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1. A cylindrical specimen of a nickel alloy having an elastic modulus of 207 GPa and an
original diameter of 10.2 mm will experience only elastic deformation when a tensile load
of 8900 N is applied. Compute the maximum length of the specimen before deformation if
the maximum allowable elongation is 0.25 mm.
2. For a brass alloy, the stress at which plastic deformation begins is 345 MPa, and the
modulus of elasticity is 103 GPa.
(a) What is the maximum load that may be applied to a specimen with a cross-sectional
area of 130 mm2 without plastic deformation?
(b) If the original specimen length is 76 mm, what is the maximum length to which it
may be stretched without causing plastic deformation?
3. Consider a cylindrical specimen of a steel alloy (Figure 1 below) 8.5 mm in diameter and
80 mm long that is pulled in tension. Determine its elongation when a load of 65250 N is
applied.
Figure 1: Tensile stress – strain behaviour for an alloy steel
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4. A cylindrical specimen of steel having a diameter of 15.2 mm and length of 250 mm is
deformed elastically in tension with a force of 48900 N.
Table 1: Room-Temperature Elastic and Shear Moduli and Poisson’s Ratio for
Various Metal Alloys
Using the data contained in Table 1, determine the following:
(a) The amount by which this specimen will elongate in the direction of the applied stress.
(b) The change in diameter of the specimen. Will the diameter increase or decrease?
5. A cylindrical specimen of some metal alloy 10 mm in diameter is stressed elastically in
tension. A force of 15000 N produces a reduction in specimen diameter of 7 * 10-3 mm.
Compute Poisson’s ratio for this material if its elastic modulus is 100 GPa.
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6. A cylindrical specimen of stainless steel having a diameter of 12.8 mm and a gauge length of
50.800 mm is pulled in tension. Use the load–elongation characteristics tabulated below to
complete parts (a) through (f).
(a) Plot the data as engineering stress versus engineering strain.
(b) Compute the modulus of elasticity.
(c) Determine the yield strength at a strain offset of 0.002.
(d) Determine the tensile strength of this alloy.
(e) What is the approximate ductility, in percent elongation?
(f) Compute the modulus of resilience.
