Suez Canal University Production Engng & Mechanical Design Dept

Faculty of Engineering Theory & Machine Design ( Code : PRD 217 )

Port Said Total Exam Time 3. Hour
2 nd Year (Ship Building Dept ) Time For Machine Elements Design ( 90 minutes )

Final Exam May 2008

Answer All the questions and assume any missing data you find it necessary to complete your answer
Question No. 1 25 Marks

1 –An Uni-directional 8 pads thrust bearing is required to support a load of 50 Kn. The Start up
load is expected to be about 15 % of the total bearing load . The shaft diameter is to be 0.06 m
and the bearing has to operate at max. Speed of 120 r.p.s. The lubricant available to the
bearing is a mineral oil grade 32 (ISO VG 32 ) with viscosity index of 95 . The lubricant is
supplied in the form of directed feed with inlet temperature of 50 C o . Bearing misalignment is
expected to be exist.

It is required to present a full design of that bearing. Draw a neat sketch to show the general
layout and the configuration of the final design of the off –set pads thrust bearing .

I- The Vogel’s Eqn. Constants are as follows : K 5.95804x10-5

B 894.233
θ 106.5863
Consider that S1=0.12 , S2 = 1.42 , ρ=875 kg/m

ρC=1.7x10 J / m K , k=0.08x10 m / s

II- Present your final results of the bearing following pattern after copying it into your answer
notebook .

Pad outside diameter = Pad inner diameter =

Pad mean diameter =
Pad radial width = Minimum film thickness =
Length of pad at mean diameter = Allow. Min. film thickness =
Runner diameter = Factor of safety of min. film =
Runner thickness =
Inlet temperature to housing = Pad maximum temperature =
Housing outlet temperature = Effective film temperature =
Total power loss =
Total lubricant feed flow rate = Maximum surface roughness =

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Question No. 2 10 Marks

Describe the design procedure of the cotter joint ( Draw a neat sketch to show the general layout of the
final design of the cotter joint )

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Question No. 3 15 Marks

Design a knuckle joint for a tie rod of a circular section to sustain a maximum pull of 70 kN The
ultimate strength of the material of the rod against tearing is 420 MPa. The Ultimate tensile and
shearing strength of the pin material are 510 MPa and 396 MPa respectively. Determine the tie rod
section and pin section. Take factor of safety = 6. (Support your answer with neat sketch of the
final joint )

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Question No. 4 20 Marks

A solid steel shaft is supported on two bearings 1.8 m apart and rotates at 250 r.p.m A 20° involute
gear D, 300 mm diameter is keyed to the shaft at a distance of 150 mm to the left on the right hand
bearing. Two pulleys B and C are located on the shaft at distances of 600 mm and mm respectively to
the right of the left hand bearing. The diameters of the pulleys B and C are750 mm and 600 mm
respectively. 30 kW is supplied to the gear out of which 18.75 kW is taken off at pulley C and 11.25
kW from pulley B. The drive from B is vertically downward while from C the drive is downward at an
angle of 60° to the horizontal. In both cases the belt tension ratio is 2 and the angle of lap is 180°. The
combined fatigue and shock factors for torsion and bending may be taken as 1.5 and 2 respectively.
Design a suitable shaft taking working stress to be 42 MPa in shear and 84 MPa in tension

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