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Explanation of ISRO Mechanical Engg. Paper (December-2017)
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1. The specific metal cutting energy is expressed Specific metal cutting energy
as
Fc Z cos
R
=
cos( ) bt sin .cos
(a)
sin cos( ) 2. For isotropic materials, the modulus of Elasticity
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in tension and shear (E and G) are related to
sin( ) the Poisson’s ration ( ) as follows :
(b)
sin cos( ) G E
(a) E (b) G
2(1 ) 2(1 )
cos( ) G
(c) E
sin cos( ) (c) G (d) E
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2(1 ) 2(1 )
Ans. (b)
sin( )
(d) Sol. For isotropic materials,
sin cos( )
Modulus of elasticity(E) and shear Modulus
where ' ' is rake angle, ' ' is friction angle, (G) are related by
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' ' is shear angle and ' ' shear stress. E = 2G(1+v)
Ans. (a) E
G = 2 1 v
Sol. Specific metal cutting energy
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
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Fc Vc F
= bt V = c ...(i) (a) For direct impact of two bodies, coefficient
c bt
of restitution is the ratio of relative velocity
of approach of the two bodies to their
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Fc = R cos
relative velocity of separation.
Relative velocity of seperation 7. Thumb rule between feed and nose radius in
= rough turning is
Relative velocity of approx
(a) f = 0.3 r (b) f = 0.5 r
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4. If f(t) = eat, its Laplace Transform (for s > a) is
given by (c) f = 0.7 r (d) f = 0.9 r
Ans (b)
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a
(a) (s a) (b)
s2 2(s a) Sol. Feed and nose radius in rough turning relation
is f = 0.5r.
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(c) (d) Does not exist 8. Which of the following is FALSE?
(s a)
Ans. (c) (a) A reverted gear train is one in which the
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first and last gears are on the same axis.
Sol. By 1st shifting property we know that.
if L{f(t)} = f(s) then L{eat f(t)} = f(s – a) (b) Train value for a gear is the ratio of
product of driven tooth numbers to
1
So let f(t) = 1 then f(s) = Hence product of driving tooth numbers.
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(c) A planetary gear train is one in which the
1
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Ans. (b)
(c) 0.001 mm (d) None of these
Product of driving tooth
Ans. (a) Sol. Train value =
Product of driven tooth
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Sol. Smallest t thickness which can be measured 9. Which of the following is true for ductile
by a slip gauge is 1.001 mm. materials?
6. The deflection of an elastic member at the (a) Engineering stres – strain curve cannot
point of application of a force in the direction have negative slope
of that force is given by the derivative of (b) Most applicable failure theory is maximum
member’s total strain energy taken with respect principal stress theory
to applied force. This is known as
(c) Ultimate strain is the strain at ultimate
(a) Principle of conservation of strain energy stress
(b) Castigliano’s theorem (d) Strain hardening is represented by a
negative slope in engineering stress strain
(c) Conservation of momentum
curve
(d) Saint-Venant’s Principle
Ans. (c)
10. Transportation method is concerned with (a) concentric locator(b) integral locator
(a) Value analysis (c) equilateral locator(d) spherical locator
(b) Linear programming Ans. (d)
(c) Queing theory Sol. No matter how a workpiece is positioned on a
(d) Break-even analysis spherical locator, the diameter of the locator
(d) is always the same. This feature makes
Ans. (b) the spherical locator impossible to jam or bind
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Sol. Linear programming in the locating hole.
11. The reaction in which a liquid phase transform 15. A carton carrying vessel of mass 10 tons (width
into two different solid phases is called = length = 5 m, height = 6 m), floats on water.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Eutectoid reaction
Peritectic reaction
Eutectic reaction
Peritectoid reaction
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symmetrically placed. If the vessel tilts by 0.01
radians by moving a 50 kg carton from the
centre by a distance of 2 m towards side in
horizontal direction, the metacentric height of
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the vessel is (g = 10 m/s2)
Ans. (c)
(a) 1m (b) 3 m
Sol. Eutectic reaction
(c) 1.5 m (d) 2 m
12. Margin wear in drill is due to
Ans. (a)
(a) abrasion (b) vibration
x x
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D cos D
Ans. (a) (a)
2
1
2
(b)
2
1 cos
Sol. Specific speed range
D
Pelton wheel 0.03 – 0.3 (c) D(1 sin ) (d) [1 sin ]
2
Francis turbine 0.3 – 2.0 where ‘D’ is roll diameter and ' ' is the angle
Kaplan turbine 2.0 – 5.0 of bite.
