KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,

KUMASI

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ME 295 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY I

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LAB – TORSIONAL TEST

GROUP 4

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SECOND YEAR

LECTURER: DR. R. OPOKU

DATE: 27TH APRIL, 2022

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THE EXPERIMENT
The objective of the experiment was to determine the torsional rigidity, G of solid
and hollow circular shafts, and the torsional constant J of a square and a circular
specimen with slits down their lengths.

TOOLS AND MATERIALS USED

• HDA200 torsion apparatus
• Standard size hollow square and circular shaft

EXPERIMENT PROCEDURE

• The Ø4.74mm shaft was fit between the chucks of the torsion apparatus.

• The gauge length was then recorded.

• The handwheel on the HDA200 apparatus was turned until the lever hammer

just touched the load sensor.

• The HDA200 interface display was zeroed out and the no-load force and the

angle were recorded.

• The handwheel was turned in increments of a force of 1N to 10Nand the

respective angles were recorded.

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The table below shows the values that were obtained during the experiment for a
square cross-sectional shaft

LOAD (T) /N HDA200 twist (Ø)/˚ Actual twist (Ø)/˚

0 175 0

1 176 1

2.1 177.5 2.5

3.1 178.6 3.6

4.1 179.7 4.7

5.0 181 6

6.0 182.2 7.2

7.0 183.6 8.6

8.0 184.9 9.9

9.1 186.5 11.5

10 187.7 12.7

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Values for circular cross-section shaft
LOAD (T) /N HDA200 twist Actual twist
(Ø)/˚ (Ø)/˚
0 287.7 0.0
2 287.9 0.2

4 288.1 0.4
6 288.3 0.6
8 288.4 0.7
10 288.6 0.9
12 288.7 1.0
14 288.9 1.2
16 289.1 1.4
18 289.3 1.6
20 289.5 1.8

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For circular cross section
\DISCUSSION OF THEORY
For square cross section
The graph shows the
graph of force vs angle of twist forces that were applied
12 to the specimen and the
10
respective angle of
twists. The graph shows
8 a linear relationship
6 between the force
applied (as a matter of
4
fact, the torque applied)
2 and the angle of twist.
Using the expression
0 𝑇𝐿
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 ∅= where Ø
𝐺𝐽
Actual twist represents the angle of
twist, T the torque, L

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the length of the specimen, we see the slope of the graph as T/Ø. J is the torsion
constant given by the expression 𝐽 = 𝜋 𝑑4. The quantity G is also defined as the
shear modulus of rigidity of the
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specimen.
DATA
Diameter of the specimen d = Ø4.74mm
Guage length (L) = 300mm

CONCLUSIONS

The experiment was successful and the objective was achieved. It can also be
concluded from the experiment that in the elastic region, most materials will
deform linearly with the force (torque) applied on them.

PRECAUTIONS

• The handwheel was turned gently to record precise values from the HDA200
apparatus
• The specimen was firmly gripped in the chucks of the apparatus to avoid
overestimation of recorded values.

• The no-load angle of twist was recorded and subtracted from the recorded
angles to obtain the precise angle of twists

NAMES INDEX NUMBER

BELLO RAPHAEL AMETEFE KOMLA 3141420
ASORDUAG MISHAEL DELWINI 3139620
ASIRIFI REBECCA YIRENKYI 3139520
BOAKYE-TURKSON KWAME 3141920
QUAICOE EMMANUEL 3153520

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BOAKYE ELIJAH AKOMEA 3141820
AZUMA JUBILANT SELORM 3140720
AWORTWE ISHAMAEL 3140320
KOTEY SAMUEL NEEQUAYE 3146520
AVULETEY WISDOM KOFI 3140220
BOAKYE EDMUND 3141720
ASIEDU ULYSSES NANA OWUSU 3139420
NSIAH
DANIEL ALBERT BOYE 3142220
AWUDU PRINE KHALID 3140420
BAIDOO CHARLES 3141020
BAIDOO PHILOMENA 3141120
BOAHENE ABENA ABRAFI 3141620
BONAH ALFRED 3142120
KORLEY IGNACIOUS NII MARTEY 3146420
KWETEY ALFRED SELASI YAW 8329819
ANOBAH EDWIN KWABENA 3137420
WOODE EMMANUEL 8335119
ATTIPOE MARCEL SELORM 3139820
MARTEY ARNOLD 3147820
ASIEDU GOTTFRIED GYEBI 3139320
ANANG AMANDO 3136520
AYEDZI PRINCE 3140520
BENJAMIN ARTHUR 8323619
ATOBRAH EDWIN 3139720
APPIAH KOFI BRONI 5481720

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