Mechanical System Design Test Questions - Set 1

1)   Which equation is used to calculate thickness of an alloy steel cylinder with open ends?

a. Clavarino's equation
b. Birnie's equation
c. Lame's equation
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Birnie's equation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   Why is autofrettage process used in pressure vessels?

a. Increase fatigue lifetime
b. To enhance carrying capacity
c. To introduce compressive residual stress in them
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Due to which effect, compressive residual stress of strain-hardening model is smaller than elastic-perfectly plastic model?

a. Seeback effect
b. Peltier effect
c. Bauschinger effect
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bauschinger effect

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Claviro's equation is applicable to cylinders with _______

a. close ends
b. open ends
c. both a. and b.
d. none of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: close ends

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Which equation is used to determine wall thickness for brittle materials?

a. Brinie's equation
b. Claviro's equation
c. Lame's equation
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lame's equation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   What is the weld joint efficiency if pressure vessel is fabricated with single full fillet lap joint?

a. 1.0
b. 0.55
c. 0.65
d. 0.85
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 0.55

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Which of the following is not an unfired pressure vessel?

a. Heat exchanger
b. Storage vessels
c. Steam boilers
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Steam boilers

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   In unfired pressure vessels, category A consists of _________

a. joints connecting flanges and flat heads
b. welded joints connecting nozzles with main shell
c. circumferential welded joints joints
d. longitudinal welded joints
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: longitudinal welded joints

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Which of the following is not expressed by primary design equation?

a. Functional parameters
b. Material parameters
c. Geometrical parameters
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: None of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   What does Ψ mean in Lagrange's equation (LE = U + λΨ)?

a. Lagrange's multipliers
b. Functional constraints
c. Multiple variable objective
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Functional constraints

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!