14. The type of locator used to prevent jamming Ans. (*)
during locating of a work piece is
17. Which of the following is TRUE for vibration of
a mechanical system (a) (b)
2 4
(a) Damping ratio () is the ratio of the critical 2 2
(c) (d)
damping to the actual damping 2 4
(b) The damping can be obtained from the Ans. (d)
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response of the system under forced 11
1
vibration using logarithmic decrement dxdy
Sol. I = 2
method 00 1 x 1 y2
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(c) For damped mechanical systems, the 1 1
dx dy
amplitude of vibration tends to become = .
y 0 x 0 1 x2 1 y2
infinity when excitation frequency ()
1 dy
reaches the system’s natural frequency 1
= sin1 x x0 2
1 y
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(n ) y 0
L b
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1 (a) The beam section has a uniform shear
19. Evaluate dxdy
(1 x2 )(1 y 2 ) F
00 stress,
bd
(b) Maximum shear stress in section and 23. A man draws 3 balls from a jug containing 5
maximum bending stress in beam is equal white balls and 7 black balls. He gets Rs. 20
when L = d/2 for each white ball and Rs. 10 for each black
(c) For L > d/2, bending stress decides the ball. What is his expectation?
failure stress. (a) Rs. 21.25 (b) Rs. 42.50
(d) Bending stress developed in the beam is (c) Rs. 31.25 (d) Rs. 45.21
independent of ‘b’. Ans. (b)
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Ans. (c) Sol. Let X = {Amount received} = {60, 50, 40, 30}
(a) Shear stress varies parabolically in a and W 20 Rs, B 10 Rs.
rectangular cross-section
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Possible ways of drawing balls :
1.5F Either (all 3W) or (2W and 1B) or (1W and 2B)
(b) Maximum shear stress =
bd or (3B)
maximum bending stress
Money received 60 Rs or 50 Rs or 40 Rs or
(d) Bending stress depends on b. 30 Rs
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22. A U tube manometer shown in figure is used Probability distribution :
to measure the gauge pressure of water of
X: 60 50 40 30
density 1 = 1000 kg/m3. If the density of 5 5 7 5 7 7
C3 C2 C1 C1 C2 C3
P x :
manometer liquid 2 is 12000 kg/m3, h1 = 0.5 12
C3 12
C3 12
C3 12
C3
m & h2 = 1.0 m, gauge pressure at ‘A’, the 1 14 21 7
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A Label Point B
Missing
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distance
h1
11 ± 1
0 18
17 17
–1
A
(a) 125 kPa (b) 115 kPa B
(c) 60 kPa (d) 5 kPa
Label Point A
Ans. (b)
Sol. PA + ( gh)1 – ( gh)2 = 0
PA + (1000×10×0.5) – (12000×10×1) = 0
+1
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PA = 115 kPa –2
(a) 11.5 ± 1.5 (b) 11.5 ± 2.5 (a) 200 N, vertical
(c) 11.5 ± 3.5 (d) 11.5 ± 4.5 (b) 200 N, at 30° to horizontal
Ans. (c) (c) 100 N vertical
Sol. Maximum dimension = 57+1–(17–1+11–1+17) (d) 100 N at 60° to horizontal
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= 15 Ans. (b)
Minimum dimension = 57–2–(17+11+1+18) T
= 8 30°
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Sol. RH
11.5 3.5
W RV
25. Buckling loads (Pi) of 4 columns of equal length
and cross section, but with different end T sin 30 2 = 20 × 1 × 10
conditions are shown below. Which of the T = 200 N
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following is TRUE?
FH = 0
P1 P2 P3 P4
Tcos30° – RH = 0
RH = Tcos30° = 200 cos30° = 173.205 N
Fv = 0
L
L
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T sin30 100 2 Rv = 0
Rv = 100 N
(p) (q) (r) (s)
(a) p1 < p2 < p3 < p4(b) p3 < p1 < p4 < p2 1 R v 1 100
= tan R = tan
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h 173.205
(c) p1 < p4 < p2 < p3(d) p3 < p4 < p1 < p2
Ans. (b) = 30°
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A = 200 N
B
2m
27. Arrange the metals Aluminium, Copper, Iron & 29. Which of the following is FALSE?
Silv er in increasing order of thermal (a) Heat flow by conduction is directly
conductivity proportional to the area and temperature
(a) Iron, Aluminium, Copper, Silver gradient
(b) Aluminium, Iron, Copper, Silver (b) Heat flow by convection is directly
(c) Copper, Iron, Silver, Aluminium proportional to the area and temperature
difference
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(d) Iron, Copper, Aluminium, Silver
(c) Heat f low by radiation is directly
Ans. (a) proportional to the cube of absolute
Sol. Thermal conductivity : tmperature of the radiating body
Iron = 79.5 W/mk
Aluminium = 205 W/mk
Copper = 385 W/mk
Silver = 406.0 W/mk
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Sol.
