Question: ( JUST LETTERS D AND E PLEASE ) A countershaft carrying two V - belt pulleys is shown in the figure. Pulley A receives power

(JUST LETTERS D AND E PLEASE) A countershaft carrying two V-belt pulleys is shown in the figure. Pulley A receives power from a
motor through a belt with the belt tensions as shown in the figure. The power is transmitted through
the shaft and delivered to the belt on pulley B. Assume the belt tension on the loose side at B is 15
percent of the tension on the tight side.
Note that all dimensions are in mm .
Ignore the transverse shear stresses for your analysis.
(a) Determine the tensions in the belt on pulley B assuming the shaft is running at a constant
speed. In other words, the torques generated at both pulleys should balance each other.
(b) Find the magnitudes of the bearing reaction forces at O and C assuming the bearings act as
simple supports i.e. no reaction moments are generated at the ends.
(c) Draw shear-force and bending-moment diagrams for the shaft. Following the example
covered in Lecture 4, make one set for the horizontal plane (x-z) and another set for the
vertical plane (x-y).
(d) Determine the location of the cross-section along the beam that experiences the highest
bending moment, M=My2+MZ22.
(e) Determine the location of the critical point on the cross-section identified above. Show the
stress element at this location with the stress arrows.
(f) Calculate the bending stress and torsional shear stress at this critical point? Ignore the
transverse shear stresses for your analysis.
(g) For the state of stress at the critical point, determine the principal stresses (1,2,3) and
the maximum shear stress (max). Ignore the transverse shear stresses for your analysis.
( JUST LETTERS D AND E PLEASE ) A countershaft

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