UNIT-I

FORCE ANALYSIS

1. What is free body diagram?

2. Define static force analysis.
3. Differentiate between static and dynamic equilibrium.
4. Define applied and constraint forces.
5. Differentiate between static force analysis and dynamic force analysis.
6. Define inertia force.
7. Define inertia torque.
8. State D’Alembert’s principle.
9. State the principle of superposition.
10. Define piston effort.
11. Define crank effort and crank-pin effort.
12. What is meant by turning moment diagram or crank effort diagram?
13. Explain the term maximum fluctuation of energy in fly wheel.
14. Define coefficient of fluctuation of energy.
15. Define coefficient of fluctuation of speed.
16. Define coefficient of steadiness.
17. Why flywheels are needed in forging and pressing operations?
18. What is cam dynamics?
19. Define unbalance and spring surge.
20. Define windup. What is the remedy for camshaft windup?
21. What are the effect and causes of windup?
22. Define applied and constrained forces?
23. Why flywheels are need in forging of pressing operation?
24. What will two forces member is in equilibrium?
25. What type of load the roller and taper roller bearing will take?
26. Define crank effort?
27. Define crank pin effort?
28. Why a roller follower is preferred in to that of knife edge follower?
29. Why single cylinder engine needs large flywheel?
30. Explain windup?
31. Why engine is shaking?
32. Distinguish between radial cam and cylindrical cam?
33. What is the function of flywheel?
 UNIT-II
BALANCING

1. What is meant by balancing of rotating masses?

2. Why rotating masses are to be dynamically balanced?
3. Define static balancing.
4. Define dynamic balancing.
5. State the conditions for static and dynamic balancing.
6. State the conditions for complete balance of several masses revolving in different planes of a
shaft.
7. Why complete balancing is not possible in reciprocating engine?
8. Can a single cylinder engine be fully balanced? Why?
9. Differentiate between the unbalanced force caused due to rotating and reciprocating masses.
10. Why are the cranks of a locomotive, with two cylinders, placed at 90° to each other?
11. List the effects of partial balancing of locomotives.
12. Define swaying couple.
13. Define hammer blow with respect to locomotives.
14. What are the effects of hammer blow and swaying couple?
15. Define direct and reverse cranks.
16. What for the balancing machines are used?
17. What are different types of balancing machines?
18. What are the effects of hammer blow and swaying couple?
19. Define direct and reverse crank?
20. What for balancing machines are used?
21. What are the needs for balancing of rotating masses particularly in high speed engines?
22. Distinguish between unbalanced forces caused due to rotating and reciprocating masses?
23. List down the types of planes considering for uncoupled and coupled locomotives?
24. Mention any two methods to avoid derailment of the locomotives?
25. Define tractive force in a two cylinder locomotive engine?
26. State principle of super position?
27. Write a note on firing order to balancing of reciprocating masses in multi cylinder engine?
28. Define torsional pendulum?
29. Why radial engines are preferred?
30. What are the conditions for satisfying for complete balancing in inline engine?

UNIT-III
FREE VIBRATION
 1. What are the causes and effect of vibration?
2. Define frequency, cycle, period and free vibration.
3. What are the different types of vibrations?
4. State different method of finding natural frequency of a system.
5. What is meant by free vibration and forced vibration?
6. Define resonance.
7. What is meant by degrees of freedom in a vibrating system?
8. What is the natural frequency of simple spring mass system?
9. Determine the natural frequency of mass of 10kgsuspended at the bottom of two
10. Springs (of stiffness: 5N/mm and 8N/mm) in series.
11. What is the effect of inertia on the shaft in longitudinal and transverse vibrations?
12. State the expression for the frequency of simple pendulum.
13. Give the expression for natural frequency of water, which oscillates in an ‘U’tube
manometer?
14. What are the different types of damping?
15. Draw the schematic diagram of a free damped vibration system and write the governing
16. Differential equation of the system.
17. Sketch the Time Vs Displacement for under-damped and over-damped systems.
18. What is the limit beyond which damping is detrimental and why?
19. What is meant by critical damping?
20. What type of motion is exhibited by a vibrating system when it is critically damped?
21. Define critical or whirling speed.
22. What are the factors that affect the critical speed of a shaft?
23. What are the causes of critical speed?
24. Differentiate between transverse and tensional vibrations?
25. Define degree of freedom?
26. What are the various types of damping?
27. Define magnification?
28. Define logarithmic decrement?
29. What you meant by correction couple?
30. Define transmissibility?
31. State frequency natural of tensional vibration of a simple system?
32. What is meant by harmonic forcing?
33. What is the simple frequency of simple spring mass system?
34. Give an application of critical damping?
35. Define whirling speed of shaft?
36. Explain briefly the tar logarithmic decrement as applied to damped vibration?
37. What is the equivalent spring stiffness?
38. State the frequency of simple pendulum?

UNIT-IV
FORCED VIBRATION

1. Define damping ratio or damping factor.

2. Define logarithmic decrement.
3. Give equation for damping factor ζ and damped frequency add
4. What is meant by harmonic forcing?
5. What is the relationship between frequencies of undamped and damped vibration?
6. What is meant by dynamic magnifier or magnification factor?
7. Define transmissibility.
8. Define transmissibility ratio or isolation factor.
9. What is vibration isolation?
10. Sketch the graph for (ω/ωn) Vs Transmissibility for different values of damping factor.
11. What is the role of transmission ratio?
12. Give an application of critical damping?
13. Define node in the case of vibration?
14. What is the need for force of vibration?
15. When does resonance take place in a system?
16. Give expression for natural frequency of free transverse vibration by equilibrium method?
17. What is meant by forced vibration & give example?
18. List out the material used for vibration isolation .also which means material is most suitable for
compressible loads?
19. Write down expression for amplitude of forced vibration?
20. What are the isolation material?
21. Define amplitude transmissibility?
22. What are the types of isolation?
23. Define Vibration isolation?
24. What are the isolating materials?
25. What are types external excitation?

UNIT-V
MECHANISMS FOR CONTROL

1. What is the function of governor?

2. How governors are classified?
 3. Differentiate between governors and fly wheel.
4. What is meant by sensitiveness of a governor?
5. What is the effect of friction on the governor?
6. Define coefficient of sensitiveness.
7. What is meant by hunting?
8. What is meant by isochronous conditions governor?
9. Give application of gyroscopic principle.
10. What is gyroscopic torque?
11. What is the effect of gyroscopic couple on rolling of ship? Why?
12. Define gyroscopic couple.
13. Write expression for gyroscopic couple?
14. What is the effect of gyroscopic couple?
15. What is the principle of inertia governors?
16. Define power governor?
17. What is meant by hunting?
18. What is meant by isochronous condition in governors?
19. What is the principle of working of centrifugal governor?
20. What is the principle of inertia governors?
21. What is equilibrium speed?
22. Explain controlling force?
23. Explain governor effect?
24. Explain sensitiveness of governors/
25. Define coefficient of governors?
26. Explain the term stability of governor?
27. What is controlling force diagram?
28. What are the uses of controlling force diagram?
29. Define steering?
30. Define pitching?
31. Why there is no effect of the gyroscopic couple acting on the body of a ship during rolling?
32. Explain gyroscopic couple.
33. . Discuss the effect of the gyroscopic couple on a 2 wheeled vehicle when taking a turn.