UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING

AND TECHNOLOGY, LAHORE

(DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING)

MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING

(SUBJECT CODE: ME 131b)
ASSIGNMENT NO # 01

Problems related to Crystalline solids

Problem #1:
Sketch a unit cell for body centered
orthorhombic crystal structure.

Solution:
Problem #2:
Sketch a tetragonal unit cell and within
that cell indicate locations of the [1/2 1 1/ 2] and [1/4
½ ¾] point coordinates.

Solution (a):
Solution (b):

Problem # 3:
Draw an orthorhombic unit cell and within
that cell a [1 2 1] direction.

Solution:
Problem # 4:
Sketch a monoclinic unit cell and within
that cell a [0 1 1] direction.
Solution:
Problem # 5:
For tetragonal crystals cite the
indices of directions that are equivalent to each of
the following directions:
(a) [001]
(b) [110]
(c) [010]
Solution:
Problem # 6:
Draw an orthorhombic unit cell , and
within that cell a (210) plane.

Solution:
Problem # 7:
Draw a monoclinic unit cell, and within
that cell a (002) plane.
Solution:
Problem # 8:
Sketch the atomic packing of :
(a) The (100) plane for the BCC crystal
structure :
Solution:

(b) The (201) plane for FCC crystal structure.

Solution:
Problem 9:
Cite the indices of the direction that
results from the intersection of each of the
following pairs of planes within a cubic crystal:
(a) The (100) and (010) planes :

Solution:
For intersection of D’ indices are [111].
For intersection of C’ indices are [110].
(b) The (111) and (111) :

Solution:
For intersection of A’ indices are [100].
For intersection of C’ indices are [010].

(c) The (111) and (001) planes :

Solution:
First we shift the upper plane to the origin.

For intersection of E’ indices are [100].

For intersection of F’ indices are [110].
 Problems related to tensile test and
Mechanical properties of the material

Problem No 01:

A cylindrical specimen of aluminum

having a diameter of 0.505 in. (12.8 mm) and a
gauge length of 2 in (50.8 mm) is pulled in tension .

(a)
 (b)
Modulus of Elasticity [E] = 59 GPa
 (c)
Offset of 0.002
Yield strength=288.29 Mpa
 (d)
Tensile strength of the alloy:
TS= 288.29 Gpa

(e)
Approximate ductility In percent elongation:
Ductility 16.5%

(f)
Modulus of resilience:
Ur = 1.28 Pa
Problem No 2 :
A specimen of ductile cast iron having a
rectangular cross section of dimensions 4.8mm ×
3 5
15.9mm ( 16 in.× 8 in.) is deformed in tension.

(a)
 (b)
Modulus of elasticity
E=169 Gpa
 (c)
Offset of 0.002
Yield strength=320.31 Mpa

(d)
Tensile strength:
TS=407.42 Mpa
 (e)
Approximate ductility in percent elongation
Ductility=18.3%

(f)
Modulus of resilence:
Ur =0.7344 pa
SUBMITTED TO: Dr. WAQAR NASIR
SUBMITTED BY: Muhammad Furqan
REGISTRATION NO: 2021-ME-16 (A)
DATE OF SUBMISSION: December 19 , 2022