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(i) What is creep of belt in a belt drive? Explain it with the help of a neat sketch.

 (ii) A leather belt 100 mm wide and 10 mm thick is transmitting power at 1000 m/min. The net driving tension is 1.8 times the tension on the slack side. If the safe permissible stress on the belt section is 1.6 N/mm2, calculate the maximum power that can be transmitted this speed. Assume the density of lather equal to 1000 kg/m3.

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