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The Cast Iron which possesses all the carbon in the combined form as cementite is known as Grey Cast Iron Spheroidal Cast Iron Malleable Cast Iron White Cast Iron
The size distribution of the powder particles used in Powder Metallurgy process can be determined by Laser scattering Laser reflection Laser absorption Laser penetration
In a $\text{CNC}$ machine tool, the function of an interpolator is to generate signal for the lubrication pump during machining error signal for tool radius compensation during machining $\text{NC}$ code from the part drawing during post processing reference signal prescribing the shape of the part to be machined
The machining process that involves ablation is Abrasive Jet Machining Chemical Machining Electrochemical Machining Laser Beam Machining
The allowance provided in between a hole and a shaft is calculated from the difference between lower limit of the shaft and the upper limit of the hole upper limit of the shaft and the upper limit of the hole upper limit of the shaft and the lower limit of the hole lower limit of the shaft and the lower limit of the hole
In forced convective heat transfer, Stanton number $\text{(St)}$, Nusselt number $\text{(Nu)}$, Reynolds number $\text{(Re)}$ and Prandtl number $\text{(Pr)}$ are related as $St=\frac{Nu}{Re\:Pr}$ $St=\frac{Nu\:Pr}{Re}$ $\text{St = Nu Pr Re}$ $St=\frac{Nu\:Re}{Pr}$
Which of the following is responsible for eddy viscosity (or turbulent viscosity) in a turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate? Nikuradse stresses Reynolds stresses Boussinesq stresses Prandtl stresses
A plane truss $\text{PQRS}$ ($\text{PQ=RS}$, and $\angle PQR=90^{\circ}$) is shown in the figure. The forces in the members $\text{PR}$ and $\text{RS}$, respectively, are _____________________ $F\sqrt{2}$ (tensile) and $\text{F}$ (tensile) $F\sqrt{2}$ (tensile) and $\text{F}$ (compressive) $\text{F}$ (compressive) and $F\sqrt{2}$ (compressive) $\text{F}$ (tensile) and $F\sqrt{2}$ (tensile)
Consider the mechanism shown in the figure. There is rolling contact without slip between the disc and ground. Select the correct statement about instantaneous centers in the mechanism. Only points $\text{P, Q}$, and $\text{S}$ ... centers of mechanism All points $\text{P, Q, R, S, T}$ and $\text{U}$ are instantaneous centers of mechanism
The controlling force curves $\text{P, Q,}$ and $\text{R}$ for a spring controlled governor are shown in the figure, where $r_{1}$ and $r_{2}$ are any two radii of rotation. The characteristics shown by the curves are $\text{P}$ - Unstable; $\text{Q}$ - Stable; $\text{R}$ ... ; $\text{Q}$ - Isochronous; $\text{R}$ - Unstable $\text{P}$ - Stable; $\text{Q}$ - Unstable; $\text{R}$ - Isochronous
The von Mises stress at a point in a body subjected to forces is proportional to the square root of the total strain energy per unit volume plastic strain energy per unit volume dilatational strain energy per unit volume distortional strain energy per unit volume
Consider adiabatic flow of air through a duct. At a given point in the duct, velocity of air is $\text{300 m/s}$, temperature is $\text{330 K}$ and pressure is $\text{180 kPa}$. Assume that the air behaves as a perfect gas with constant $c_p=1.005 \text{ kJ/kg.K}$. The stagnation temperature at this point is _______ $\text{K} (\textit{round off to two decimal places}$).
Consider an ideal vapour compression refrigeration cycle working on $\text{R-134a}$ refrigerant. The $\text{COP}$ of the cycle is $10$ and the refrigeration capacity is $\text{150 kJ/kg}$. The heat rejected by the refrigerant in the condenser is __________ $\text{kJ/kg} (\textit{round off to the nearest integer}$).
A rigid tank of volume $50 \text{ m}^{3}$ contains a pure substance as a saturated liquid vapour mixture at $\text{400 kPa}$. Of the total mass of the mixture, $20\%$ mass is liquid and $80\%$ mass is vapour. Properties at $\text{400 kPa}$ ... $/kg}$. The total mass of liquid vapour mixture in the tank is _______ $\text{kg } (\textit{round off to the nearest integer}$).
An object is moving with a Mach number of $0.6$ in an ideal gas environment, which is at a temperature of $\text{350 K}$. The gas constant is $\text{320 J/kg.K}$ and ratio of specific heats is $1.3$. The speed of object is _________ $\text{m/s} (\textit{round off to the nearest integer}$).
