Q. The percentage scrap in a sheet metal blanking operation of a continuous strip of sheet metal as shown in the figure is_____________(correct to two decimal places). Ans: 53.25

Q. The maximum reduction in cross-sectional area per pass ( R ) of a cold wire drawing process is R = 1 - e-(n+1) , where n represents the strain hardening coefficient. For the case of a perfectly plastic material, R is (A) 0.865                    (B) 0.826                    (C) ...

Q. In a Lagrangian system, the position of a fluid particle in a flow is described as 𝑥 = 𝑥𝑜𝑒−𝑘𝑡 and 𝑦 = 𝑦𝑜𝑒𝑘𝑡 where t is the time while 𝑥𝑜, 𝑦𝑜, and k are constants. The flow is A. unsteady and one-dimensional B. steady and two-dimensional C. steady and one-dimensional D. unsteady and ...

Q. A tank open at the top with a water level of 1 m, as shown in the figure, has a hole at a height of 0.5 m. A free jet leaves horizontally from the smooth hole. The distance X (in m) where the jet strikes the floor is (A) 0.5                        (B) 1.0                        (C) ...

Q. A self-aligning ball bearing has a basic dynamic load rating (C10, for 106 revolutions) of 35 kN. If the equivalent radial load on the bearing is 45 kN, the expected life (in 106 revolutions) is (A) below 0.5                (B) 0.5 to 0.8                (C) 0.8 to 1.0               (D) above ...

Q. A carpenter glues a pair of cylindrical wooden logs by bonding their end faces at an angle of q = 30° as shown in the figure. The glue used at the interface fails if Criterion 1: the maximum normal stress exceeds 2.5 MPa. Criterion 2: the maximum shear stress exceeds 1.5 MPa. ...

Q. An epicyclic gear train is shown in the figure below. The number of teeth on the gears A, B and D are 20, 30 and 20, respectively. Gear C has 80 teeth on the inner surface and 100 teeth on the outer surface. If the carrier arm AB is fixed and the sun gear A rotates at 300 rpm in the clockwise ...

Q. The state of stress at a point, for a body in plane stress, is shown in the figure below. If the minimum principal stress is 10 kPa, then the normal stress s y(in kPa) is (A) 9.45                      (B) 18.88                    (C) 37.78                   (D) 75.50 Ans: 37.78 

Q. A point mass is shot vertically up from ground level with a velocity of 4 m/s at time, t = 0 . It loses 20% of its impact velocity after each collision with the ground. Assuming that the acceleration due to gravity is 10 m/s2 and that air resistance is negligible, the mass stops bouncing and ...

Q. Let X1, X2 be two independent normal random variables with means µ1, µ2 and standard deviations s1, s2, respectively. Consider Y = X1 – X2; µ1 = µ2 =1, s1 = 1, s2 = 2. Then, A. Y is normally distributed with mean 0 and variance 1 B. Y is normally distributed with mean 0 and variance 5 ...

Q. The height (in mm) for a 125 mm sine bar to measure a taper of 27 ̊ 32¢ on a flat work piece is ____________(correct to three decimal places). Ans: 57.000 - 58.000

Q. For a Pelton wheel with a given water jet velocity, the maximum output power from the Pelton wheel is obtained when the ratio of the bucket speed to the water jet speed is___________(correct to two decimal places). Ans: 0.48 - 0.52 Sol: