The factor which affects the critical speed of a shaft is
A. Diameter of disc
B. Span of shaft
C. Eccentricity
D. All of these
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Klein's construction is useful to determine
A. Velocity of various parts
B. Acceleration of various parts
C. Displacement of various parts
D. Angular acceleration of various parts
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A rigid body possesses ________ degrees of freedom
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In higher pair, the relative motion is
A. Purely turning
B. Purely sliding
C. Purely rotary
D. Combination of sliding and turning
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A Hartnell governor is a
A. Dead weight governor
B. Pendulum type governor
C. Spring loaded governor
D. Inertia governor
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Pulley in a belt drive acts as
A. Cylindrical pair
B. Turning pair
C. Rolling pair
D. Sliding pair
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Which of the following statement is correct?
A. The periodic time of a particle moving with simple harmonic motion is the time taken by a particle for one complete oscillation.
B. The periodic time of a particle moving with simple harmonic motion is directly proportional to its angular velocity.
C. The velocity of a particle moving with simple harmonic motion is zero at the mean position.
D. The acceleration of the particle moving with simple harmonic motion is maximum at the mean position.
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Which of the following statement is correct?
A. The primary unbalanced force is less than the secondary unbalanced force
B. The primary unbalanced force is maximum twice in one revolution of the crank
C. The unbalanced force due to reciprocating masses varies in magnitude and direction both
D. The magnitude of swaying couple in locomotives is inversely proportional to the distance between the two cylinder center lines
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Which of the following statement is correct?
A. For constant velocity ratio transmission between two gears, the common normal at the point of contact must always pass through a fixed point on the line joining the centers of rotation of gears.
B. For involute gears, the pressure angle changes with the change in center distance between gears.
C. The epicyclic gear trains involve rotation of at least one gear axis about some other gear axis.
D. All of the above
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Which of the following statement is correct?
A. The power absorbed in operating the piston valve is less than D-slide valve
B. The wear of the piston valve is less than the wear of the D-slide valve
C. The D-slide valve is also called outside admission valve
D. All of the above
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In a vibrating system, if the actual damping coefficient is 40 N/m/s and critical damping coefficient is 420 N/m/s, then logarithmic decrement is equal to
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In under damped vibrating system, if x 1 and x 2 are the successive values of the amplitude on the same side of the mean position, then the logarithmic decrement is equal to
A. x 2 x 1
B. log x 2 x 1
C. log e x 2 x 1
D. log ( x 1 × x 2 )
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The two parallel and coplanar shafts are connected by gears having teeth parallel to the axis of the shaft. This arrangement is known as
A. Spur gearing
B. Helical gearing
C. Bevel gearing
D. Spiral gearing
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The type of pair formed by two elements which are so connected that one is constrained to turn or revolve about a fixed axis of another element is known as
A. Turning pair
B. Rolling pair
C. Sliding pair
D. Spherical pair
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The velocity of any point in mechanism relative to any other point on the mechanism on velocity polygon is represented by the line
A. Joining the corresponding points
B. Perpendicular to line as per (A)
C. Not possible to determine with these data
D. At 45° to line as per (A)
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Which of the following property of the instantaneous center is correct?
A. A rigid link rotates instantaneously relative to another link at the instantaneous centre for the configuration of the mechanism considered.
B. The two rigid links have no linear velocity relative to each other at the instantaneous centre.
C. The velocity of the instantaneous centre relative to any third rigid link is same whether the instantaneous centre is regarded as a point on the first rigid link or on the second rigid link.
D. All of the above
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The periodic time of a compound pendulum is __________ when the distance between the point of suspension and the center of gravity is equal to the radius of gyration of the body about its center of gravity.
A. Zero
B. Minimum
C. Maximum
D. None of these
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The pair is known as a higher pair, when the relative motion between the elements of a pair is
A. Turning only
B. Sliding only
C. Rolling only
D. Partly turning and partly sliding
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In order to give a complete secondary balance of a multi-cylinder inline engine,
A. The algebraic sum of the secondary forces must be equal to zero
B. The algebraic sum of the couples about any point in the plane of the secondary forces must be equal to zero
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of these
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In order to give the primary balance of the reciprocating parts of a multi-cylinder inline engines
A. The algebraic sum of the primary forces must be equal to zero
B. The algebraic sum of the couples about any point in the plane of the primary forces must be equal to zero
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of these
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