UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA : BERKELEY

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

CE 60 PROPERTIES OF CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Laboratory Experiment I

STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR OF BUNGEE CORDS

Name:
Group Members:
Due Date:

GRADE SHEET
1. Organization and Neatness (1) _________
2. Material and Set-Up Sketches (1) _________
3. Calculations of Engineering and True Stress (2) _________
4. Calculations of Strain (2) _________
5. Plot of Load vs. Elongation (2) _________
6. Plot of Engineering Stress vs. Strain (2) _________
7. Plot of True Stress vs. Strain (2) _________
8. 4000 lb. Car @ 50% Strain Problem (2) _________
9. Test Results and Sample Calculations (2) _________
10. Discussion (4) _________
- Explain the relationship between the observed stress/strain
relationship and the material microstructure (bonds).
- Was permanent deformation observed? Why did this occur
(in terms of microstructure)?
- Are the “engineering” stress/strain relationships and under
or overestimate of the material properties? Is this conservative?

TOTAL: (20) _________