Multiple choice

A spur gear has a module of 3 mm, number of teeth 16, a face width of 36 mm and a pressure angle of 200. It is transmitting a power of 3 kW at 20 rev/s. Taking a velocity factor of 1.5, and a form factor of 0.3, the stress in the gear tooth is about

  1. 32 MPa

  2. 46 MPa

  3. 58 MPa

  4. 70 MPa
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