Tutorial 3
Plastic Deformation
1. A load of 85,000 N is applied to a cylindrical specimen of a steel alloy (displaying the
stress–strain behavior shown in Figure 6.21) that has a cross-sectional diameter of 15
mm.
(a) Will the specimen experience elastic and/or plastic deformation? Why?
(b) If the original specimen length is 250 mm, how much will it increase in length when
this load is applied?
2. A cylindrical rod 380 mm long, having a diameter of 10.0 mm, is to be subjected to a
tensile load. If the rod is to experience neither plastic deformation nor an elongation of
more than 0.9 mm when the applied load is 24,500 N, which of the four metals or alloys
listed in the following table are possible candidates? Justify your choice(s).
3. Define True Stress. [2 marks]
4. Explain Solid Solution Strengthening. [4 marks]
5. Briefly explain Cold working process. [6 marks]
6. Distinguish elastic and plastic deformation in terms of atoms arrangement. [8 marks]
7. Three previously undeformed specimens of the same metal are to be plastically deformed
by reducing their cross sectional areas. All the samples have a circular cross section.
During deformation the circular cross section is to remain circular. Their original and
deformed dimensions are as follows:
Specimen A Specimen B Specimen C
(diameter, mm) (diameter, mm) (diameter, mm)
Original dimensions 15.2 19.8 20.0
Deformed dimensions 11.4 14.0 17.0
Which of these specimens will be the hardest after plastic deformation, and why?