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Shaft Design

GATE Mechanical Engineering · Strength of Materials - Torsion · 1988-2018

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2018 Q15

A motor driving a solid circular steel shaft transmits 40 kW of power at 500 rpm. If the diameter of the shaft is 40 mm, the maximum shear stress in the shaft is ________ MPa.

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2012 PYQ

A solid circular shaft needs to be designed to transmit a torque of $$50$$ $$N.m.$$ If the allowable shear stress of the material is $$140$$ $$MPa,$$ assuming a factor of safety of...

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2012 PYQ

A solid circular shaft needs to be designed to transmit a torque of 50N.m. If the allowable shear stress of the material is $$140$$MPa, assuming a factor of safety of $$2,$$ the mi...

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2009 PYQ

A solid circular shaft of diameter $$d$$ is subjected to a combined bending moment, $$M$$ and torque, $$T.$$ The material property to be used for designing the shaft using the rela...

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2002 PYQ

A static load is mounted at the center of a shaft rotating at uniform angular velocity. This shaft will be designed for

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1996 PYQ

A solid shaft can resist a bending moment of $$3.0$$ $$kNm$$ and a twisting moment of $$4.0$$ $$kNm$$ together, then the maximum torque that can be applied is

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1994 PYQ

Two shafts $$A$$ and $$B$$ are made of the same material. The diameter of shaft $$B$$ is twice that of shaft $$A.$$ The ratio of power which can be transmitted by shaft $$A$$ to th...

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1991 PYQ

Strength to weight ratio for a circuit shaft transmitting power is directly proportional to the

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1988 PYQ

In the design of shafts made of ductile materials subjected to twisting moment and bending moment, the recommended theory of failure is

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