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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KURUKSHETRA
THEORY EXAMINATION
Question Paper

Nov.' 2013

l,4onth and year of the Exam:

Programme B.Tech.(Mechanical)

Subject.
Course No:

Semester:

3'd

Applied Mechanics
MET - 211

Number of Questions to be

l\,4aximum

attempted:

All

Time

l\,4arks:

allowed:

Fifty (50],

Ihree (3) hrs

The Question Paper has flve (5) questions spread over lhree (3) pages.

Unless stated otherwise, the Symbols have their usual meanings

Subject. Assume suitably and state, additional data required, if any.

in context with the

The Candidates, before stafting to write the solutions, should please check the Questlon
Paper for any discrepancy, and also ensure that they have been deiivered the question
paper of right course no. and right subjeci iitle.

Note: Toke 9 = 70 m/ secz .

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(q)

Determine ihe coordinoles

of the centroid of the

plone oreo shown in

figure

wilh reference to the oxes shown. Toke o = 40 mm.

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Colculote the creo moment

of inertiq of the section shown in figure l qbout o

centroidol oxis porollel to X-oxis.

The following ore the specificotions

1.
2.
3.

for

differentiol screw jock:

Pitch of smoller screw = 5 mm

Pirch

of lorger screw = 10 mm

Lever orm lengih from cenite of screw = 450 mm

The differenlidl screw

jcck roises a

lood

of 15 kN with on effort of

190 N.

Without smoller sdew,lhe (Simple) screw jock roises some lood wiih on effort
of 250 N. Compare efticiencies of the screw jock for the qbove two conditions
ot ihe qiven lood.

(b ),

A dilfercntiol oxle ond wheel consists of o differentiql axle

mm

diometel

ond a wheel

of

25Q mm ond 325

of diometer 750 mm. Determine ihe velocily roiio of

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the mochinei ond compore the velociiy rotio for the condition when only one oxle

(c).

of 250 mm diometer is used with the some wheel.

A Weston differentiol pulley block of diqmeters 450 mm ond 90 mm is used to
lif.t o lood of 45 kN. Find the effort required if elficiency of ihe system is
60%

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floor qnd leons ogoinst o veriicol woll ot

is 200 N' A
on cngle of 60 deg with the horizontol. The weight of the lodder
contoct
mon weighing 8OO N wonts to reoch o point 3 m from the lodder-floor
A ladder 4 m long rests

on o horizontol

point meosured olong the lodder. As he reaches o point 27 m from the floor
conioct point, the lodder is obout to slip. Colculote the minimum ntii:*'*:t":
ro be opplred ot the lodder-floor contoct Point lo Prevent slipping'f]the pornt 3
\etween the
m from the lodder-floor contoct point. The coefficient of friction
lodder ond the floor is 0.35.

Defermine

the

moximum weight

thot con be supported by o person who con

the rope is wropped two ond q holf iurns round o

the rope is 0'32'
f ixed drum. Coefficient of fticlionbetween the drum ond
exert o

Ng)

4QO

N putl on rope

Two cylinders

if

50 mm, weighing 200 N ond 50 N,

ploced in o trough os shown in figure 2. Neglecting friction, find

of diomefers 100

respectively are

mm ond

the reoctions ot different contact points.

(b ),

N is pushed up o 30 deg plone by o 500 N force ocling

ond
porollel to the plone. If the initiol velocity of the body is 15 m'lsec
hove ofter
coeflicient of kinetic friction is p = 0.25, whst velocity will the body

A tody

weighing 350

moving 6 m ?

(c)

in figure 3 using
Determine lhe reoclion ot the supPort A in the beqm shown
Virtuol Work Method.

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40 N
A bullet weighing 0.3 N ond moving horizontolly ot 600 m/sec Penetrotes
.the block
qnd emetges aul of
block which is lying on o horizontol floor

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horizontally in the some

direction wiih avot^.i+,,^,,"^-,.
o velocily of 18o
m/sec' How for ond how
long will the brock rnove
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lirection of the

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frictionbetween
the block, ond

(b)

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bullet,

the horizontal

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if

the coefficient of

A flywheel which occelerotes

ot uniform velocity is observed
10 hove mode 1OO
revolutions to increqse its
velocity from l2O rpm to
160 rpm. Tf the ftywheet
originolly storied from rest,
determine revolutions
mode in reoching o velocity
of 180 rpm, storting from rest.
A lTlotorist irovelling ot
o speed of 70 knph, suddenly
cpplies brokes qild holts
ofter skidding 50 m. Determine
the time reguired lo slop
the cqr; and the
coef f ci ent of f ri ct ion
between the iytes ond the
rood.
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