When the shaft rotates in anticlockwise direction at slow speed in a bearing, it will

have contact at the bottom most of the bearing
move towards right of the bearing making the metal to metal contact
move towards right of the bearing making no metal to metal contact
move towards left of t
✅ The correct answer is option D.

If a shaft made from ductile material is subjected to combined bending and twisting moment, calculations based on which one of the following failure theories will give the most conservative value?

Maximum principal stress theory
Maximum shear stress theory
Maximum strain energy theory
Maximum distortion ene
✅ The correct answer is option A.

Which of the following statement is correct as regard to the difference between a machine and a structure?

The parts of a machine move relative to one another, whereas the members of a structure do not move relative to one another
The links of a machine may transmit both power and motion, whereas the members of a structure transmit forces only
A machine transforms the available energy into some useful work, whereas in a structure no energy is transformed into useful work
all of the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.