A column with one end fixed and one end free has a critical buckling load of $\text{100 N}$. For the same column, if the free end is replaced with a pinned end then the critical buckling load will be _______ $\text{N}\; (\textit{round off to the nearest integer}$).
A steel cubic block of side $\text{200 mm}$ is subjected to hydrostatic pressure of $\text{250 N/mm}^{2}$. The elastic modulus is $2 \times 10^{5}\:\text{N/mm}^{2}$ and Poisson ratio is $0.3$ for steel. The side of the block is reduced by _________ $\text{mm}\: (\textit{round off to two decimal places}$).
A factory produces $m (i= 1,2,\cdots, m)$ products, each of which requires processing on $n(j = 1,2,\cdots, n)$ workstations. Let $a_{ij}$ be the amount of processing time that one unit of the $i^{th}$ product requires on the $j^{th}$ ... $I_{it}=I_{i,t-1}+S_{it}-X_{it}\:\forall \:i,t$
Ambient pressure, temperature, and relative humidity at a location are $\text{101 kPa}$, $\text{300 K}$, and $60\%$, respectively. The saturation pressure of the water at $\text{300 K}$ is $\text{3.6 kPa}$. The specific humidity of ambient air is ____________________ $\text{g/kg}$ of dry air. $21.4$ $35.1$ $21.9$ $13.6$
A plane frame $\text{PQR}$ (fixed at $\text{P}$ and free at $\text{R}$) is shown in the figure. Both members ($\text{PQ}$ and $\text{QR}$) have length, $\text{L}$, and flexural rigidity, $\text{EI}$. Neglecting the effect of axial stress and transverse shear, the horizontal deflection at free end, R, is $\frac{5FL^{3}}{3EI}$ $\frac{4FL^{3}}{3EI}$ $\frac{2FL^{3}}{3EI}$ $\frac{FL^{3}}{3EI}$
A power transmission mechanism consists of a belt drive and a gear train as shown in the figure. Diameters of pulleys of belt drive and number of teeth $\text{(T)}$ on the gears $2$ to $7$ are indicated in the figure. The speed and direction of rotation of gear $7$, ... $\text{255.68 rpm}$; anticlockwise $\text{575.28 rpm}$; clockwise $\text{575.28 rpm}$; anticlockwise
A machine of mass $\text{100 kg}$ is subjected to an external harmonic force with a frequency of $\text{40 rad/s}$ ... ascending order of the force transmitted to the foundation. $1-3-4-2$ $1-3-2-4$ $4-3-1-2$ $3-1-2-4$
Consider the system shown in the figure. A rope goes over a pulley. A mass, $\text{m}$, is hanging from the rope. A spring of stiffness, $\text{k}$, is attached at one end of the rope. Assume rope is inextensible, massless and there is no slip between pulley and rope. The pulley radius is $\text{r}$ and its ... $\sqrt{\frac{kr^{2}}{J + mr^{2}}}$ $\sqrt{k/m}$ $\sqrt{\frac{kr^{2}}{J}}$
Daily production capacity of a bearing manufacturing company is $30000$ bearings. The daily demand of the bearing is $15000$. The holding cost per year of keeping a bearing in the inventory is $₹20$. The setup cost for the production of a batch is $₹1800$. Assuming $300$ working days in a year, the economic batch quantity in number of bearings is ______ ($\textit{in integer}$).
A cast product of a particular material has dimensions $75\: \text{mm} \times 125\: \text{mm} \times 20 \:\text{mm}$. The total solidification time for the cast product is found to be $2.0$ minutes as calculated using Chvorinov's rule having the index, $n =2$. ... $\text{50 mm}$, the total solidification time will be ______ minutes ($\textit{round off to two decimal places}$).
A spot welding operation performed on two pieces of steel yielded a nugget with a diameter of $\text{5 mm}$ and a thickness of $\text{1 mm}$. The welding time was $\text{0.1 s}$. The melting energy for the steel is $\text{20 J/mm}^{3}$. Assuming ... as $10\%$, the power required for performing the spot welding operation is ________ $\text{kW} (\textit{round off to two decimal places}$).
A surface grinding operation has been performed on a Cast Iron plate having dimensions $\text{300 mm} (\textit{length}) \times \text{10 mm} (\textit{width})\times\text{50 mm}({height}$). The grinding was performed using an alumina wheel having a wheel diameter ... specific grinding energy under the aforesaid grinding conditions is ______ $\text{J/mm}^{3} (\textit{round off to one decimal place}$).
