VELAMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI 600 066

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

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MODEL EXAM
Course Code & Name: ME8594 / Dynamics of Machines Year / Sem : III/V
Date: 12-10-2019 Marks : 60
Part A (30 x2 = 60 Marks)

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1 CO 1 2 P1 Differentiate Differentiate between static and dynamic equilibrium.
2 CO 1 1 P1 State State D’Alembert’s principle.
3 CO 1 1 P1 State State the principle of super position.
4 CO 1 1 P2 What What do you understand by the fluctuations of energy and maximum fluctuation of
energy?
5 CO 1 1 P1 Define Define coefficient of fluctuation of speed.
6 CO 1 1 P1 What What are the uses of Turning Moment Diagrams?
7 CO 2 1 P1 What Why balancing of dynamic forces are necessary?
8 CO 2 1 P1 State State the conditions for complete balance of several masses revolving in different
planes of a shaft?
9 CO 2 1 P2 Why Why complete balancing is not possible in reciprocating engine?
10 CO 2 1 P2 Why Why are the cranks of a locomotive, with two cylinders, placed in 90o to each other?
11 CO 2 1 P1 What What are the effect of hammer blow and swaying couple?
12 CO 2 1 P2 What What are the conditions to be satisfied for complete balance of in-line engine?
13 CO 3 1 P1 What What is meant by free vibration and forced vibration?
14 CO 3 1 P1 What What is meant by degrees of freedom or movability in a vibrating system?
15 CO 3 2 P2 Give Give the expression for natural frequency of water, which oscillates in a ‘U’ tube
manometer?
16 CO 3 1 P2 What What are the factors that affect the critical speed of a shaft?
17 CO 3 2 P1 Explain Explain the Dunkerley's method used in natural transverse vibration?
18 CO 3 1 P1 Define Define torsional equivalent shaft.
19 CO 3 2 P1 Differentiate Differentiate between transverse and torsional vibration.
20 CO 4 1 P1 What What is meant by dynamic magnifier or magnification factor?
21 CO 4 1 P1 Define Define logarithmic decrement.
22 CO 4 1 P1 What What is meant by harmonic forcing?
23 CO 4 1 P1 What What are the causes of critical speed?
24 CO 4 1 P1 Define Define transmissibility
25 CO 5 2 P1 Differentiate Differentiate the function of flywheel and governor.
26 CO 5 1 P1 What What is meant by sensitiveness of governors?
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governors?
28 CO 5 1 P1 What What is meant by isochronous condition in governors?
29 CO 5 1 P1 Define Define gyroscopic couple.
30 CO 5 1 P1 What What is the effect of gyroscopic couple on rolling of ship? Why?
 Part B (5x13 = 65 Marks)
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11a CO1 3 P2 Determine The crank and connecting rod of a vertical single cylinder gas engine running at 1800
rpm are 60 mm and 240 mm respectively. The diameter of the piston is 80 mm and the
mass of the reciprocating parts is 1.2 kg. At a point during the power stroke when the
piston has moved 20 mm from the top dead centre, the pressure on the piston is 800
kN/m2. Determine the i) Net force on the piston, ii) Thrust in the connecting rod, iii)
Thrust on the sides of the cylinder walls, iv) The engine speed at which the above
values are zero.
11b CO1 3 P2 Determine The turning moment diagram for a multi-cylinder engine has been drawn to a vertical
scale of 1mm = 650 Nm and a horizontal scale of 1mm = 1.5°. The areas above and
below the mean torque line are - 28, +380, 260, +310, -300, +242, 380, +265 and –
229 mm2. The fluctuation of speed is limited to ± 1.8% of the mean speed which is
400 rpm. The density of the rim material is 7000 kg/m 3 and the width of the rim is 4.5
times its thickness. The centrifugal stress in the rim material is limited to 6 N/mm 2.
Neglecting the effect of the boss, and the arms, determine the diameter and the cross-
section of the flywheel rim.
12 a CO2 3 P2 Determine A shaft carries four masses in parallel planes A, B, C, and D in this order along its
length. The masses at Band Care 20 kg and 15 kg respectively, and each has an
eccentricity of 60 mm. The masses at A and D have eccentricity of 80 mm. The angle
between the masses at Band C is 100° and that between the masses at B and A is 190°,
both being measured in the same direction. The axial distance between the planes A
and Bis 100 mm and that between Band C is 200 mm. If the shaft is in complete
dynamic balance, determine the magnitude of the masses at A and D, the distance
between the planes A and D and the angular position of the mass at D.
12 b CO2 3 P3 Determine The following data apply to an outside cylinder uncoupled locomotive: Mass of a
rotating parts per cylinder =360 kg; mass of reciprocating parts per cylinder=300 kg;
angle between cranks=90o; crank radius =0.3 m; cylinder centres=1.75m; radius of
balance masses=0.75; wheel centres=1.45m. If whole of the rotating and two thirds of
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 reciprocating parts are to be balanced in planes of the driving wheels, find (i)
magnitude and angular positions of balance masses, (ii) speed in kilometres per hour
at which the wheel will lift of the rails when the load on each driving wheel is 300 kN
and the diameter of tread of driving wheels is 1.8m and (iii) swaying couple at speed
arrived at in (ii) above.

