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MACHINE DESIGN 2
Problem Set 7 – GEARS

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SPUR GEAR
1. A gear and pinion has a ratio of 5. The center distance indicated is at 18. The gear has 90
teeth and the pinion has 18 teeth. Determine the circular pitch.
A. 1.047 B. 1.740 C. 0.074 D. 1.470

2. The gear of 80 teeth and the pinion of 20 teeth has a gear and pinion ratio of 4. Find the
center distance in inches if the circular pitch is 0.885.
A. 11.1 B. 12.1 C. 13.1 D. 14.1

3. A spur pinion supported on each side by ball bearings rotates 1750 rpm and transmit to a
mating gear at 25 hp. The pressure angle is 20 degrees and the pitch diameter is 5.
Determine the tangential load in lb.
A. 420 B. 300 C. 360 D. 400

4. A 30-tooth pinion with turning speed of 300 rpm drives 140 tooth gear of 14.5° involute
full depth pressure angle. What would be the speed of the driven gear?
A. 1000 rpm B. 100 rpm C. 90 rpm D. 140 rpm

5. A pair of gear/pinion of 42 tooth and 18 tooth with a diametral pitch of 0.7475 teeth/cm,
addendum of 0.8/p and dedendum 1/p. The gear pressure angle is 20°. Compute the
center distance of the pair of gears in meters.
A. 0.5026 m B. 0.3426 m C. 0.3516 m D. 0.4013 m

6. Find the minimum clearance allowed for meshing spur gears with circular pitch of 0.1571
and diametral pitch of 20. The spur gear has 25 teeth.
A. 0.007558 B. 0.008578 C. 0.007855 D. 0.00758

7. Compute for the teeth thickness of 14.5°spur gear with diametral pitch=5.
A. 0.3979 B. 3.1831 C. 0.03141 D. 0.31416

8. Two idlers of 28 T and 26 T are introduced between the 24 T pinion with a turning speed
of 400 rpm driving a final 96 T gear. What would be the final speed of the driven gear and
its direction relative to the driving gear rotation?
A. 120 rpm, opposite direction B. 100 rpm, opposite dir C. 80 rpm, same dir D. 100 rpm, same dir

9. Find the tooth thickness on the tooth circle of a 20 degree full depth involute tooth having
a diametral pitch of 3, circular pitch of 1.0472 and whole depth of tooth at 0.60.
A. 10.7 mm B. 13.2 mm C. 10.1 mm D. 7.9 mm

10. Two parallel shafts connected by pure rolling turn in the same direction and having a speed
ratio of
2.75. What is the distance of the two shafts if the smaller cylinder is 22 cm in diameter.
A. 16.60 cm B. 30.25 cm C. 25.25 cm D. 19.25 cm

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 WORM GEAR

11. A double thread worm gear has a lead angle of 8.69 degrees and pitch radius of 2 1/2 in.
Find the pitch of the worm.
A. 1/4 in B. 1/2 in C. 1.2 in D. 1 1/2 in

12. A triple thread worm gear has a helix angle of 78 degrees. It has a pitch of 0.90 in. Find
the pitch diameter of the gear.
A. 2.37 in B. 2.77 in C. 3.07 in D. 4.04 in

13. A double thread worm gear has a lead of 1.5 in and pitch diameter of 4 in. If the normal
pressure angle is 14.5 degrees, find the pressure angle of the worm.
A. 11.68° B. 12.68° C. 13.68° D. 14.68°

14. A triple thread worm gear has a pitch of 3 1/4 in. Find the helix angle.
A. 72.34° B. 62.34° C. 77.57° D. 42.34°

15. A three-thread worm, rotating at 1000 rpm, drives a 35-tooth gear. Find the speed of the gear.
A. 76.77 rpm B. 85.71 rpm C. 96.77 rpm D. 106.77 rpm

16. A double thread worm having a pitch of 1 in is used to drive a 45 teeth gear. Find the
pitch diameter of the gear.
A. 14.32 in B. 10.37 in C. 11.73 in D. 12.73 in

17. A triple thread worm gear is used to drive a 35 teeth gear having a pitch of 3/4 in. Find
the center distance.
A. 2.34 in B. 3.53 in C. 4.53 in D. 5.34 in

18. A double thread worm has a helix angle of 82 degrees and a pitch diameter of 1 3/4 in.
The worm rotates at 800 rpm. Find the linear speed of the worm.
A. 13.82 fpm B. 43.23 fpm C. 51.51 fpm D. 159.82 fpm

19. A worm rotating at 1150 rpm drives a worm gear. The velocity ratio is 15 to 1. A 15 hp
motor is used to supply the worm with worm pitch gear diameter of 3 in. Find the
tangential force on the worm.
A. 348.37 lbs B. 465.37 lbs C. 548.05 lbs D. 665.37 lbs

