Gujarat Technological UniversityWinter 2025 examination

GTU BE01000081 Basic Mechanical Engineering Winter 2025 Question Paper & PDF

B.E. · Common Engineering · Semesters 1 and 2 · Subject code BE01000081GTU also lists this paper as BE01R00081
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Total
70 marks
To pass
23 marks (33%)
Duration
2.5 Hours 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Questions
5 with internal choice
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Q.1

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Classify the Babcock-Wilcox boiler. What is the function of a superheater?
(b)
4 marks
Describe advantages and disadvantages of solar energy.
(c)
7 marks
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i)A 3-kg plastic tank that has a volume of 0.2 m³ is filled with liquid water. Determine the weight of the combined system.
ii)A pressure gage connected to a tank reads 500 kPa at a location where the atmospheric pressure is 94 kPa. Determine the absolute pressure in the tank.
iii)What is the characteristic of a steady-flow process?

Q.2

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
State the function of any three accessories in boilers.
(b)
4 marks

What is the difference between elasticity and plasticity? What do you understand by resilience?

(c)
7 marks

Air enters a compressor at 1.013 bar and 27°C having a volume of 5 m³/kg and it is compressed to 12 bar isothermally. Determine:

i)work done,
ii)heat transfer, and
iii)change in internal energy.
(c)
7 marks

Five kg of air is heated from an initial volume of 0.5 m³ to final volume of 1.3 m³ at constant pressure 4 bar. Determine:

i)heat supplied,
ii)work done, and
iii)initial and final temperature of air. Cp = 1.005 kJ/kg K, R = 0.287 kJ/kg K.

Q.3

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Draw a schematic diagram of a differential bank brake.
(b)
4 marks

Show the vapour compression refrigeration cycle on T-s and p-h diagram. Name each process in the cycle.

(c)
7 marks

Steam at 5 bar and dryness fraction of 0.85 expands reversibly at constant pressure until the temperature is 220°C. Determine the work and heat transfer per kg of steam during the process. Take specific heat for superheated steam as 2.1 kJ/kg K.

(a)
3 marks
Answer in one word:
i)Which coupling is used to connect engine shaft to driven shaft in automobile?
ii)Energy absorbed by a brake is released into the environment in the form of which energy?
iii)What causes the outward movement of a shoe in centrifugal clutch?
(b)
4 marks

A classroom has a window air conditioner of 2 TR capacity. Its COP is 3. How much electrical energy (in kWhr) will be consumed in one month if the unit runs for 6 hours per day?

(c)
7 marks

During a test of steam with throttling calorimeter, sample is taken from main pipe at 15 bar, pressure and temperature after throttling are 1.2 bar and 150°C respectively. Determine dryness fraction of steam. Take specific heat of superheated steam as 2.1 kJ/kg K.

Q.4

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
What is a flexible coupling? What are its types?
(b)
4 marks
Draw a diagram of vortex-type centrifugal pump.
(c)
7 marks

A steam plant works on ideal Rankine cycle. Steam is supplied at 25 bar and 290°C. The steam exhausts into a condenser at 15 kN/m² with 0.9 dry. Determine the cycle efficiency.

(a)
3 marks

Give similarities and differences between a friction clutch and a positive-contact clutch.

(b)
4 marks
Describe in short the parts of a reciprocating pump.
(c)
7 marks

An oil engine working on diesel cycle has cylinder bore of 190 mm and piston stroke of 230 mm. The clearance volume is 290 cm³. The fuel injection takes place at a constant pressure for 6% of the stroke. Determine the air-standard efficiency.

Q.5

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Answer in short:
i)Name the different types of belt drives.
ii)Enlist different gear types.
iii)Give one benefit of using a V-belt.
(b)
4 marks

What do you understand by positive displacement compressor? How it differs from rotodynamic compressor?

(c)
7 marks
Explain following terms of I.C. engine:
i)brake power,
ii)indicated power,
iii)specific fuel consumption,
iv)clearance volume.
(a)
3 marks
State one disadvantage of rope drive, chain drive and gear drive.
(b)
4 marks

Define with regard to compressors: double-acting compressor, multistage compressor, displacement (swept) volume, pressure ratio.

(c)
7 marks

A 6-cylinder 4-stroke I.C. engine is used to produce 95 kW brake power at 800 rpm. The stroke to bore ratio is 1.25. Mean effective pressure is 7 bar. Determine the bore and stroke of the engine. Assume mechanical efficiency as 80%.

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