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1. (a) Give the classification of links of a machine. Explain each of therm. (b) Describe different inversions of double slider crank chain (6M)

2. What is pantograph? Show that it generates a path similar to the path traced by a point on the mechanism. 3. In the mechanism shown in figure1, the crosshead E is constrained to move along the horizontal path. Find for the value of = 450 , the velocity and the acceleration of the point D on the link BDE and also the angular acceleration of the link BDE.

4. a) State the conditions to be satisfied in a double Hookes joint in order to provide uniform velocity ratio throughout a revolution (4M) b) A motor car having a wheel track of 1.77 m uses Ackermann steering mechanism. The distance between the pivots of the front stub axles is 1.47 m, the length of the track rod is 1.61 m. The track rod is fixed in front of the stub axle. The wheel base is 3.3m. Find the angles of inclination of the stub axles if the car is taking a turn of 6m radius for correct steering position. Assume that the instantaneous center of rotation, during the turning, lies on the extension of the rear axle. (12M)

5. a) Define the following terms of cams. i) Least radius ii) Lift iii) Dwell iv) Angle of ascent v) Pressure angle vi) Angle of descent. (6M) b) Derive expressions for displacement, velocity and acceleration of a follower during ascent,descent, assuming that the follower moves with SHM. Plot the graphs to show the variation of displacement,velocity and accelerations against cam angle of rotation. (10M). 6. a) Define are of contact and deduce the expression to determine its magnitude. (8M) b) Two 200 involute spur gears have a module of 6mm. The larger wheel has 36 teeth and the pinion has 16 teeth. If the addendum is one module, will the interference occur? What will be the effect if the number of teeth on the pinion is reduced to 14? (8M) 7. a) Derive the expression for ratio of tensions in a flat belt drive with usual notation. (8M) b) In an open belt drive, the diameters of the larger and the smaller pulleys are 1.2 m and 0.8m respectively. The smaller pulley rotates at 300 rpm. The center distance between the shafts is 4m. When stationary, the initial tension in the belt is 2.5 KN. The mass of the belt is 1.5 kg/m and the coefficient of friction between the belt and the pulley is 0.25. Determine the power transmitted. (8M) 8. a) Explain the terms i) Simple gear train ii) Compound gear train iii) Reverted gear train (6M) b) In an epicyclic gear train, an arm carries two wheels P and Q having 36 and 45 teeth respectively. If the arm rotates at 120 rpm in counter clock wise direction about the centre of wheel P which is fixed, determine the speed of the wheel Q. If the wheel P instead of being fixed makes 200rpm in the clock wise direction, what will be the speed of Q?

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1. a) Define the following i) Link of a machine ii) Kinematic Pair iii) Completely constrained motion iv) Kinematic chain (8M) b) Describe Oldham coupling. What are its practical applications? (8M) 2. a) Under what conditions Scot-Russell mechanism tracer out a straight line and an ellipse What are the limitations of Scot-Russell mechanism? (8M) b) Show that a point on watts mechanism traces an approximate straight line (8M) 3. a) State and prove Arnold kennedys theorem of instantaneous centers (6M) b) A mechanism consists of a four bar chain as shown in figure 1. The connecting rod ACB making an isosceles triangle is a rigid body. Find the velocity of point C, the acceleration of B, when the crank OA rotates, in the counter clock wise direction at

30 rad/sec at constant speed. (10M)

4. a) Sketch and describe Ackermann steering gear. What are its advantages over Davis type? (8M) b) Two shafts are to be connected by a Hookes joint. The driving shaft rotates at a uniform speed of 600 rpm and the speed of the shaft must lie between 570 and 630rpm. Determine the maximum permissible angle between the shafts. (8M) 5. Derive expressions for displacement, velocity and acceleration for a roller follower operated by a tangent Cam when i) The contact is on straight flank and ii) The contact is on circular nose. (16M) 6. a) Derive a relation for minimum number of teeth on a gear wheel to avoid interference. (6M) b) Two mating involute gears of 200 pressure angle have the following data. Number of teeth on pinion =20 Gear ratio =2 Speed of pinion =250rpm Module =12mm If the addendum on each wheel is such that the path of approach and path of recess on each side are of half the maximum possible length, determine i) Addendum for Pinion and gear ii) the length of are of contact iii) the maximum velocity of sliding during approach and recess. (10M) 7. a) Derive the condition for maximum power transmission by a belt drive considering the effect of centrifugal tension. (6M) b) A leather belt of thickness 6mm and width 80mm connects two pulleys of 500 mm

diameter and 900mm diameter, their centers being 2.5m apart. If speed of the larger is 300 rpm, the coefficient of friction between belt and pulley is 0.25 and maximum belt stress is 100N/cm2, determine the maximum power transmitted and the initial belt tension. (10M) 8. a) What is a reverted gear train? What are its applications? (4M) b) What is a differential gear? How does it function? (6M) c) Explain the procedure to analyse an epicyclic gear train. (6M)

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1. a) What is a kinematic pair? Explain different types of kinematic pairs. (8M) b) Describe different inversions of quadric cycle chain (8M)

