Metallurgical Engineering
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Question 56
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A thin plate is loaded in plane stress condition with
The maximum principal stress in
is __________
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A chimney as shown in the figure requires to have natural draft (pressure difference between the furnace and the bottom of chimney,
) of
.

Given: acceleration due to gravity,
Assume densities of air and flue do not change along the chimney height. Neglect frictional energy loss and kinetic energy difference at the bottom and top of the chimney.
If the density difference between the air and flue is
, the minimum height (
) of the chimney in meters is __________ (round off to nearest integer).Log in to check the answer
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Two circular surfaces A and B with the values of emissivity
, temperature T, and respective view factors are shown in the figure. Consider heat radiation only between surfaces A and B.

Given: Stefan-Boltzmann constant,
Net heat flow rate by radiation from surface A in kW is __________ (round off to 1 decimal place).
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Copper ore assaying 10 wt.% Cu is fed to a concentration plant at the rate of 100 tons/h. If the grades of concentrate and tailing are 30 wt.% Cu and 1 wt.% Cu, respectively, the percentage recovery of copper in concentrate is __________ (round off to nearest integer).
Given: 1 ton = 1000 kg
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Diffraction pattern of a polycrystalline BC metal is obtained using monochromatic X-rays of wavelength 0.25 nm. If the first peak occurs at Brag angle (
) of 30°, then the radius of the metal atom in nm is __________ (round off to 2 decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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The alloy A (given in the phase diagram) is cooled slowly from the liquid state to just below the eutectic temperature.

The ratio of weight fractions of pro-eutectic
to eutectic
is __________ (round off to 1 decimal place).Log in to check the answer
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In an aqueous solution of Fe
ions with concentration of
M at 298 K and atmospheric pressure, the reduction potential of Fe in volt is __________ (round off to 2 decimal places).Given: Standard reduction potential,
Faraday’s constant, F = 96500 C per mole of electrons
Universal gas constant, R = 8.314
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Strain hardening behavior of an alloy is given by
, where
and
are true stress and true strain, respectively. The alloy is cold drawn to an unknown amount of strain, followed by tensile testing. If the tensile test showed 10 % reduction in area at maximum load, the unknown amount of strain from prior cold work is __________ (round off to 2 decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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A specimen containing maximum initial surface crack of size 1.5 mm is subjected to cyclic loading with
and
. Assuming specimen geometric factor of 1, and referring to the given figure, the crack growth rate in
m cycle
is __________ (round off to nearest integer).
Given: N = number of cycles
a = crack length
R = stress ratio
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A 200 mm thick slab is rolled using 500 mm diameter rolls under cold rolling and hot rolling conditions, separately. The coefficient of friction is 0.04 in cold rolling and 0.4 in hot rolling. The ratio of maximum possible thickness reduction in cold rolling to that in hot rolling is __________ (round off to 2 decimal places).
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