In a pure orthogonal turning by a zero rake angle single point carbide cutting tool, the shear force has been computed to be $\text{400 N}$. The cutting velocity, $V_{c}=100$ $\text{m/min}$, depth of cut, $\text{t= 2.0 mm}$, feed, $s_{0}=0.1 \text{ mm}$/ ... $\text{m/min}$, the shear strength, $\tau_{s}$, of the material will be ______ $\text{MPa} (\textit{round off to two decimal places}$).
The thickness, width and length of a metal slab are $\text{50 mm}$, $\text{250 mm}$ and $\text{3600 mm}$, respectively. A rolling operation on this slab reduces the thickness by $10\%$ and increases the width by $3\%$. The length of the rolled slab is ________ $\text{mm} \:(\textit{round off to one decimal place}$).
A $\text{76.2 mm}$ gauge block is used under one end of a $\text{254 mm}$ sine bar with roll diameter of $\text{25.4 mm}$. The height of gauge blocks required at the other end of the sine bar to measure an angle of $30^{\circ}$ is ______ $\text{mm} (\textit{round off to two decimal places}$).
The demand and forecast of an item for five months are given in the table. ... $\text{(MAPE)}$ in the forecast is __________________ $\% (\textit{round off to two decimal places}$)
A shell and tube heat exchanger is used as a steam condenser. Coolant water enters the tube at $300 \text{ K}$ at a rate of $100 \text{ kg/s}$. The overall heat transfer coefficient is $1500 \text{ W/m}^{2}.\text{K}$, and total heat transfer area ... $\text{K} (\textit{round off to the nearest integer}$).
Ambient air flows over a heated slab having flat, top surface at $y = 0$. The local temperature (in Kelvin) profile within the thermal boundary layer is given by $\text{T(y)} = 300 + 200 \exp (-5y)$, where $\text{y}$ is the distance measured from the slab surface in ... $\text{|dT/dy|}$ within the slab at $y=0$ is ____________________ $\text{K/m} (\textit{round off to the nearest integer}$).
Water flows out from a large tank of cross-sectional area $A_{t}=1 \text{ m}^{2}$ through a small rounded orifice of cross-sectional area $A_{o} = 1 \text{ cm}^2$, located at $y= 0$. Initially the water level, measured from $y = 0$ ... time taken by water in the tank to reach a level of $\text{y = H/4}$ is __________________ seconds ($\textit{round off to one decimal places}$).
Consider the open feed water heater $\text{(FWH)}$ shown in the figure given below: Specific enthalpy of steam at location $2$ is $\text{2624 kJ/kg}$, specific enthalpy of water at location $5$ is $\text{226.7 kJ/kg}$ and specific enthalpy of saturated water at location $6$ ... $2$ will be ________ $\text{kg/s}$ (round off to one decimal place).
A high velocity water jet of cross section area = $0.01 \text{ m}^{2}$ and velocity $\text{35 m/s}$ enters a pipe filled with stagnant water. The diameter of the pipe is $\text{0.32 m}$. This high velocity water jet entrains additional water from the pipe ... as shown in the figure. The flow rate of entrained water is _______________ liters/$\text{s}\: (\textit{round off to two decimal places}$).
A vertical shaft Francis turbine rotates at $\text{300 rpm}$. The available head at the inlet to the turbine is $\text{200 m}$. The tip speed of the rotor is $\text{40 m/s}$ ... $g=9.8 \text{ m/s}^{2}$. The hydraulic efficiency of the turbine is ______ $\% (\textit{round off to one decimal place}$).
An adiabatic vortex tube, shown in the figure given below is supplied with $\text{5 kg/s}$ of air (inlet $1$) at $\text{500 kPa}$ and $\text{300 K}$. Two separate streams of air are leaving the device from outlets $2$ and $3$. Hot air leaves the ... transfer across the boundary of this device. The rate of entropy generation is _______ $\text{kW/K}\:(\textit{round off to one decimal place}$).
A block of negligible mass rests on a surface that is inclined at $30^{\circ}$ to the horizontal plane as shown in the figure. When a vertical force of $\text{900 N}$ and a horizontal force of $\text{750 N}$ are applied, the block is just about to slide. The coefficient of static friction between the block and surface is _______ ($\textit{round off to two decimal places}$).
The wheels and axle system lying on a rough surface is shown in the figure. Each wheel has diameter $\text{0.8 m}$ and mass $\text{1 kg}$ ... . The acceleration of the wheel axle system in horizontal direction is ______ $\text{m/s}^{2} (\textit{round off to one decimal place}$).