V belt having which shape of cross section

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  1. Rectangular
  2. Square
  3. Circular
  4. Trapezoidal

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Option 4 : Trapezoidal
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  • V-belts have trapezoidal shapes and the pulleys used for the V -belts are the grooved pulleys and sheaves.
  • The groove angle of the sheave is made smaller than the belt cross-section angle.
  • Thus, V-belts make contact at the sides of the groove of the pulley.

 SSC JE ME  2nd March 2017 Evening Part 3.1 sumit D3

Standard V – belt section

Velocity ratio:

  • For flat belts → 4 : 1
  • For V belts → 7 : 1
  • For chains → 15 : 1
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