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B.Tech. (ME) (2011 Onwards) / B.Tech. (Marine Engineering) (2013

Onwards) (Sem. – 3)
THEORY OF MACHINES-I
M Code: 59112
Subject Code: BTME-302
Paper ID: [A1139]
Time: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 60

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
1. SECTION-A is COMPULSORY consisting of TEN questions carrying TWO marks each.
2. SECTION-B contains FIVE questions carrying FIVE marks each and students have to
attempt any FOUR questions.
3. SECTION-C contains THREE questions carrying TEN marks each and students have
to attempt any TWO questions.

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SECTION A

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1. Write Briefly:

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a) What are rigid and resistant bodies? Elaborate.

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b) Differentiate between machine and structure.

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c) Explain the phenomenon of creep and slip in belt drives.
d) What is the purpose of clutches? Explain.
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e) How does a porter governor differ from that of a watt governor?
f) Differentiate between lower pair and, higher pair.
g) Why crowning is required on pulleys?
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h) What is the function of the flywheel? Explain by taking an example of four stroke IC
engine.
i) Write the application areas of cam.
j) What is the function of governor? How does it differ from that of a flywheel?

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 SECTION B

2. A shaft runs at 80 rpm and drives another shaft at 150 rpm through belt drive. The diameter
of the driving pulley is 600 mm. Determine the diameter of the driven pulley in the following
cases:
a) Neglecting belt thickness.
b) Taking belt thickness as 5 mm.
c) Assuming for case (b) a total slip of 4%.
d) Assuming for case (b) a slip of 2% on each pulley.
3. Explain the principle and working of rope brake dynamometer with neat and clean diagram.
4. Deduce expression for the velocity and acceleration of the follower when it moves with
simple harmonic motion.

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5. A flywheel with a mass of 3 kN has a radius of gyration of 1.6 m. Find the energy stored in
the flywheel when its speed increases from 315 rpm to 340 rpm.

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6. The distance between the steering pivots of a Davis steering gear is 1.3 m. The wheel base is
2.75 m. what will be the inclination of the track arms to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle if

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it is moving in a straight path?

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SECTION C

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7. Explain various inversions of double slider crank chains in detail with neat and clean
diagrams.

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8. In a spring loaded governor of the Hartnell type, the lengths of the horizontal and the vertical

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arms of the bell-crank lever are 40 mm and 80 mm respectively. The mass of each ball is 1.2
kg. The extreme radii of rotation of the balls are 70 mm and 105 mm. The distance of the

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fulcrum of each bell-crank lever is 75 mm from the axis of rotation of the governor. The
minimum equilibrium speed is 420 rpm and the maximum equilibrium speed is 4% higher

a) Spring stiffness,
b) Initial compression, and
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than this. Neglecting the obliquity of the arms, determine the

c) Equilibrium speed corresponding to radius of rotation of 95 mm.

9. Write notes on:
a) Pentograph.
b) Hunting of governor.
c) Coefficient of fluctuation of speed and energy.

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