City Guilds Model Questions Vol1 2024 Engineering Question 47
Practice objective / multiple choice question 47 from the 2024 City Guilds Model Questions Vol1 Engineering examination.
A solid circular shaft of length 1.2 m and diameter 40 mm must transmit a torque of 500 Nm with a safety factor of 2. Choose between steel (density 7850 kg·m⁻³, yield strength 250 MPa, cost \$0.75 kg⁻¹) and aluminium alloy (density 2700 kg·m⁻³, yield strength 150 MPa, cost \$2.10 kg⁻¹). Determine which material satisfies the strength requirement and yields the lower material cost. State the selected material and its total cost (in dollars, rounded to two decimals).
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This is City Guilds Model Questions Vol1 2024 Engineering Question 47. It is one of the objective questions from the 2024 City Guilds Model Questions Vol1 Engineering examination.
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