UNINVERSITY OF KHARTOUM FACULTY OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL DESIGN I ME411 TUTORIALS January 2013

1. For a standard bolt and nut made of steel, determine the relation between the thickness of the nut and the outside diameter of the thread for equal strengths of the bolt in tension and the threads in shear. Assume that the root diameter of threads is 0.85xthe outside diameter and the allowable stress in shear equals 0.55xthe allowable stress in tension. 2. A pulley bracket is supported by four bolts, two at A and two at B, as shown in fig. The weight of pulley and bracket equals W= 78Kg, and the load on the rope P is 2,700Kg. Assuming that the bracket is held against the wall and prevented from tipping about O by the two bolts at A (i.e., neglecting the bolts at B), and using an allowable stress in the bolts as 35N/mm2, determine the size of the NC bolts required.

3. A bolt is subjected to axial shock loading so that the maximum applied load equals 1000Kg. (a) Assuming an allowable stress 51N/mm2, determine the size of bolt required, using NC threads. Neglect stress concentration. (b) It is desired to increase the shock absorbing capacity of the above bolt. Determine the diameter of the hole required to reduce the cross-sectional area of the shank to that at the root of the threads. (c) Determine the percentage of improvement in shockabsorbing capacity by using the drilled bolt (bolt with a hole drilled along its axis in the center). 4. Assuming that the load on a bolt due to tightening is equal to 16,000 times the nominal bolt diameter d, derive an equation for the stress due to tightening. The result should be in terms of d. Assume the root diameter is 0.8xthe nominal diameter. What should be the minimum size of the bolts used on the basis of the above? 5. For a sliding hub connected to a shaft by means of feather keys, show that the friction of sliding when two keys are used is one-half the friction when one key is used.

6. Draw a neat sketch of a shaft with a key, and derive equations for (a) the bearing pressure on the key and (b) the shearing stress in the key. The results should be in terms of the transmitted torque T, the shaft diameter D, length L of key, width w of key, and depth h. (c) assuming that the key is equally strong in bearing and shear and that the yield in compression is twice the yield point in shear, determine the proper proportions of the cross section of the key. (d) assuming that there is a square key whose sides are one-quarter the shaft diameter and that the shaft, key and hub are made from the same material, determine the length of key in terms of shaft diameter so that the key will be as strong as the solid shaft. 7. Make a neat sketch showing two views of a cotter joint with key and write equations showing the strength of the joint for the most probable modes of failure. 8. The torque capacity of a spline fitting s based on the allowable pressure on the active surfaces of the splines. Assuming a value of the pressure as 64.00N/mm2, determine for the spline in the fig. the following: (a) Length of spline required for a torque capacity of 670Nm; (b) the force required to slide the member axially under load, assuming the coefficient of friction as 0.1.