EXECUTIVES Challenge Qualifying Exam

January 03, 2014

1. A propeller shaft in a ship is 350 mm in diameter. The allowable shear stress is 50 MPa and the allowable in 15
diameter of length. If G = 85 GPa, determine the allowable torque that the shaft can transmit. Determine the
safest torque to be applied in kN-m

2. Compute the shearing stress in the pin at B for the

member supported as shown. The pin is 25 mm.

3. The lap joint shown is fastened by 4 in rivets.

Calculate the maximum safe load P (in kilopounds) that
can be applied if the shearing stress in rivets is limited to
14 ksi, the bearing stress in the plates is limited to 18 ksi
and plate capacity is 16 ksi. Assume the applied load is
uniformly distributed among the four rivets.

4. The A36 core is inserted to an aluminum pipe. It is

subjected to a tensile force of 200 kN. Determine the
forces acting on each member. The pipe has an outer
diameter of 100 mm and an inner diameter of 80 mm.
Esteel = 200 GPa and Ealuminum = 70 GPa

5. The rigid bar AB, attached to two vertical rods as shown,

is horizontal before load P is applied. Determine the the
vertical movement of P if P = 50 kN.

6. The v-s graph for the car is given for the first
500 ft of its motion. Determine the function of
acceleration with respect to displacements..

7. Water flows at a rate of Q = 25ft3/s from point A to B on a given pipe system. Given the following pipe properties
2

and knowing that head loss HL = KQ (where HL is in feet, Q is ft /s and k is a constant). Determine the head loss
from A to B in ft.
PIPE

1.5

1.75

2.5

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EXECUTIVES Challenge Qualifying Exam

January 03, 2014
8. A compound pipe consists of three pipes connected in series for water distribution. The first pipe has a length 200
m, diameter of 300 mm and Darcy-Weisbach friction factor f = 0.025. The second pipe has a length 250 m,
diameter of 200 mm and Mannings roughness coefficient n =
0.0015. The third pipe has a length 225 m, diameter of 250
mm and a Hazen William coefficient C = 110. If the pipe
system carries a flow rate of 800 L/sec, determine the power
loss throughout the pipe system in kW.

9. A pump draws water from reservoir A and lifts it to reservoir B

as shown. The loss of head from A to 1 is 3 times the velocity
head in the 150 mm pipe and the loss of head from 2 to B is
25 times the velocity head in the 100 mm pipe. When the
discharge is 25 liters/ sec, compute the input power of the
pump in kilowatts at 60% efficiency

10. An engineer designed a compound outlet tank that composed

to cylinder and hemisphere carries water up to the brim. A 50
mm diameter orifice is located the bottom of the tank. The
cylinder is 5 m in diameter and 10 m high while the hemisphere is 3 m in radius. Determine the total time to empty
the entire content of the tank.

11. Gate AB is in a form of regular hexagon as shown in the figure

weighing 45 kN, hinged at A and is restrained by a stop at B. If
the h = 20 m, compute the center of pressure in meters.

12. Gate AB is 16 ft long and 8 ft wide carries

13. Given a 20 ft long L-shape gate to prevent water

an 11,000 lb weight. Neglecting the weight

of the gate, compute the water level h for
which the gate will start to fall. Assume that
the pulley is frictionless.

from spilling out of the dam as shown. Assuming

that the gate will remain in the shown position,
determine the hydrostatic force acting on side AB
and the hydrostatic force acting on side BC if the
height h = 15 ft.

14. A cylindrical body turns in a container at constant speed of 10 rad/sec. A uniform 0.005-mm film of oil with
-3

viscosity 8 x 10 Pa-s separates the cylinder from the container walls. What torque in kN-m is required to
maintain this motion, if the cylinder has a radius of 400 mm and a height of 800 mm?

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EXECUTIVES Challenge Qualifying Exam

January 03, 2014

15. Calculate the weight of the piston if the

gage pressure reading is 270.0 kPa.

16. A manometer is attached to a tank containing three different fluids as shown. Determine the value of y in
millimeters of the mercury column in the manometer.

19. Determine the reaction at A

17. Determine the moment of inertia about X-axis

18. Determine the moment of inertia about Y-axis
20. The solution of the D.E.
3x

y = xe
y(0) = 0 is
21. Find the general solution of the differential equation (2x + 3y)dx + (3x 4y) dy = 0

22. Find the orthogonal trajectories of the family of curves y2 = cx

23. A body weighing 64 lb is dropped from a certain height with an initial velocity of 10 ft/s. Assume that air resistance
is proportional to the velocity of the body. If the limiting velocity is known to be 128 ft/s, find the position of the
2
body after 5 seconds. g = 32 ft/s . What is the position after 3 seconds?

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January 03, 2014
24. The rate at which the body cools is proportional to the difference in temperature between the body and the
0

surrounding atmosphere. If body in air at 20 C cools from

0
temperature be 65 C?

100 C to 70 C

in 3 minutes. When will the

25. A tank contains 50 gal of water. Brine containing 2 pounds per gal flows into the tank at the rate of 2 gal/min and
the mixture kept uniform by stirring runs out at the same rate. How long will it take before the quantity of salt in the
tank is 50 lbs?

26. Find the differential equation of the family of lines passing through the origin.
27. Solve y 2y + y = 2cos5t
28. Let f be a function such that f(x) = 6x + 8. What is the value of f(x) if the graph of f is tangent to the line 3x y
= 2 at the point ( 0, -2).

29. At any time t >= 0, the velocity of the particle traveling along the x axis is given by the differential equation
dx
10x 60e 4t
dt
. Find the general solution of the nonhomogenous differential equation.

30. A particle moves along the curve defined by the equation y = x3 3x. The x coordinate of the particle x(t) satisfies
dx
1
the equation
for t 0 with x(0) = -4. Find the speed of the particle when t = 4.

dt
2t 1
31. Find the solution of the differential equation x2y + xy + y = 0
32. It is a representation of an object that uses the full scale dimension of the object. For example if the length, width
and height of the object is 2 cm, 3 cm and 4 cm respectively, the object will be drawn as it is.

33. These are family of lines in spaces that nonparallel but not intersecting.
34. The top view on an object is the ________________ of the object.
35. It is a set of drawings that viewing the three principal planes of a three dimensional object in two-dimensional
fashion.

36. It is a representation of an object based on what a person see.

37. What does FCC stands for?
38. It is defined as one ten billionth of a meter.
39. It is the ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure.
40. These are inorganic, non-metallic materials made from compounds of a metal and a non metal. These materials
may be crystalline or partly crystalline. They are formed by the action of heat and subsequent cooling.

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