block and wedge is 0.40. Neglect friction at the ball joint A.
3. An open belt running over two pulleys 1500 mm and 1000 mm diameters connects
two parallel shafts 48000 mm apart. The initial tension in the belt when stationary
is 3000N. If the smaller pulley is rotating at 600 r.p.m and coefficient of friction
between the belt and pulley is 0.3. Determine the power transmitted taking cen-
trifugal tension into account. The mass of belt is given as 0.6703 kg/meter length.
4. (a) From first principles deduce an expression to determine the centroid of a tri-
angle of base ‘b’ and height ‘h’
(b) Determine the centroidal co-ordinates of the shaded area as shown in figure3.
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Figure 2:
Figure 3:
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5. (a) Show that the moment of inertia of a homogenous triangular plate of weight
W with respect to its base of width b is W b2 /6g where g is the acceleration
due to gravity.
(b) A right circular cone has the radius of base as 200mm and height 500mm.
The mass density of the cone is 7800 kg/m3 . Find out the mass moment of
inertia of this cone about a line which passes through the vertex of the cone
and which is parallel to the base of the cone.
6. (a) A car starts from the rest on a straight road and travels with uniform acceler-
ation of 0.8m/s2 for the first 10sec and then travels with uniform velocity for
the next 30 sec. It then decelerates at the rate of 0.5m/s2 and comes to rest.
Determine
i. Total time taken to complete the trip
ii. Total distance travelled and
(b) A fighter plane is directly over an antiaircraft gun at time t=0 and at an
altitude of 1800m. The plane is moving with a speed of 600 km/hour. A shell
is fired at time t=0 in an attempt to hit the plane. If the muzzle velocity is
1000m/sec, find out the angle at which the gun should be held.
7. (a) A homogeneous sphere of radius of a=100mm and weight W=100N can rotate
freely about a diameter. If it starts from rest and gains, with constant angular
acceleration, an angular speed n=180rpm, in 12 revolutions, find the acting
moment. .
(b) A block starts from rest from‘A’ . If the coefficient of friction between all
surfaces of contact is 0.3, find the distance at which the block stop on the
horizontal plane. Assume the magnitude of velocity at the end of slope is
same as that at the beginning of the horizontal plane.
Figure 4:
8. Two springs of stiffness 200N/m are attached to a ball of weight 5N as shown in

the (figure5). If the ball is initially displaced by 2.5cm to the left and released, find
the period of oscillation of the ball. Find also the velocity of the ball when it passes
through the middle position.
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Figure 5:
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1. (a) Three identical cylinders, each weighing W, are stacked as shown in figure1,
on smooth inclined surfaces, each inclined at an angle ‘ θ’ with the horizontal.
Determine the smallest angle ‘θ’ to prevent stack from collapsing.
Figure 1:
(b) The boom of a crane is shown in figure2, if the weight of the boom is negligible
compared with the load W = 60 kN, find the compression in the boom and also
the limiting value of the tension ‘T’ when the boom approaches the vertical
position.
2. (a) A short right circular cylinder of weight W rests in a horizontal V-notch having
the angle 2θ as shown in figure3. If the coefficient of friction is µ, find the
horizontal force ‘P’ necessary to cause slipping to impend.
(b) A 150 wedge of negligible weight is to be driven to tighten a body B which
is supporting a vertical load of 1000N. If the coefficient of friction for all
contacting surfaces be 0.25, find the minimum force ‘P’ required to drive the
wedge. Assume the reaction of the surface y-y as zero.
3. A cross belt drive is to transmit 7.5 KW at 1000 r.p.m of the smaller pulley. The
diameter of the smallest pulley is 250mm and velocity ratio is 2. The centre distance
between the pulley is 1250mm. A flat belt of thickness 6mm and of coefficient
friction 0.3 is used over the pulleys. Determine the necessary width of the belt if
the maximum allowable stress in the belt is 1.75N/mm2 and density of the belt is
1000Kg/m3
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Figure 2:
Figure 3:
Figure 4:
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4. (a) Explain the transfer formula for product of inertia
(b) Find the moment of inertia about shaded are parallel to x – axis.
Figure 5:
5. Determine the mass moment of Inertia of the cast iron flywheel as shown in
(figure6). (cross section) with respect to the axis of rotation. The flywheel has
six elliptical spokes 30 × 40 mm in cross section. Cost iron weighs 7200 kg/m3 .
Figure 6:
6. (a) A train is uniformly accelerated and passes successive kilometer stones with
velocities of 18km/hr. and 36km/hr respectively. Calculate the velocity when
it passes the third kilometer stone. Also find the time taken for each of the
two intervals of one kilometer.
(b) A ball projected vertically upwards attains a maximum height of 400 metres.
Calculate the velocity of projection and compute the time of flight in air. At
what altitude will this ball meet a second ball projected vertically upwards 4
seconds later with a speed of 120 metres per second?
7. If Wa :Wb :Wc is in the ratio of 3:2:1 , find the accelerations of the blocks A, B, and
C. Assume that the pulleys are weightless.
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Figure 7:
8. Determine the frequency of torsional vibrations of the disc shown in (figure8) below,
if both the ends of the shaft are fixed and diameter of the shaft is 40mm. The disc
has a mass of 600Kg, and a radius of gyration of 0.4m.Taking modulus of rigidity
for the shaft material as 85GN/m2 .l1 =1m, and l2 = 0.8m.
Figure 8:
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1. (a) State and prove lamis theorem of 7m long.

