MECHANICS OF MATERIALS LAB

LAB REPORT # 02
Aero 21-A

Submitted By

S. No. Name Reg. No.

1 Alisha Shaukat 220101023
2 Zulaikha Zubair 220101005
3 Safwara Ibrahim 220101003

SUBMITTED TO
Mam Rida

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS

OBJECTIVES
To investigate the relationship between the loads, span width, height and deflection of a beam,
placed on two bearers and affected by a concentrated load at the centre.

APPARATUS
MT 3005 Twist and Bend Testing Machine

PROCEDURE

a. Investigate the relationship between load and deflection.

Set the bearers so that a span of 600 mm is obtained. The interval between each groove on the
shaft of the apparatus is 100mm.
Place a test specimen with dimension of 625 mm on the bearers and mount the load device in
the center of the test specimen.
Set the testing device so that the top of the gauge is centered on the upper plane of the load
device. Lower the gauge so that its small hand is at about 10 and set the gauge to zero by
twisting its outer ring. Load with weights as shown and read off the deflection. One revolution of
the large hand of the gauge corresponds to 1mm of deflection.
Calculation is taken according to the following Table:

Load (N) Deflection (mm)

5 0.26
10 0.50
15 0.76
20 0.30

Enter the values in the diagram in which load is represented as a function of deflection.
 Loading vs Deflection
600

500

400
Loading(N)

300

200

100

0
0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
Deflection(mm)

b. Investigate the relationship between the span and deflection.

Employ a test specimen with dimension of 625 mm and load with weight 10N. Vary the span as
indicated and read off the deflection.
Calculation is taken according to the following table:

Span (mm) Deflection (mm)

300 0.10
400 0.17
500 0.30
600 0.50

Enter the value in the diagram in which span is represented as a function of deflection.

Span vs Deflection
700
600
500
Span(mm)

400
300
200
100
0
0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5 0.55
Deflection(N)
c. Investigate the relationship between the width and deflection of the test specimen.

Set the bearers for a span of 500mm. Employ the test specimens indicated below, load with
weight 10N and read off the deflection.

Test specimen dimensions (mm) Deflection (mm)

4  15 2.82
4  20 2.10
4  25 1.02

Enter the values in the diagram in which the width of the test specimen is represented as a
function of deflection.

Width vs Deflection
120

100

80
Width(mm)

60

40

20

0
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

Deflection

d. Investigate the relationship between the height and deflection of the test specimen.

Set the bearers for a span of 500mm.Employ the test specimens indicated in the table below, load
with weight 10N.

Test specimen dimensions (mm) Deflection (mm)

4  25 1.02
6  25 0.50
8  25 0.22
Enter the values in the diagram in which the height of the test specimen is represented as a
function of deflection.

Height vs Deflection
250

200
Height(mm)

150

100

50

0
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.1

Deflection

OBSERVATIONS
In the experiment we studied the changes accurse in deflection of the beam when beam width,
height, span and applied loads.
We studied the relations shows at a same concentrated load and span on the different height and
width of a steel beam.

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