(d)
Ans. (c)
Emissivity of perfect black body is unity
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32. A statistical process control chart which shows F
the number of defects found in a subgroup of
fixed size is 30° L=3
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(a) C-chart (b) R-chart
(c) Control chart (d) Gantt chart
Ans. (a) L=4
Sol. c-chart
33. Complex irregular three dimensional surfaces
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O 20 kg
can be located using the following method
(a) Sighting (b) Nesting
(a) 20 kgf (b) 10 kgf
(c) Integral locators (d) Buttons
(c) 5 kgf (d) 8.7 kgf
Ans. (b)
Ans. (c)
Sol. Nesting
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Fcos30°
34. The force in member BC of steel truss structure
shown in figur below is (Cross section of each
member is A, Length of each member is ‘l’)
P1 2*P1 N
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N
A l C Fcos30° = (20 × 9.81)
B D
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l 3
F = 0.25 × 20 × 9.81
2
E l F G H J
F = 56.638 N = 5.77 kg
36. A point P moves along the path y = x2 – 4.
P2 P2
What is the displacement when the point
(a) P1 + 2P2 (b) 2P1 + P2 moves from x = 1 to x = 3
(c) 2 * (P1 + P2) (d) (P1 + P2)/2 (a) 8.24, @ tan–1 (4)°
Ans. (c) (b) 2, @ tan–1 (1)°
Sol. Using method of section cut BC, BG, FG. (c) 11.3, @ tan–1 (4)°
Taking moment about G.
(d) 11.3, @ tan–1 (1)°
FBC × l = 2P1 × l + P2 × 2l
Ans. (a)
FBC = 2(P1 + P2)
Ans. ( )*
T = I
B
(3 × 0.1 – 1 × 0.2) × 9.81 = 1.5 × 0.22 ×
0 = 16.35 rad/sec2
Sol.
A 38. Identify the geometric characteristic that
describe the feature geometry and the inter-
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A(1, –3) relationship of part features
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So distance AB
(c) orientation tolerance
= x2 x1 2 y2 y1 2 (d) dimension
Ans. (b)
= 5 3 2 3 12
39. Isothermal compressibility of an ideal gas is
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= 8.24
nR nRT
y 2 y1
1 (a) (b)
and = tan x x VP VP2
2 1
nR nRT
1 8 1 (c) 2 (d)
= tan tan 4 VP VP
2
Ans. (b)
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0.
2m V P
0.
1m nRT 1/ P nRT
= – .
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O V P VP2
40. Datum features on the part are
(a) permanent
(b) temporary
1 kg (c) either permanent or temporary
(d) none of these
3 kg Ans. (c)
(a) 5 rad/sec2 (b) 10/1.3 rad/sec2
(c) 15/1.3 rad/sec2 (d) 10 rad/sec2
2 2 4 (b) Threads made by thread rolling process
2 1 2 are preferred over machined threads in
41. The eigen values of A = are bolts
4 2 2
(c) W hen external load is applied to a
(a) 2, 7, 2 (b) –7, –2, –2 preloaded bolt joint, a bigger percentage
(c) –2, –2, 7 (d) 2, –1, 2
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of that load relieves compression of
Ans. (c) f langes and remaining percentage
increases tension in bolts
Sol. Characteristic equation of A is
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(d) Bolted joints are designed such that bolt
A I = 0 stiffness is higher than flange stiffness
2 2 4 Ans. (d)
2 1 2 Sol. Bolts are made of mild steel having lower
= 0
4 2 2 stiffness while flanges are made of cast iron
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having higher stiffness.
2 2 7 = 0 or = – 2, –2, 7 46. Root opening of a Single Vee groove weld
joint of plate thickness “t’ is
42. In process charts, the symbol used for
inspection is t t
(a) (b)
3 4
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(a) (b) t t
(c) (d)
5 6
(c) (d) Ans. (b)
Ans. (b) Sol. As per welding codal provision the root opening
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1
(d) Nodal point method 2 2 1
(c) (d)
Ans. (c) 1 1
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50. The stress produced in a wire of diameter 6 where ' ' is the isentropic index
mm, when it is bend around a large cylinder of
Ans. (d)
diameter 2 m can be obtained as (Young’s
modulus of both wire and cylinder = 200 GPa, Sol. Critical pressure ratio for maximum discharge
the stress strain curve of the material is given
below) P2 2 1
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P1 = 1
Ans. (d)
Strain
Sol. a m
Power = m ˆ f Vj m
ˆ a Vaircraft × V
(a) 600 MPa (b) 300 MPa aircraftt
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(c) 100 MPa (d) 200 MPa [(40+1) × 700 – 40 × 200] × 200
Ans. (b) 4140 kW
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takes place isentropically
54. Load Vs displacement curve shown in the Fixed End
following figure pertains to
(a) Stress in both blocks are same
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(b) Strain in both blocks are same
Ans. (b)
Sol. Reheat factor Two blocks are dimensionally equal.