(b) A prismatic bar AB is hinged at A and supported at B as shown in Figure1.
Neglecting friction, determine the reaction Rb produced at B owing to the
weight Q of the bar.
Figure 1:
2. (a) A solid right circular cone of attitude h= 305 mm and reduces of base r =
75 mm has its center of gravity ‘C’ on its geometric axis at the distance h4
above the base. This cone rests on an inclined plane AB, which makes an
angle of 300 with the horizontal and for which the coefficient of friction is µ
= 0.5. A horizontal force ‘P’ is applied to the Vertex ‘O’ of the cone of the
figure2 as shown. Find the maximum and minimum values of P consistent
with equilibrium of the cone. If the weight W = 405 N.
Figure 2:
(b) What must be the angle α between the plane faces of a steel wedge used for
splitting logs if there is to be no danger of the wedge slipping out after each
blow of the sledge?
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3. (a) Derive an expression for ratio of tensions of a belt in standard form
(b) The centre of two pulleys of diameter 120mm and 420mm are 300mm apart.
They are connected by an open belt. If the coefficient of friction for the larger
pulley be 0.28, what would be its value for the smaller pulleys simultaneously?
4. (a) From the first principles determine product of inertia for right angle triangle
of base ‘ b’ and altitude ‘ h’.
(b) State and prove transfer formula for product of inertia.
5. (a) Define mass moment of inertia and explain Transfer formula for mass moments
of inertia
(b) Derive the expression for the moment of inertia of a homogeneous sphere of
radius ‘r’ and mass density‘ w’ with reference to its diameter.
6. (a) A small grinding wheel is attached to the shaft of an electric motor which has
a rated speed of 3000r.p.m . When the power is turned on, the unit reaches
its rated speed in 5secs and when the power is turned off, the unit comes to
rest in 60secs. Assuming the acceleration to be uniform, find the number of
revolutions that the motor executes
i. in reaching its rated speed and
ii. to come to rest.
(b) A cord is wrapped around a wheel which is initially at rest as shown in (figure3)
force is applied to the cord and is gives an acceleration a=6t m/s2 where t is
in seconds. Determine
i. The angular velocities of the wheel
ii. The angular position of radial line OP as a function of time.
Figure 3:
7. (a) A homogeneous solid cylinder of weight 100 N whose axis is horizontal rotates
about its axis, in frictionless bearings under the action of the weight of a 10N
block which is carried by a rope wrapped around the cylinder. What will be
angular velocity of cylinder two seconds after the motion starts? Assume the
diameter of cylinder as 100cm.
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(b) A block of mass 5Kg resting on a 300 inclined plane is released. The block after
travelling a distance of 0.5m along the inclined plane hits a spring of stiffness
15N/cm. Find the maximum compression of spring. Assume coefficient of
friction between the block and the inclined plane is 0.2.
Figure 4:
8. A vertical U-tube manometer contains a liquid of mass density ρ as shown in the

(figure5). A sudden increase of pressure on one column forces the level of the liquid
down, When the pressure is released, the liquid column start vibrating. Neglecting
the frictional damping, determine the period of vibration. Comment if the period
is affected by changing the liquid, diameter of the tube or length ‘l’ of the liquid
column.
Figure 5:
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Code No: R050210804 Set No.

1. A strut AB attached to the face of a vertical wall at A by a spherical hinge stands

(a) Diameter of driving pulley.

4. (a) Differentiate between centroid and center of gravity.

6. (a) Maximum range of a field gun is 2000m. If a target at a distance of 1200m is

8. A vertical U-tube manometer contains a liquid of mass density ρ as shown in the

8. Two springs of stiffness 200N/m are attached to a ball of weight 5N as shown in

1. (a) State and prove lamis theorem of 7m long.

8. A vertical U-tube manometer contains a liquid of mass density ρ as shown in the

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