Mechanical Engineering
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Question 19
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Shear stress distribution on the cross-section of the coil wire in a helical compression spring is shown in the figure. This shear stress distribution represents

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Value of
, where
, is equal toYour answerChoose one option.
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Consider a vector
in 2-dimensional space. Let its direction (counter-clockwise angle with the positive
-axis) be
. Let
be an eigenvector of a
matrix
with corresponding eigenvalue
,
. If we denote the magnitude of a vector
by
, identify the VALID statement regarding
, where
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The value of
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Let
represent the unit circle centered at origin in the complex plane, and complex variable,
. The value of the contour integral
(where integration is taken counter clockwise) isYour answerChoose one option.
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Let the superscript
represent the transpose operation. Consider the function
, where
and
are
vectors and
is a symmetric
matrix. The stationary point of
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A set of jobs A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H arrive at time
for processing on turning and grinding machines. Each job needs to be processed in sequence – first on the turning machine and second on the grinding machine, and the grinding must occur immediately after turning. The processing times of the jobs are given below.Job | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turning (minutes) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
Grinding (minutes) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
If the makespan is to be minimized, then the optimal sequence in which these jobs must be processed on the turning and grinding machines is
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Consider the following differential equation
The solution of the equation that satisfies the condition
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The fundamental thermodynamic relation for a rubber band is given by
, where
is the absolute temperature,
is the entropy,
is the tension in the rubber band, and
is the length of the rubber band. Which one of the following relations is CORRECT:Your answerChoose one option.
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A factory produces
(
) products, each of which requires processing on
(
) workstations. Let
be the amount of processing time that one unit of the
product requires on the
workstation. Let the revenue from selling one unit of the
product be
and
be the holding cost per unit per time period for the
product. The planning horizon consists of
(
) time periods. The minimum demand that must be satisfied in time period
is
and the capacity of the
workstation in time period
is
. Consider the aggregate planning formulation below, with decision variables
(amount of product
sold in time period
),
(amount of product
manufactured in time period
) and
(amount of product
held in inventory at the end of time period
).
The capacity constraints and inventory balance constraints for this formulation areYour answerChoose one option.
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