Engineering

Complex Mechanical Systems & Analytical Methods

Six advanced problems examining specialized applications in mechanical design and rigorous analytical techniques.

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1
During the analysis of a composite pressure vessel subjected to combined loading, a principal stress of -45 MPa (compressive) is calculated. When applying the Distortion-Energy (von Mises) failure criterion for a ductile material, how should this compressive principal stress be treated in the equivalent stress calculation?
Question 1
2
For a supersonic wind tunnel operating with air (gamma=1.4) in the test section at Mach 2.5, what is the required ratio of the stagnation pressure to the static pressure in the test section to achieve this flow?
Question 2
3
In precision machine design, a kinematic coupling uses exactly three contact points per interface to constrain six degrees of freedom. What is the primary analytical advantage of this exact constraint design?
Question 3
4
A reversible heat engine operates between a source at 1000 K and a sink at 400 K. It produces 15 kW of net work output. If the engine's operation is reversed to function as a heat pump between the same reservoirs, what is the minimum theoretical power input required to transfer 40 kW of heat into the 1000 K reservoir?
Question 4
5
A high-speed rotor made of a titanium alloy (density 4430 kg/m³) is designed as a thin uniform disk of radius 0.25 m. To avoid yield due to centrifugal stress, the maximum allowable tangential stress at the center is 300 MPa. Assuming plane stress and ignoring axial effects, what is the maximum permissible rotational speed in revolutions per minute (RPM)?
Question 5
6
In the analytical solution for the deflection of a thin rectangular plate (a x b) under uniform pressure with all edges simply supported, the maximum deflection at the center is proportional to (p * b^4) / (E * t^3). For a fixed plate aspect ratio (a/b = 2), what is the numerical value of the dimensionless constant in this proportionality if Poisson's ratio is 0.3?
Question 6