Part one: Fatigue Test

Plot the S-N diagram for Steel.

Find the Endurance limit for steel.
Where:
=

4
=
64

=
2

N: number of cycles.

The table is shown below:

Cold worked steel

d (mm)

Total # of cycles

Moment (N.m)

9.57
9.57
9.57
9.57
9.57
9.57
9.57
9.57
9.57
9.57

51000
74000
87101
95900
107000
254000
340000
427000
477000
827000

39.54272
38.412928
37.283136
36.153344
33.89376
33.328864
32.763968
31.634176
30.504384
29.374592

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max(Mpa)

Part two: Buckling Test

1. Experimental analysis:
For the pin-pin beam shown in the table below, plot the load vs the
deflection to estimate the experimental critical load.
Pin Pin
ends

Load(N)
(mm)

0
0

1010
0.44

1500
0.53

1900
0.62

2095
0.69

2280
0.78

2. Theoretical analysis:
Find the critical load for the pin-pin beam:

Where:
E = 200 GPa.

2
= 2

I = 4.16667x10-10 m4
Lo = 0.54 m.
Le = Lo for Pin-Pin ends.

Finally, fill your answers in the following table:

Beam type
Pin-Pin
Experimental
critical load (kN)
Theoretical
critical load (kN)

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2490
0.92

2750
1.14

2920
1.5

2835
1.68

2730
2.26