APPLIED TRIBOLOGY

1.How the contact surface topography and finish affect the friction and wear
characteristics of materials?.
2. How the lubricants reduce friction and wear characterisics of the parts in
contact?.
3.Describe the fields of applications of different oils, greases and solid
lubricants ,mentioning thrtr relative advantages.
4. Explain various metallic and nonmetallic seals used in practice.
5. Sketch and explain the applications of lip seals, packed gland seals and soft
piston seals.
6.How the soap and ferrography methods are employed in the wear analysis of
failure of sliding contact bearings?.
7. Explain various oil rings used for bearings?
8. (a) What are the laws of friction?
(b) Differentiate boundary friction with dry friction
9. What are the measurement systems of surface roughness.
10. a) Derive friction equation involving hard material.
b) Explain Pin-on-Disc method of friction measurement.
11. a) Enumerate different types of wear.
b) Derive wear equation for hard material over a soft material in sliding.
12. a) What are the sliding friction mechanisms ?.
b) Derive a modified Bowden and Tabor friction equation.

ADVANCED COMPOSITES MATERIALS

1. Write a note on types of Ceramic fibers?
2. How can the composite materials be classified according to the matrix and
rein-forcements?
3. Discuss how the properties of composite material are a function of the
following:
(a) Properties of the constituent phases.
(b) Their relative amounts.
4.

Discuss various composites used for structures.

5. a) Discuss characteristics of various composite laminates.

b) Derive relationships based on mixture when fibres are kept in parallel and
perpendicular to
load.
6. a) Discuss characteristic properties and applications of Reinforced
composites with illustrations.
b)
Distinguish metal matrix and
ceramic composites with illustrations highlighting characteristic properties.
7. a) Discuss manufacturing composites inform of tapes.
b) Discuss briefly pultrusion and RTM methods to fabricate composite systems.
8. a) Discuss characteristics of various composite laminates.
b) Derive relationships based on mixture when fibres are kept in parallel and
perpendicular to load.

ADVANCED MECHANICS OF SOLIDS

a) List out the assumptions on which a solution for contact stresses is based.
b) Explain the method of computing contact stresses
c. A shaft of hollow square section of outer side 60 mm and inner side 45 mm
is
subjected to twisting such that the maximum shear stress developed is
350
N/mm2. What is the torque acting on the shaft and angular twist if the
shaft is 1.2
m long. Take G = 8.1 x 10 N/mm2.
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1. a) Derive an expression for torsion of bars with rectangular cross section

b) Explain in brief about the stresses developed when the two bodies in
line
contact
2. A long cylinder of diameter 60cm is rotating at 3000 rpm. Calculate the
maximum
stress in the cylinder. Draw the radial and hoop stresses along the radius.
3. A steel I-beam (E=200GPa) has a depth of 102 mm, width of 68mm,
Ix=2.53106mm4, and length of 4m. It is attached to a rubber foundation for which
Ko=0.350N/mm3. A concentrated load P=30kN is applied at one end of the beam.
Determine the maximum deflection, maximum flexural stress in the beam and the
location of each.
4. A flat steel turbine disk of 65 cm outside diameter and 10 cm inside diameter rotates at 3600
rpm, at which speed the blade and shrouding cause a tensile rim loading of 4300 kPa. The
maximum stress at this speed is to be 104026 kPa. Find the maximum shrink allowance on
the diameter when the disk and the shaft are rotating.
5. A T section with flange 10cm x 1cm and web 19cm x 0.8cm is subjected to a
torque of 200Nm. Find the maximum shear stress and angle of twist per metre
length. G = 82KN / mm2 .