A cotter joint is used to connect two __________ rods.
A. Co-axial
B. Perpendicular
C. Parallel
D. None of these
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The rated life of a bearing varies
A. Directly as load
B. Inversely as square of load
C. Inversely as cube of load
D. Inversely as fourth power of load
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The bending stress in a curved beam is
A. Zero at the centroidal axis
B. Zero at the point other than centroidal axis
C. Maximum at the neutral axis
D. None of these
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The centre to centre distance between two consecutive rivets in a row, is called
A. Margin
B. Pitch
C. Back pitch
D. Diagonal pitch
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In a gear, having Involute teeth, the normal to the Involute is a tangent to the
A. Base circle
B. Pitch circle
C. Addendum circle
D. Dedendum circle
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According to Unwin's formula, the relation between the diameter of rivet hole (d) and the thickness of plate (t) is given by (where d and t are in mm)
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In a boundary lubricated bearing, there is a __________ of lubricant between the journal and the bearing.
A. Thick film
B. Thin film
C. Either A or B
D. None of these
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The edges of the plates for cylindrical vessels are usually bevelled to an angle of 80° for
A. Reducing stress concentration
B. Ease of manufacture
C. Safety
D. Fullering and caulking
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Transverse fillet welded joints are designed for
A. Tensile strength
B. Compressive strength
C. Shear strength
D. Bending strength
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In a flange coupling, the bolts are subjected to
A. Tensile stress
B. Compressive stress
C. Shear stress
D. None of these
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A V-belt designated as B 4430 LP has
A. 4430 mm as diameter of small pulley
B. 4430 mm as nominal pitch length
C. 4430 mm as diameter of large pulley
D. 4430 mm as centre distance between pulleys
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When the bearing is subjected to large fluctuations of load and heavy impacts, the bearing characteristic number should be _________ the bearing modulus.
A. 10 times
B. 5 times
C. 15 times
D. 20 times
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When the shaft rotates in anticlockwise direction at slow speed in a bearing, it will
A. Have contact at the bottom most of the bearing
B. Move towards right of the bearing making no metal to metal contact
C. Move towards right of the bearing making the metal to metal contact
D. Move towards left of the bearing making metal to metal contact
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When the shaft rotates in anticlockwise direction at high speed in a bearing, it will
A. Have contact at the bottom most of the bearing
B. Move towards right of the bearing making metal to metal contact
C. Move towards right of the bearing making no metal to metal contact
D. Move towards left of the bearing making metal to metal contact
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The objective of idler pulley in belt drive is to
A. Decrease the tendency of belt to slip
B. Increase the power transmission capacity
C. Increase the wrap angle and belt tension
D. All the above objectives
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The objective of 'crowning' of the flat pulleys of belt drive is to
A. Prevent the belt from running off the pulley
B. Increase the power transmission capacity
C. Increase the belt velocity
D. Prevent the belt joint from damaging the belt surface
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If T1 and T2 are the tensions on the tight and slack sides of the belt respectively and TC is the centrifugal tension, then initial tension in the belt is equal to
A. T1 - T2 + TC
B. T1 + T2 + TC
C. 2 T 1 − T 2 + T C
D. 2 T 1 + T 2 + T C
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The size of a cam depends upon
A. Base circle
B. Pitch circle
C. Prime circle
D. Pitch curve
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The shearing stresses in the inner face as compared to outer face of the wire in a heavy close coiled spring is
A. Larger
B. Smaller
C. Equal
D. Larger/smaller depending on diameter of spring coil
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In a horizontal flat belt drive, it is customary to use
A. Bottom side of belt as slack side
B. Top side of belt as slack side
C. Idler pulley
D. None of the above
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