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at MMC Put (ii) in (i)
(d) None of these P × 3b = 3P1 b
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Ans. (c) P1 = P 2 = P
Sol. Maximum material condition (MMC) ensure
P1 P2 P
further machining for correction if nothing is Stress =
specified. A A A
as cross-sectional area of each wire is A
58. A horizontal bar AB assumed to be rigid, is
59. In CAD, the geometric transformation is
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supported by two wires CE & DF, having
lengths L and 2L respectively and pinned at A. expressed as P* = [T]P where T is the
If each wire has cross sectional area A, the transformation matrix. If the matrix T is
diagonal, then the transformation is called
tensile stress 1 and 2 in wires CE and DF
are respectively, (a) translation (b) reflection
(c) rotation (d) scaling
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D
Ans. (d)
60. A water tank is located 3m above ground and
C 2L depth of water in tank is 2m. Exit pipe is 50mm
L in dia and 50 m long. Velocity of water at the
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A 3m
Sol. b b b
P
V2 62. The distribution of temperature T, at a particular
H= hf instant, across a large concrete wall, 1m thick,
2g
which is heated from one side is given by the
V 2 fV 2 equation T = 150 – 80x + 16x2, where the
H=
2g 2gd distance x is in meters and T is in the degree
Celsius. Thermal conductivity of wall is 0.6 W/
R
V2 f mk, area of cross section is 10 m2. The heat
H= 1
2g d accumulated in unit time at this instant in the
concrete wall is
V2 0.05 50
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5= 1 (a) 768 J/sec (b) 384 J/sec
2 10 50 103
V = 1.4 m/s (c) 96 J/sec (d) 192 J/sec
1.5 m/s Ans. (d)
61. The work ratio of a gas turbine is a function of
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(a) temperature ratio and pressure ratio Qout
(b) pressure ratio Qin
x
Wnet
Sol. Work ratio = W
turbine x = 0 to 1m
3
P Q accumulated = Qin Qout
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dT dT
2 = – kA KA
4 dx x 0 dx x 1m
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= – 0.6×10×(–80) + (0.6×10×(–80+32))
1
V = 192 J/sec
65. Which of the following is FALSE about normal (d) Inventory control
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distribution? Ans. (d)
(a) Normal distribution is applied for discrete 69. Process in which lowest tolerances in cast
random distribution products of ferrous and non ferrous metals
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(b) The shape of the normal curve is bell can be achieved is
shaped (a) Die casting
(c) The area under a standard normal curve (b) Shell casting
is 1 (c) Investment casting
(d) The standard normal curve is symmetric (d) Sand casting
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about the value 0
Ans. (c)
Ans. (a)
70. Pickling treatment is cleaning the casting with
Sol (a) is false bacause normal distribution is
applicable for continuous random variable. (a) Soda ash
(d) Independent of adiabatic flame 71. Element which makes steel stainless
temperature (a) Mg (b) Ni
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73. A 10 mm thick plate-1 is welded to another broken into two haves, the natural frequency
plate-2 (10mm thk) using fillet weld of thickness of the remaining cantilever beam 2 will be
10 mm, on two sides of plate-1 as shown in such that
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figure. Plate-1 project outside plate-2 by 85
(a) 2 1
mm. An end load of 1 kN acts on plate-1. The
primary shear stress produced in the weld (b) 2 1
throat is (c) 2 1
30 (d) Can not be obtained from the given data
Plate-2
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P=1kN Ans. (b)
10 Plate-1
g
Sol. n =
20
3
= (Assumed)
3EI
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85
1
n 3/ 2
(a) 173 N/mm2 (b) 2.4 N/mm2
n2 n1
(c) 85 N/mm2 (d) None of these
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compression, the design is based on point at t = 0.5 sec is given by
(a) Yield strength of material
(a) 8 j4 (b) 6 j20
(b) Ultimate strength of material
(c)
(d)
Ans. (c)
78.
Buckling strength of the structure
Shear strength of the structure
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The frictional shear stress in metal forming
Ans. (c)
(c) 8 j4
x = t 2 cos t
(d) 20 j6
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y = – 4t 3 sin t
is expressed as
m dx
(a) (b) u= 16 t.cos t 8t 2. sin t
3 3m dt
3
(c) (d) dy
v = 12 t 2 sin t 4 t 3 . cos t
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m 3 m dt
which ‘m’ is the friction shear factor and ' ' is
Velocity vactor at t = 0.5 sec
the flow stress
V = ui + Vj
Ans. (a)
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79. Governing differential equation for small = 16 0.5 cos 8 0.5 8 0.5 2 8 sin 8 0.t î
deflections of elastic beams is given by
12 0.5 2 sin 8 0.5 4 0.53 8 cos 8 0.5 ĵ
d2 y M d3 y
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M d2 y = 8i j4
Sol. =
EI dx2
V d3 y
=
EI dx3