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Tensile Test
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Prepared By
Noraini Mohd Razali
Edited By
Mahendran A/L Samykano
Lab Location
Strength of Materials Lab
Lab Objectives
20 Date: ____________________
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Tensile test is used to evaluate the strength of metals and alloys. In this test
a metal & plastic sample is pulled to failure in a relatively short time at a
constant rate. Before testing, two small punch marks are identified along
the specimens length. The ability of a material to resist breaking under tensile stress is
one of the most important and widely measured properties of materials used in structural
applications.
Test preparation
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Equipment & Material preparation
INSTRON 50kN
Caliper
Test specimen: Mild steel, Aluminum & Brass
8. When the test finished, click to the utilities in the main screen to
view the result of the experiment
9. Fill up Table 2 with the data of load and displacement from the
Instron output. Convert these data to stress and strain and plot the
stress-strain diagram.
10. Repeat the experiment for the other materials (Aluminum &
Brass).
4.0 Results
Fill up the results of the experiment in the table and plot stress-strain
diagrams for each of the material.
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Properties Material
Modulus of elasticity, E
Proportional limit, pl
Yield strength, y
Ultimate strength (max
stress), ut
Breaking strength
(fracture point)
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5.0 REPORT FORMAT
1. Introduction & Objective [1 marks] 0
2. Apparatus & Specimen [1 marks]
3. Theory of Tensile test, stress, strain, Brittle & ductile material, etc [5
marks]
4. Experiment Procedure [2 marks]
5. Results [25]
6. Calculation of Stress, Strain, Youngs Modulus, etc [2]
7. Discussion
Discuss the elastic & plastic behavior for each graph. Attach
picture of the failure specimen [6]
Calculate the modulus of elasticity and yield strength based on
0.2% offset. [2]
Determine the permanent strain that remains in the specimen
when the load is released [1]
Compute the modulus of resilience [1]
Compute the modulus of toughness [1]
8. Conclusion [2]
9. References [1]
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