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This document contains a problem set from a Machine Design I course involving the design and sizing of keys for connecting various machine components like gears, pulleys, and shafts. It provides 5 multi-part problems calculating key sizes, materials, and horsepower capacities based on given component materials, sizes, speeds, and loads. Design factors of safety and standard key dimensions are also considered. The goal is to determine the appropriate key type, size, material, and number needed to safely transmit power between rotating components.

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Problem Set 4A

This document contains a problem set from a Machine Design I course involving the design and sizing of keys for connecting various machine components like gears, pulleys, and shafts. It provides 5 multi-part problems calculating key sizes, materials, and horsepower capacities based on given component materials, sizes, speeds, and loads. Design factors of safety and standard key dimensions are also considered. The goal is to determine the appropriate key type, size, material, and number needed to safely transmit power between rotating components.

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Mechanical Engineering
Course Title: Machine Design I PROBLEM SET
First Semester, A.Y. 2023-2024

1. A cast-steel gear (SAE 0030), with a pitch diameter of 36 in., is transmitting 75 hp at 210 rpm to a rock
crusher, and is keyed to a 3-in. shaft (AISI 1045, as rolled); the key is made of AISI C1020, cold drawn. For
a design factor of 4 based on yield strength, what should be the length of (a) a square key, (b) flat key?
(c) Would either of these keys be satisfactory?

2. An electric motor delivers 50 hp at 1160 rpm to a 1 5/8 in. shaft (AISI 13B45, OQT 1100 F). Keyed to
this shaft is a cast-steel (SAE 080, N & T) pulley whose hub is 2 in. long. The loading may be classified as
mild shock. Decide upon a key for this pulley (material), investigating both flat and square keys.

3. A cast-steel (SAE 080, N & T) pulley, attached to a 2-in. shaft, is transmitting 40 hp at 200 rpm, and is
keyed by a standard square key, 3 in. long, made of SAE 1015, cold drawn; shaft material, C1144, OQT
1000 F. (a) What is the factor of safety of the key? (b) The same as (a) except a flat key is used.

4. A cast-steel (SAE 080, N & T) pulley is keyed to a 2 1/2-in. shaft by means of a standard square key, 3
½-in. long, made of cold-drawn SAE 1015. The shaft is made of cold-drawn AISI 1045. If the shaft is in
virtually pure torsion, and turns at 420 rpm, what horsepower could the assembly safely transmit (steady
loading)?

5. A 1 11/16-in. shaft rotating at 200 rpm, carries a cast-iron gear keyed to it by a ¼ x 1 ¼-in. Woodruff
key; shaft material is cold-finished SAE 1045. The power is transmitted with mild shock. What
horsepower may be safely transmitted by the key, (a) if it is made of cold-drawn SAE 1118? (b) if it is
made of SAE 2317, OQT 1000 F? (c) How many keys of each material are needed to give a capacity of 25
hp? Specify a choice.

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