2. Prove that the tracing point, giving the horizontal straight line motions in Tehebicheff mechanism, lies at the midpoint of the coupler. (16M) 3. A shaper mechanism is shown in Fig.1. The crank OA rotates at uniform speed of 120 rpm clockwise. The guide block A slides along the slotted lever AD which has its fulcrum at C. The connecting rod BD connects the tool Head B to AD. The tool head is constrained to move along BC perpendicular to OC. Find the velocity and acceleration of B (16M)

4. a) Sketch Davis steering gear. Show that it satisfies the condition for correct steering. (6M) b) The angle between the axis of two horizontal shafts to be connected by Hookes joint is 1200. The speed of the driving shaft is 120 rpm. The driven shaft carries a flywheel of 80Nweight and 80mm radius of gyration. If the forked end of the driving shaft rotates 45 degrees from the horizontal plane, find the torque required to drive the shaft to overcome the inertia of the flywheel. (10M) 5. A cam rotating with uniform angular Velocity operates a reciprocating follower through a roller of 50mm diameter. The line of stroke of the follower is 25 mm from the axis of the

cam, the stroke of the follower is 50 mm and the minimum radius of the cam is 50mm. the follower is required to move outwards and inwards with S.H.M, each stroke occupying 75 degrees of the cam rotation with 600 rest in between. For the remainder of the stroke the follower is at rest at the bottom of the stroke. Draw the profile of the cam (16M) 6. a) State and prove the condition for correct gearing (8M) b) Two equal involute gear wheels of 200 pressure angle have 20 teeth each. Calculate the length of arc of contact, if the addendum was equal to one module, pitch of teeth is 6mm of diameter per tooth. (8M) 7. a) A pulley of 300 mm in diameter running at 250 rpm is connected by a belt to another pulley at a distance of 3m. The second pulley has to run at 140 rpm. The belt is 6mm thick 120mm wide and weighs 12 KN/m3. Allowing a slip of 2.5% between the belt and each pulley, determine the size of second pulley and percentage of total effective slip. (10M) b) Derive expression for the exact length of belt in an open belt drive. (6M) 8. A compound gear is shown in Fig. 2. An input torque of 100 N-m is given to the shaft B at 900 r.p.m. The sun and planet gears are all of the same diameter and pitch. Determine the speed and torque of the output shaft C, if the efficiency is 96%. Also determine the torque required to hold stationary the annulus wheel A1. (16M)

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1. a) Explain different types of constrained motion. (6M) b) Describe the inversions of slider crank chain when i) Sliding pair is fixed ii) crank is fixed. (10M) 2. Sketch a Peaucellier mechanism and show that it generator an exact straight line motion. (16M) 3. In the toggle mechanism shown in figure -1, the slider D is constrained to move on a

horizontal path, the crank OA is rotating in the counter clock wise direction at a speed of 200 r.p.m. increasing at the rate of 40 rad/s2. The dimensions of the various links are as follows.OA=150 mm, CB=200mm AB=300mm and BD=450mm. For the given configuration, find the velocity and acceleration of the slider D. (16M)

4. a) What is the condition for correct steering gear? (4M) b) In a Hookes coupling connecting a pair of shafts, the angle between their axes is 240. The power supplied to the driving shaft is 6 KW and uniform speed of the driving shaft is 260 rpm. If the output torque on the driven shaft is not to vary by more than 20% of input torque, what is the necessary radius of gyration of flywheel of 300 N weight. (12M)

5. A symmetrical tangent cam operating roller follower has the following data: Least radius of the cam =30mm; roller radius =17.5 mm; angle of ascent = 750; Total lift = 17.5 mm; speed of camshaft =600 rpm. Calculate the principal dimensions of the cam, the acceleration of the follower at the beginning of the lift, at the apex of the circular nose. Assume that there is no dwell between ascent and descent. (16M) 6. a) Derive expressions for minimum number of teeth on pinion and gear having involute teeth in terms of pressure angle, gear ratio and the co-efficient by which the standard addendum in module is to be multiplied. (8M)

b) Two involutes gears of 200 pressure angle are in mesh. The number of teeth on pinion is 20 and gear ratio is 2. If the pitch expressed in module is 5mm and pitch line speed is 1.2 m/s, assuming addendum as standard and equal to one module, Find: i) the angle turned through by pinion when one pair of teeth is in mesh. ii) The maximum velocity of sliding. (8M) 7. a) Derive an expression for length of belt in cross-belt drive (6M) b) A V-belt weighing 14 N/m has an area of cross section of 700 mm2. The angle of lap is 165degrees on the smaller pulley which has a groove angle of 40degrees.The maximum safe stress in the belt is 10 N/mm2. What is the power that can be transmitted by the belt at a speed of 20 m/s? (10M) 8. a) What do you mean by a compound epicyclic gear train? (4M) b) An epicyclic train is composed of a fixed annular wheel A having 150 teeth. The wheel A is in mesh with wheel B. The wheel B drives a wheel D through an idle wheel C, D being concentric with A. Wheels B and C are carried on an arm which revolves Clockwise at 120 rpm about the axis of A and D. If the wheels B and D have 25 and 40 teeth respectively, determine the number of teeth on C and the speed of rotation of wheel C. (12M)