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Dynamics of Machinery (2012 Course) Class Test - II Academic Year-2017-2018. (Total 1 Hour) (Max. Marks:30)

This document contains a class test for a Dynamics of Machinery course from the 2017-2018 academic year. The test has 6 questions with a total of 30 marks. Question 1 involves explaining the concept of a torsionally equivalent shaft and finding the natural frequencies and mode shapes of a torsional system. Question 2 involves calculating the damping constant and spring stiffness of an accelerometer and writing a short note on time and frequency domain vibration analysis. Question 3 involves using a seismic instrument to find vibration parameters of a machine and writing a note on FFT analyzers. Question 4 involves calculating sound power levels and explaining wavelength and sound velocity. Questions 5 and 6 involve defining terms related to sound reflection, absorption, and human hearing mechanisms.

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Dynamics of Machinery (2012 Course) Class Test - II Academic Year-2017-2018. (Total 1 Hour) (Max. Marks:30)

This document contains a class test for a Dynamics of Machinery course from the 2017-2018 academic year. The test has 6 questions with a total of 30 marks. Question 1 involves explaining the concept of a torsionally equivalent shaft and finding the natural frequencies and mode shapes of a torsional system. Question 2 involves calculating the damping constant and spring stiffness of an accelerometer and writing a short note on time and frequency domain vibration analysis. Question 3 involves using a seismic instrument to find vibration parameters of a machine and writing a note on FFT analyzers. Question 4 involves calculating sound power levels and explaining wavelength and sound velocity. Questions 5 and 6 involve defining terms related to sound reflection, absorption, and human hearing mechanisms.

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Dynamics of Machinery (2012 Course)

Class Test –II


Academic Year-2017-2018.
[Total 1 Hour] [Max. Marks:30]

Q1) a) Explain the concept of torsionally equivalent shaft. [4]


b) Find the natural frequencies and mode shapes for the torsional system shown in Fig. 3. [6]
Assume J1 = J0, J2 = 2J0 and stiffness for each spring as k t .

Fig. 3
OR
Q2) a) An accelerometer has a suspended mass of 0.01 kg with a damped natural frequency of [6]
vibration of 150 Hz. It is mounted on an engine running at 6000 rpm and undergoes an
acceleration of 1 g. The instrument records an acceleration of 9.5 m/s2 . Find the
damping constant and the spring stiffness of the accelerometer.
b) Write a short note on prediction of vibration failure using time and frequency domain [4]
analysis of vibration signals.

Q3) a) For finding vibration parameters of a machine running at 260 rpm, a seismic instrument [5]
is used. The natural frequency of the instrument is 7 Hz and the recorded displacement is
6 mm. Determine the displacement, velocity and acceleration of the vibrating machine
assuming no damping.
b) Write a short note on : FFT analyzer [5]
OR
Q4) a) Determine the sound power level of a source generating: [5]
i) 0.5W ii) 1.5W iii) 2.2 W iv) 3W of sound power
b) Explain the following terms : i) Wavelength ii) Velocity of sound [5]

Q5) a) Define the following terms : i) Reflection coefficient ii) Absorption coefficient [4]
b) Draw and explain the main components of human hearing mechanism. [6]
OR
Q6) a) Explain the following terms : Decibel scale, Sound power level [4]
b) Show that if the sound pressure is doubled, the sound pressure level increases by six [6]
decibels.

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