The mass of a single degree damped vibrating, system is 7.5 kg and makes 24 free
oscillations in 14 seconds when disturbed from its equilibrium position. The amplitude
13a CO3 3 P3 Determine of vibration reduces to 0.25 of its initial value after five oscillations. Determine: i)
Stiffness of the spring, (ii) Logarithmic decrement, and (iii) Damping factor.

A vertical steel shaft 15 mm diameter is held in long bearings 1 metre apart and carries
at its middle a disc of mass 15 kg. The eccentricity of the centre of gravity of the disc
from the centre of the rotor is 0.30 mm. The modulus of elasticity for the shaft
13b CO3 3 P3 material is 200 GN/m2 and the permissible stress is 70 MN/m2. Determine: 1. The
critical speed of the shaft and 2. The range of speed over which it is unsafe to run the
shaft. Neglect the mass of the shaft.

Calculate A single-cylinder vertical petrol engine of total mass of 200 kg is mounted upon a
steel chassis frame. The vertical static deflection of the frame is 2.4 mm due to the
weight of the engine. The mass of the reciprocating parts is 9 kg and the stroke of the
14a CO4 3 P2 piston is 160 mm with SHM. If dashpot of damping coefficient of 1 N/mm/s is used to
dampen the vibrations, calculate at steady state, the amplitude of forced vibrations at
500 rpm engine speed and the speed of driving shaft at which resonance will occur.

14b CO4 Determine The mass of an electric motor is 120 kg and it runs at 1500 rpm. The armature mass is
35 kg and its C.G lies 0.5 mm from the axis of rotation. The motor is mounted on five
3 P3 springs of negligible damping so that the force transmitted is one-eleventh of the
impressed force. Assume that the mass of the motor is equally distributed among the
five springs. Determine: (i) Stiffness of each spring. (ii) Dynamic force transmitted to
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 the base at the operating speed (iii) Natural frequency of the system

Determine The arms of a Porter governor are 250 mm long. The upper arms are pivoted on the
axis of revolution, but the lower arms are attached to a sleeve at a distance of 50 mm
from the axis of rotation. The weight of the sleeve is 600 N and the weight of each ball
15a CO5 3 P2 is 80 N. Determine the equilibrium speed when the radius of rotation of the balls is
150 mm. If the friction is equivalent to a load of 25 N at the sleeve, determine the
range of speed for this position.

Determine A ship propelled by a turbine rotor which has a mass of 5 tonnes and a speed of 2100
r.p.m. The rotor has a radius of gyration of 0.5 m and rotates in a clockwise direction
when viewed from the stern. Find the gyroscopic effects in the following conditions:
(i) The ship sails at a speed of 30 km/h and steers to the left in a curve having 60 m
radius. (ii) The ship pitches 6 degree above and 6 degree below the horizontal
position. The bow is descending with its maximum velocity. The motion due to
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pitching is simple harmonic and the periodic time is 20 seconds. (iii) The ship rolls
and at a certain instant it has an angular velocity of 0.03 rad/s clockwise when viewed
from stern. Determine also the maximum angular acceleration during pitching.
Explain how the direction of motion due to gyroscopic effect is determined in each
case.

Part C (1 x15= 15 Marks)

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Total no. of Questions Figure 1 8shows a simple
8 model 10of a motor 8vehicle that8 can vibrate in the vertical
Total marks allotted direction38while traveling
38 over a rough
55 road. 51
The vehicle38has a mass of 1200 kg. The
suspension system has a spring constant of 400 kN/m and a damping ratio of 0.5. If
the vehicle speed is 20 km/hr, determine the displacement amplitude of the vehicle.
The road surface varies sinusoidally with an amplitude of and a wavelength of 6 m.
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16a CO4 3 P3 Determine

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Determine The disc of a torsional pendulum has a moment of inertia of 0.068 kg-m 2 and it
immersed· in a viscous fluid. The brass shaft (C = 40 GN/m 2) attached to it is of 10
mm diameter and 380 mm length, When the pendulum is vibrating the amplitudes
16b CO3 3 P3 on the same side of the rest position for successive cycles are 5 o, 3o and 1.8°.
Determine (i) the logarithmic decrement, (ii) the damping torque at unit velocity (iii)
the periodic time of vibration. What would be the frequency of vibrations if the disc
were removed from the viscous fluid?

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