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The document is a sample final examination for the Mec E 362 course at the University of Alberta, consisting of four questions related to mechanical engineering concepts. Each question has specific calculations and answers provided, covering topics such as gear systems, mechanisms, and dynamic balancing of shafts. The exam is closed-book, with instructions on permitted materials and evaluation criteria.

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Final Sample

The document is a sample final examination for the Mec E 362 course at the University of Alberta, consisting of four questions related to mechanical engineering concepts. Each question has specific calculations and answers provided, covering topics such as gear systems, mechanisms, and dynamic balancing of shafts. The exam is closed-book, with instructions on permitted materials and evaluation criteria.

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Alberta

Mec E 362
Final Examination (Sample)

Date: …… Instructor: ……

NAME ____________________________________

I.D. # ____________________________________

SIGNATURE ____________________________________

Time: 120 minutes

Instructions:
 Close-book exam. You can bring a sheet of equations, single or double sided (A4).
 Both approved programmable and nonprogrammable calculators are permitted.
 Marks are for the solution method and clarity of presentation as well as the answer. Clearly
show all assumptions, works and answers.

Question Value Mark

1 20

2 20

3 20

4 20

Total 80
MECE 362 Final (Sample from previous years)

Question 1) Two spur gears with a module of 8 mm have 12 and 24 teeth respectively and are to
be run with a standard pressure angle of φ=20o. The smaller gear has a radius of 54 mm and the
larger one is 104 mm in radius.
(i) Calculate the standard centre-to-centre distance of the meshing gears (Answer: 144 mm)
(ii) Determine the contact ratio for this gear pair when they are operating at the standard
centre-to-centre distance (Answer: 1.363)
(iii) If the operating centre-to-centre distance is 146 mm, check for interference (Answer: No)
(iv) Determine the contact ratio under the operating condition. (Answer: 1.127)
MECE 362 Final (Sample from previous years)

Question 2) Determine the speed ratio ωV/ωS of the following gear train. The teeth numbers of
the gears are provided in the figure. Gear R is fixed to the base link (Answer: 0.1439)

Figure Question 2
MECE 362 Final (Sample from previous years)

Question 3) The diagram illustrates a device for opening and closing windows commonly found
in gymnasium and factories. When θ=25o the drive nut is moving to the right a 1 m/s and
accelerating to the right a 1 m/s2.

(i) Define links involved in the mechanism describe briefly now these links move.
(ii) Find the velocity of the shoe at C and the angular velocity of the window BC.
(Answer: 0.476 m/s up; 0.3678 rad/s CW)
(iii) Find the acceleration of the shoe a C and the angular acceleration of the window BC.
(Answer: 0.914 m/s2up; 0.431 rad/s2)
(iv) The masses of the dive nut and the shoe can be ignored. The window can e modeled
as a uniform bar with a mass of m=100 kg and a length of l=3 m, and its moment of
inertia about its mass centre is ml2/12. What force is necessary on the dive nut to raise
the window if inertia is neglected? (Answer: 228.6 N right)
(v) What force is necessary on the dive nut to raise the window if inertia is NOT
neglected? (Answer: 276.1 N right)

Figure Question 3
MECE 362 Final (Sample from previous years)

Question 4) A shaft is required to support 3 disks, each with a 40 cm diameter, which are evenly
spaced 20 cm apart. Disk 1 has a mass of 5 kg and its centre of mass is located 2 mm from the
shaft centerline in the negative y direction as shown. Disk 2 has a mass of 10 kg with a mass
centre located 2 mm in the positive x direction indicated below.

The shaft is to be balanced using a two-plane balancing technique, with balancing masses being
added at outer boundaries of disks 1 and 3. Determine how much mass, and what orientation
w.r.t. the x-axis, must be added to these disks to dynamically balance this shaft, i.e., no force or
moment are applied to the bearings (Answer: 0.0707 kg, 0.1158 kg, 135o, 207.24o)

Figure Question 4

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