REVIEW QUESTION

1) Discuss the experimental errors that could have occurred during the test.
In this experiment we have found a value for Young’s Module of mild steel
by using tensile test apparatus. When we did this experiment, we have found
some errors and identified reason of that errors.
We have to rotated rotate wheel in unique speed to find the ultimate tensile
load of failure of the specimen. This step was done manually by us using hands.
Therefore, we could not rotate in unique speed and it was affected to the graph
which given in the programme. We got measurements by using vernier caliper
and pragramme. When we got measurements after broken peace of mild steel in
vernier caliper is verry difficult to measured final length and diameter of broken
cross section In this experiment. Also, the vernier caliper may be have zero errors
as well as human errors were included in the measurements. Those things were
affected to the final experimental values.

2) Explain the difference between brittle and ductile materials.

Ductile materials can withstand large plastic deformation before fracture,
but brittle materials can only withstand little plastic deformation. The percentage
elongation of ductile materials before breakage is higher in tensile testing. Brittle
materials have a low percentage of elongation before breakage in tensile testing.
Ductile materials fail gradually as a result of the creation of a neck under external
tensile pressure, whereas brittle materials break suddenly. Under tensile testing,
ductile materials absorb more energy before fracture, whereas brittle materials
absorb very little energy before fracture. On ductile materials, a variety of metal
forming procedures may be carried out, however on brittle materials, such
operations are difficult to carry out. When fatigue loading is applied, ductile
materials have a longer life span, while brittle materials break more quickly.

3) Compare and discuss the duality of mild steel and aluminum.

When comparing the total strength of steel and aluminum, the former
comes out on top. Although mild steel is technically stronger than aluminum, the
latter is sometimes much lighter. Steel, on the other hand, has a high percentage
of carbon, which contributes to its overall strength advantage.
 Mild steel will have a density 2.5 times that of aluminum. Steels that are
lighter than carbon steels, such as mild steel, are available. Mild steels, on the
other hand, are not as robust as aluminum and are more prone to fractures and
cracks. When it comes to corrosion resistance, aluminum is extremely corrosion
resistant and does not require any additional treatments after extrusion.
Aluminum is shielded from the elements by a naturally occurring oxide coating.

4) State the difference between Secant modulus of elasticity and tangential

modulus of elasticity
The tangent modulus is given by the slope of the stress-strain curve at any
specified point. This is used for both plastic and elastic region. Below the
proportional limit the tangent modulus is useful in describing the behavior of
materials which have been stressed beyond the elastic region. Secant modulus is
the slope of the line which joining a point on the stress-strain in curve to the origin
of the axis. This is used for liner or non-liner elastic region only.