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New Ent320 - Lab 1 Tensile Test 15102018
New Ent320 - Lab 1 Tensile Test 15102018
New Ent320 - Lab 1 Tensile Test 15102018
EXPERIMENT 1
TENSILE TEST
1.0) OBJECTIVES
a) Young’s Modulus
b) Yield strength
c) Ultimate stress
d) Fracture stress
e) Percent reduction of area
f) Percent elongation
g) Modulus of Resilience
2.1) Equipments
1) Universal Testing Machine
2) Gripper
3) Personal Computer
2.2) Material
1) Specimens-Round Bar (Mild steel & Aluminum)
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3.1) For each specimen, measure the length and the diameter using a proper tool.
3.2) Draw, with a pencil or marker, two lines on the straight section of the specimen so that the lines
are 110 mm apart. This will be the gage length, Lo.
3.3) The testing machine has already been set up and calibrated by teaching engineer.
3.6) Measure the final diameter of the specimen, df, using micrometer. The final diameter is the
minimum diameter which occurred at the neck.
3.7) Put the two halves of the broken specimen together and measure the distance between the lines
that you scratched on the specimen. This distance is the final length, Lf.
3.8) Make a sketch of the failed specimen (sketch the flat side). Be sure to identify the neck and
fracture regions. You may take the specimen with you and keep it.
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4.0) ANALYSIS
4.1) Make a table giving the Original Diameter [mm], the Original Gage Length [mm], Final
Diameter [mm], and Final Gage Length [mm] of each specimen. This will be Table 1.
4.2) Make a table which including Force [kN] and Elongation [mm] for each specimen. Table 2(a) is
for Aluminum and Table 2(b) is for Mild Steel.
4.3) Construct the Force [N] vs Elongation [mm] curves in Figure 1(a) and 1(b).
4.4) Compute the Strain [%] and Stress [MPa] for each specimen and fill in Table
3(a) and 3(b). 4.5) Based on Table 3(a) and 3 (b), construct :
i) (Engineering) Stress [MPa] vs Strain [%] for Aluminum, where the maximum strain
considered for plotting the graph is 2%. This will be Figure 2 (a).
ii) (Engineering) Stress [MPa] vs Strain [%] for Mild Steel, where the maximum strain
considered for plotting the graph is 2%. This will be Figure 2 (b).
iii) (Engineering) Stress [MPa] vs Strain [%] for Aluminum, where the curve should be
plotted until the specimen reach the failure point. This will be Figure 3 (a).
iv) (Engineering) Stress [MPa] vs Strain [%] for Mild Steel, where the curve should be plotted
until the specimen reach the failure point. This will be Figure 3 (b).
4.6) Referring to the graphs, determine the Elastic Modulus, Yield Strength, Tensile Strength, Percent
Elongation, Percent Reduction of Area and Modulus of Resilience. Show the result and the
complete calculation in Table 4(a) for aluminum and 4(b) for mild steel.
4.7) Determine the True Stress and True Strain for each specimen. Show a sample of calculation. Put
all the results in Table 5(a) for aluminum and 5(b) for mild steel. The table will show the data of
Engineering Stress, Engineering Strain, True Stress and True Strain.
4.8) Based on Table 5 (a), Construct the curve of Engineering Stress [MPa] vs Strain [%] and True
Stress [MPa] vs Strain [%] for aluminum in the same graph for comparison.
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5.0) DISCUSSION
(Include a discussion on the result noting trends in measured data, and comparing measurements with theoretical predictions when possible. Include the
physical interpretation of the results and graphs, the reasons on deviations of your findings from expected results, your recommendations on further
experimentation for verifying your results, and your findings.)
6.0) CONCLUSION
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7.0) REFERENCE
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ASSESSMENTS :
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Date : ………………….
Rubrics
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