The radial distance from the top of a tooth to the bottom of a tooth in a meshing gear, is called
A. Dedendum
B. Addendum
C. Clearance
D. Working depth
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Flexible coupling is used because
A. It is easy to disassemble
B. It is easy to engage and disengage
C. It transmits shocks gradually
D. It prevents shock transmission and eliminates stress reversals
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In its simplest form, a cam mechanism consists of following number of links
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The steering of a ship means
A. Movement of a complete ship up and down in vertical plane about transverse axis
B. Turning of a complete ship in a curve towards right or left, while it moves forward
C. Rolling of a complete ship sideways
D. None of the above
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In a reciprocating steam engine, when the crank has turned from inner dead center through an angle θ , the angular velocity of the connecting rod is given by
A. ( n 2 − sin 2 θ ) 2 1 ω sin θ
B. ( n 2 − cos 2 θ ) 2 1 ω cos θ
C. ( n 2 − cos 2 θ ) 2 1 ω sin θ
D. ( n 2 − sin 2 θ ) 2 1 ω cos θ
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The Klein's diagram is used when
A. Crank has uniform angular velocity
B. Crank has nonuniform angular velocity
C. Crank has uniform angular acceleration
D. Crank has nonuniform angular acceleration
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Two heavy rotating masses are connected by shafts of lengths l 1 , l 2 and l 3 and the corresponding diameters are d1 , d2 and d3 . This system is reduced to a torsionally equivalent system having uniform diameter d = d1 of the shaft. The equivalent length of the shaft is
A. 3 l 1 + l 2 + l 3
B. l 1 + l 2 ( d 2 d 1 ) 3 + l 3 ( d 3 d 1 ) 3
C. l 1 + l 2 ( d 2 d 1 ) 4 + l 3 ( d 3 d 1 ) 4
D. l 1 + l 2 + l 3
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The radius of a friction circle for a shaft rotating inside a bearing is (where r = Radius of shaft and tan φ = Coefficient of friction between the shaft and bearing)
A. r sin φ
B. r cos φ
C. r tan φ
D. 2 r cos φ
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Any point on a link connecting double slider crank chain will trace a
A. Straight line
B. Circle
C. Ellipse
D. Parabola
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The method of obtaining different mechanisms by fixing in turn different links in a kinematic chain, is known as
A. Structure
B. Machine
C. Inversion
D. Compound mechanism
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Hammer blow
A. Is the maximum horizontal unbalanced force caused by the mass provided to balance the reciprocating masses.
B. Is the maximum vertical unbalanced force caused by the mass added to balance the reciprocating masses
C. Varies as the square root of the speed
D. Varies inversely with the square of the speed
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The instantaneous centers which vary with the configuration of mechanism are called
A. Permanent instantaneous centers
B. Fixed instantaneous centers
C. Neither fixed nor permanent instantaneous centers
D. None of the above
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In a radial cam, the follower moves
A. In a direction perpendicular to the cam axis
B. In a direction parallel to the cam axis
C. In any direction irrespective of the cam axis
D. Along the cam axis
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When the sleeve of a Porter governor moves downwards, the governor speed
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain unaffected
D. First increases and then decreases
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When the sleeve of a Porter governor moves upwards, the governor speed
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain unaffected
D. First increases and then decreases
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The acceleration of the particle moving with simple harmonic motion is _________ at the mean position.
A. Zero
B. Minimum
C. Maximum
D. None of these
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The velocity of a body moving with simple harmonic motion is __________ at the mean position.
A. Zero
B. Minimum
C. Maximum
D. None of these
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When the crank is at the inner dead center, in a reciprocating steam engine, then the acceleration of the piston will be
A. ω 2 r × n n + 1
B. ω 2 r × n n − 1
C. ω 2 r × n + 1 n
D. ω 2 r × n − 1 n
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When the crank is at the inner dead centre, in a reciprocating steam engine, then the velocity of the piston will be
A. Minimum
B. Zero
C. Maximum
D. None of these
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When the crank is at the outer dead centre, in a reciprocating steam engine, then the acceleration of the piston will be
A. ω 2 r × n n + 1
B. ω 2 r × n n − 1
C. ω 2 r × n + 1 n
D. ω 2 r × n − 1 n
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