After performing the tension test on steel, aluminum, and acrylic, the following stress-strain

plots were generated.

A36 Steel

A36 Steel

Stress vs Strain

Stress vs Strain

90

80

80

60

60
50

Stress (ksi)

Stress (ksi)

67.844

70

70

40
30
20

58.755

50
40
30
f(x) = 29329.6908840548x - 0.1323212834
R = 0.9998982242

20

10

10

0
-10 0

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.08

0.1

0.12

0.14

0.16

0.18

0.002

0.004

Strain (in/in)

Aluminum

Aluminum

Stress vs Strain

Stress vs Strain

60

16

50

14

0.008

0.01

0.012

12
Stress (ksi)

40
Stress (ksi)

0.006
Strain (in/in)

30
20

10
8
6
4

10

0
0

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.08

0.1

0.12

-10

0.0005 0.001 0.0015 0.002 0.0025 0.003 0.0035 0.004 0.0045 0.005

Strain (in/in)

Strain (in/in)

Acrylic

Acrylic

Stress vs Strain

Stress vs Strain

12

0.9
0.8

10

0.7
0.6
Stress (ksi)

Strain (ksi)

8
6
4
2

0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1

0
-2

0.5

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.04
Strain (in/in)

0.05

0.06

0.07

0.08

0
0.0016

0.0018

0.002

0.0022

0.0024

Strain (in/in)

0.0026

0.0028

0.003

In addition to the stress-strain plots, the following data was collected.

A36 Steel
Diameter (in)
Final Diameter (in)
Gage Length (in)
Final Length (in)

Aluminum

Acrylic

0.336
0.189
3.558
4.282

0.340
0.204
3.598
3.847

0.355
0.354
2.382
2.493

0.2% Yield Load (lbs)

Ult. Load (lbs)
Frac. Load (lbs)

6015.7
6949.0
4809.9

1570.9
4850.4
3479.9

902.4
1127.6
1120.8

0.2% Yield Stress (psi)

Ult. Stress (psi)
Fract. Stress (psi)

67.844
78.370
54.246

17.929
55.360
39.718

8.915
11.140
11.073