20. A double thread worm gear has a pitch of 1 1/8 in and a pitch diameter of 3 in. It has a
coefficient of friction of 0.20 and a normal angle (pressure angle) of 14.5°. The worm is
supplied by 12 hp at 1200 rpm motor. Find the tangential force on the gear. The worm is
left hand threads.
A. 597.08 lbs B. 697.08 lbs C. 797.08 lbs D. 897.08 lbs

HELICAL GEAR

21. A 30-tooth helical gear has a pitch diameter of 10 in. Find the diametral pitch of the gear.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

22. A 28-tooth helical gear having a pitch diameter of 7 has a helix angle of 26 degrees. Find
the circular pitch in a plane normal to the teeth.
A. 0.528 B. 0.705 C. 0.728 D. 0.828

23. A helical gear has a helix angle of 23 degrees and pressure angle of 20 degrees. Find the
pressure angle normal to the teeth.
A. 16.11° B. 18.11° C. 20.11° D. 22.11°

24. A helical gear has 25 teeth and pitch diameter of 5 in. Find the diametral pitch if the helix

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 angle is 22 degrees.
A. 5.39 in B. 6.39 in C. 7.39 in D. 8.39 in

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 25. A helical gear has a tangential load of 172 lb and an axial load of 73 lb. Find the helix angle.
A. 14° B. 17° C. 18° D. 23°

26. A 75 hp motor, running at 450 rpm is geared to a pump by means of helical gear having a
pinion diameter of 10 in. Find the tangential force of the gear.
A. 2101 lbs B. 2201 lbs C. 2301 lbs D. 2401 lbs

27. A helical gear having a 14.5° normal pressure angle and transverse diametral pitch of
2.3622 per cm. The helix angle is at 45° and has 8 teeth. Compute the transverse
pressure angle in degrees.
A. 22.2° B. 18.9° C. 19.3° D. 20.1°

28. A helical gear has a tangential pitch of 1 in carries an axial force of 1200 lb and
tangential force of 1800 lb. Compute the normal circular pitch.
A. 0.25 in B. 0.31 in C. 0.75 in D. 0.83

29. A pinion transmitting 18 kW to a mating spur gear is turning at 1500 rpm and is
supported on each side by ball bearing. If the pressure angle is 25° and the pitch
diameter is 100 mm, determine the separating load.
A. 2292 N B. 1069 N C. 2530 N D. 1763 N

30. A pinion transmitting 18 kW to a mating spur gear is turning at 1500 rpm and is
supported on each side by ball bearing. If the pressure angle is 25° and the pitch
diameter is 100 mm, determine the total load.
A. 2292 N B. 1069 N C. 2530 N D. 1763

N BEVEL GEAR

31. A 20° full depth straight tooth bevel gear has a face width of 3 3/4 in and a pitch diameter
of 10 in with cone pitch angle of 37.5°. Find the mean diameter.
A. 6.72 in B. 7.72 in C. 8.72 in D. 9.72 in

32. A straight tooth bevel gear has a face width of 3’’ and a pitch diameter of 15 in with cone
pitch angle of 40°. If the torque on the gear is 8000 in-lb, what is the tangential force on
the gear?
A. 1224 lbs B. 1324 lbs C. 1424 lbs D. 1524 lbs

33. A pair of straight tooth bevel gear connect a pair of shafts 90°. The velocity ratio is 2 to 1.
What is the cone pitch angle of the larger gear?
A. 71.57° B. 63.43° C. 18.43° D. 12.34°

34. A spiral bevel pinion with a left hand spiral rotates clockwise transmits power to a mating
gear with speed ratio of 4 to1. Determine the pitch angle of the pinion.
A. 16.56° B. 20.56° C. 26.56° D. 14.03°

35. A spiral bevel pinion with a left hand spiral transmits 6 hp at 1200 rpm to a mating gear.
The mean diameter of the pinion is 3 in. Find the tangential force at the mean radius of
the gear.
A. 210 lbs B. 120 lbs C. 130 lbs D. 140 lbs

36. A pair of 4-pitch, 14.5°, involute bevel gear have a 2.50:1 reduction. The pitch diameter
of the driver is 10 in and the face width is 2 in. Determine the face angle of pinion.
(Shafts at right angle)
A. 20.43° B. 23.81° C. 22.86° D. 27.85°

37. The cone angle of pinion of a pair of bevel gear is 25° while for the gear 65°. If the pinion
turns at 320 rpm, find the speed of the gear.
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 A. 173.21 rpm B. 149.22 rpm C. 193.91 rpm D. 203.21 rpm

38. The cone angle of pinion and the gear are 20° and 70°. Find the speed ratio.
A. 1.5 B. 5.2 C. 4.23 D. 2.74

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 39. Compute the pitch angle of a bevel gear given the pinion’s number of teeth of 14 and 42
teeth on the gear.
A. 18.4° B. 33.4° C. 28.4° D. 38.4°

40. Find the center distance in inches of an 80 T gear meshing with 20 T pinion having a
circular pitch of 0.785.
A. 12.5 B. 15.0 C. 7.75 D. 10.25

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