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Structural Mechanics and Materials Lab

The document describes a tension test experiment conducted on a mild steel specimen to determine its material properties including ultimate strength, yield strength, and stress-strain behavior by applying an increasing load and measuring the corresponding elongation. Data was collected from the experiment and calculations were shown to determine values like stress from the load and cross-sectional area. Results for properties like ultimate strength, yield strengths, and percent elongation were presented but their specific values were not included in the summary.

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Structural Mechanics and Materials Lab

The document describes a tension test experiment conducted on a mild steel specimen to determine its material properties including ultimate strength, yield strength, and stress-strain behavior by applying an increasing load and measuring the corresponding elongation. Data was collected from the experiment and calculations were shown to determine values like stress from the load and cross-sectional area. Results for properties like ultimate strength, yield strengths, and percent elongation were presented but their specific values were not included in the summary.

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Structural Mechanics and Materials Lab

Course Code: CE 503


Course Title: Structural Mechanics and Materials Lab
Credit Hours: 1
Experiment: 1
Name of the experiment: Tension test of mild steel.

Presented by:
Md. Tanvir Ahmed
Lecturer
Dept. of Civil Engineering
World University of Bangladesh
Structural Mechanics and Materials Lab
No. of the experiment: 1
Name of the experiment: Tension test of mild steel.

Objectives:
i. To determine the Ultimate strength of the specimen.
ii. To determine the yield strength
iii. To find the behavior of stress and strain.
Structural Mechanics and Materials Lab
Data sheet:
Obs.
. Load Extensometer Elongation Load Stress (psi) Strain Remarks
No. (KN) reading (inch) (Ib)

1 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 5 48 0.0024 224.81x5 1124.05 0.0024


= =
0.181 2
= 1124.05 = 0.0012
= 6210.22
3 10 60 0.003 2248.1
4 15 78 0.0039 3372.15
5 20 91 0.0046 4496.2
6 25 115 0.0058 5620.25
7 30 420 0.021 6744.3
8 35 780 0.039 7868.35
9 40 1126 0.056 8992.4
10 45 1490 0.075 10116.45
11 50 2055 0.103 11240.5
12 55 2312 0.116 12364.55 Upper yield strength
13 52 2786 0.139 11690.12 Lower yield strength
14 60 0.206 13488.6
15 65 0.41 14612.65 Ultimate strength
16 58 0.53 13038.98 Breaking strength
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Data sheet:
Gage length = 50 mm = 2 inch, Diameter = 12.5 mm = 0.48 inch,
2 2
Cross sectional area = 𝜋 𝑑 2 = 𝜋 𝑥 0.48 = 0.181 in
4 4
Extensometer constant == 0.001 mm or 0.00005 inch.
Sample calculation:
For observation no. 2:
Load = 5 KN = 5 x 224.81 = 1124.05 Ib.
Extensometer reading = 48
Elongation = 48 x 0.00005 = 0.0024 inch.
Stress = 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑 = 1124.05 = 6210.22 psi .
𝐶𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 0.181

Strain = 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ = 0.0024 = 0.0012 .


𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 2

And so on.
Structural Mechanics and Materials Lab
Results:
Upper yield strength =
Lower yield strength =
Ultimate strength =
Breaking strength =
% elongation = 𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 −𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ x 100
𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ

= 2.53 −2 x 100 = 27 %
2

Discussion:
The results of the experiment shows that the specimen of mild steel is ductile as it undergoes ductile failure ( reduction
of at the fracture point) . The lower yield point is --------. To get accurate result ----------.
Structural Mechanics and Materials Lab

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