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A hollow shaft will transmit a __________ torque than a solid shaft of the same mass and same material.
A Smaller
B Greater
C Medium
D None of these
Two shafts ‘A’ and ‘B’ under pure torsion are of identical length and identical weight and are made of the same material. The shaft ‘A’ is solid and the shaft ‘B’ is hollow. We can say that
A Shaft B is better than shaft A
B Shaft A is better than shaft B
C Both the shafts are equally good
D None of these
Two shafts A and B are made of the same material. The diameter of shaft A is twice as that of shaft B. The power transmitted by the shaft A will be __________ of shaft B.
A Twice
B Four times
C Eight times
D Sixteen times
When two shafts of same length, one of which is hollow, transmit equal torques and have equal maximum stress, then they should have equal
A Polar moment of inertia
B Polar modulus
C Diameter
D Angle of twist
A hollow sphere and a solid sphere of the same material and equal radii are heated to the same temperature. In this case,
A The cooling rate will be the same for the two spheres and hence the two spheres will have equal temperatures at any instant
B Both the spheres will emit equal amount of radiation per unit time in the beginning
C Both will absorb equal amount of radiation from the surrounding in the beginning
D Both B & C
The natural frequency of free torsional vibrations of a shaft is equal to (where q = Torsional stiffness of the shaft and $$I$$ = Mass moment of inertia of the disc attached at the end of a shaft)
A $$2\pi \sqrt {\frac{{\text{q}}}{I}} $$
B $$2\pi \sqrt {{\text{q}}I} $$
C $$\frac{1}{{2\pi }}\sqrt {\frac{{\text{q}}}{I}} $$
D $$\frac{1}{{2\pi }}$$
The radius of a friction circle for a shaft rotating inside a bearing is (where r = Radius of shaft and $$\tan \varphi $$  = Coefficient of friction between the shaft and bearing)
A $${\text{r}}\sin \varphi $$
B $${\text{r}}\cos \varphi $$
C $${\text{r}}\tan \varphi $$
D $$\frac{{\text{r}}}{2}\cos \varphi $$
The product of the tangential force acting on the shaft and its distance from the axis of the shaft (i.e. radius of shaft) is known as
A Bending moment
B Twisting moment
C Torsional rigidity
D Flexural rigidity
Hollow shafts can be made as strong as solid shafts by making the twisting moments of both the shafts same. Shafts made by __________ have residual stresses.
A Forging
B Cold rolling
C Hot rolling
D Casting
To transmit power from one rotating shaft to another whose axes are neither parallel nor intersecting, use?
A Spur gear
B Spiral gear
C Bevel gear
D Worm gear

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