Non Uniform bending - Determination of Young’s modulus

Determination of least count (Traveling Microscope)

Exp. No:
Date :
NON UNIFORM BENDING - DETERMINATION OF YOUNG’S

MODULUS

Aim:

To determine young’s modulus of the material of a uniform bar.

Apparatus Required:

Two Knife-edges, Weight hanger with set of weights, Meter scale,

travelling microscope, screw gauge and vernier caliper.

Formula:

The Young’s Modulus of the given material of the beam

Mgl 3
E= 3
N / m2
4bd y

Explanation of Symbols

UNIT
SYMBOL EXPLANATION

M Load applied Kg

g acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s2) m/s2

l distance between two knife edges meter

b breadth of the beam meter

d thickness of the beam meter

y Depression at the midpoint of the load M meter

(i) To find the depression of the bar:

Distance between the two knife edges l =

Total Reading =MSR+ (VSC×LC) L.C=0.001cm

Microscope reading (10-2 m)

Load Loading Unloading Depression

Mean
M MSR VSC TR MSR VSC TR y
S.No
10-3 Kg cm div cm cm div cm cm cm

1 W

2 W+50

3 W+100

4 W+150

5 W+200

6 W+250

Mean (y)
(ii)To find thickness of the bar by using screw gauge (d):

Z.E=……….….div
L.C=0.01mm Z.C=.………..x 10-3m

S. O.R = PSR + C.R = O.R  Z.C

No PSR HSC
(HSC x L.C)
10-3m div 10-3m 10-3m
1
2
3
4
5
Mean (d) =

(iii)To find breadth of the bar by using vernier caliper (b):

Z.E=……….….div
L.C=0.01cm Z.C=………… x 10-
2m

S. O.R = MSR +
No MSR VSC C.R = O.R  Z.C
(VSC x L.C)
10-2m div 10-2m 10-2m
1
2
3
4
5
Mean (b) =
Calculation:

Result:

Young’s modulus of the material of the given bar (E) =

Uniform bending - Determination of Young’s modulus

Determination of least count (Traveling Microscope)

Exp.No:
Date :
UNIFORM BENDING - DETERMINATION OF YOUNG’S
MODULUS

Aim:
To determine the Young’s modulus of the given material of beam by
uniform bending.
Apparatus Required:
The given beam (meter scale), traveling microscope, two weight
hangers, pin, slotted weights, screw gauge, Vernier caliper, knife edges
etc.,
Formula:
Young’s Modulus of the given material of the beam

E = Newton/metre2

Explanation of Symbols:
Symbol Explanation Unit
M Load applied kg
g Acceleration due to gravity (g = 9.8 m/sec2) m/sec2
Distance between the weight hanger and any one of
a meter
the adjacent knife edge
l Distance between the two knife edges meter
b Breadth of the beam meter
d Thickness of the beam meter
y Elevation produced for ‘M’ kg load meter
 (i) To find the elevation of the bar(y):

Distance between the two knife edges l = x 10-2m

Total Reading=MSR+(VSC×LC) L.C=0.001cm

Microscope reading (10-2 m)

Load Loading Unloading Elevation

Mean
M MSR VSC TR MSR VSC TR y
S.No
10-3 Kg cm div cm cm div cm cm cm

1 W

2 W+50

3 W+100

4 W+150

5 W+200

6 W+250

Mean (y)

Mean(y)= …… x 10-2m
(ii)To find thickness of the bar using screw gauge (d):

Z.E=……….….div
Z.C=………….. x 10-3m
L.C=0.01mm

S. O.R = PSR + C.R = O.R  Z.C

No PSR HSC
(HSC x L.C)
10-3m div 10-3m 10-3m
1
2
3
4
5
Mean (d) =

(iii)To find the breadth of the bar using vernier caliper (b):

L.C=0.01cm Z.E=…………div
Z.C=………….. x 10-2m

S. O.R = MSR +
No MSR VSC C.R = O.R  Z.C
(VSC x L.C)
10-2m div 10-2m 10-2m
1
2
3
4
5
Mean (b) =
Calculation:

Result:
Young’s modulus of the given material of the beam E =……………….N m-2