Production and Industrial Engineering
GATE PI concept:friction PYQs
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Question 51
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A flat belt drive with pulley of
cm radius is designed to transmit 6.283 kW power at 600 RPM. In the figure,
is the corresponding torque. If the coefficient of static friction between the belt and the pulley is 0.3, then the minimum value of the tightening force
(in kN) required to prevent the belt slip is ________. (Rounded off to 2 decimal places) 
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