Mekelle University Ethiopian Institute of Technology-Mekelle Mechanical Engineering Department

Mekelle University
Ethiopian Institute of Technology-Mekelle

Mechanical Engineering Department
Design Engineer III

Time allowed: 2:30 hr
Date: 09/01/2013
Maximum marks 100%
Instruction
1. Write your code number only
2. Attempt all questions
3. Return exam sheet with your answer sheets
4. Cheating is totally prohibited
5. Put off your cell phone throughout your exam time
1. Suppose a brewery company wants you to design a pressure vessel

that can store 2000 liters of compressed air at 20 bar of pressure.
Answer the following related questions;
a) What are the various pressure vessel design standard codes
b) What are the various components that must be designed to give
the pressure vessel its intended function?
c) Show the necessary design steps for each component list in (b)
d) Show the manufacturing processes for each component list in (b)
2. There is an order to submit 30 trailer within 30 days. As an engineer
you are requested to estimate unit cost, what considerations would
you include?
3. There was new machine designed and manufactured in MIE. There
are many moving components in the machine. The machine was
failed in the time of testing. Before the machine fails it shows a sign
of shocking. As an engineer you were assigned to take correction in a
design of machine. What thing would you check?
4. There was an order to MIE to design and manufacture molding
machine. From the working principle of the machine, there is
fluctuation of torque needed. As an engineer you have responsibility
to minimize energy cost. What mechanism would you use to minimize
running cost of the machine by minimizing energy cost? Explain
briefly.
5. Mesfin industrial engineering (MIE) has taken a project to build structural building for
MOHA Company in Mekelle. The agreement was to use all resource from MIE and to
provide quality structural building. As mechanical engineer you have given an
assignment to estimate detail cost break down of the project. List out the types of costs
you would consider. Sketch the possible and recommended arrangement structure. By
fixing the same cross-sectional area what shape of the colon structure is stronger?
Discuss in detail the types and action of all possible forces in the structure?
6. Let us assume you are assigned in one of the teams of MIE technical team called
Cement industry and an assignment is given to solve the failure of roller conveyor. The
conveyor transports molten clinker at a temperature of 1500 from kiln to the cooling
environment. The conveyor is made from high temperature resistive material which is
imported from abroad. If you have steel in your stock with less hardness and strength
from the original material, what mechanism will you use to solve the burning issue of
the company that costs them millions of Birr per day? Discuss in the problem solving
approach in detail by technical and engineered manner.

7. If there is an order of 30, 0000 products of circular ribbed handle, what manufacturing
process would you recommend for this condition. Brief your reason.
8. In your design you are faced with the problem that the driven shaft is at 20o to the shaft
of motor, what mechanism you would use to transmit motion from driving shaft to
driven shaft.
9. If there are circular and square bars having the same cross sectional areas and if we
apply the same torque in both of them, which one would you, think to fail first? Why?
10. It is known that there are many design and simulation software that facilitate
mechanical design. Define at least two types of software that were used and can be
implementing to MIE. Define each software by

a) The inputs and out puts of datas.
b) Special features they have.
c) Advantage and drawbacks with each type of software and with hand
calculation.
11. Suppose a brewery company wants you to design a pressure
vessel that can store 2000 litters of compressed air at 20 bar of
pressure. Answer the following related questions;
a) What are the various pressure vessel design standard codes
b) What are the various components that must be designed to give
the pressure vessel its intended function?
c) Show the necessary design steps for each component list in (b)
d) Show the manufacturing processes for each component list in (b)
12. If there are circular and square bars having the same cross sectional areas and if
we apply the same torque in both of them, which one would you, think to fail first?
Why?
13. What is the difference between ductile and brittle material? Draw stress - strain
diagram for both materials in detail. What are their implicational areas?

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Mekelle University

Ethiopian Institute of Technology-Mekelle

Design Engineer III

1. Suppose a brewery company wants you to design a pressure vessel

provide quality structural building. As mechanical engineer you have given an

approach in detail by technical and engineered manner.

implementing to MIE. Define each software by

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