CLE2002 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LAB.

CAL-BASED EXPERIMENT
DETAILS

STUDENT REGISTER NUMBER

: 15BCL0037
STUDENT NAME
: SHUBHAM BAJPAI
CLASS NBR
: 4711(L23-L24)
DATE
: 1-09-2016
GROUP NUMBER IN LAB : 5

Name of the experiment conducted:

TEST ON CLOSE COILED HELICAL SPRING

Purpose of conducting this experiment:

To conduct tension test on the given close coiled helical spring and to
determine the following :
1.Stiffness of the material
2.Rigidity modulus of the material

Apparatus used:
1.Spring testing machine
2.Vernier caliper

Procedure followed:
1.For the given spring,the number of coils is noted
2.Using the vernier caliper,the external diameter and the thickness of the
spring wire is measured.
3.The machine is switched on and the spring is loaded.The deflections
are noted at every 10kg interval
4.The deflection is taken till the load reaches 60kg
5.By applying the formulae the modulus of rigidity and the stiffness of the
spring are calculated

Tabulation or calculations:
No. of coils in the spring,n= 23

Table 1: To external diameter of coil and thickness of spring wire.

Least count of the vernier caliper = 0.02 mm
V.S.R
S.No.

Description

M.S.R
(mm)

T.R = M.S.R + V.S.R

(mm)
(Divisions)

1.
2.
3.

External
diameter of the

(mm)

44
45
44

37
4
46

0.74
0.08
0.92

44.74
45.08
44.92
Mean: 44.91

24
25
24

37
4
46

0.74
0.08
0.92

24.74
25.08
24.92
Mean:24.91

coil

1.
2.
3.

Diameter of the
spring wire

Table 2: To determine the rigidity modulus of the material

Least count of the deflectmeter = 0.01 mm
SI No.

Load
kg

Deflection

Modulus of rigidity

Stiffness:

(mm)

G=64WnR3
d4
(N/mm2)

S=W

(N/mm)

1.

20

196

1.3

2.51x105

150

2.

40

392

2.8

2.33 x105

140

3.

60

588

4.9

1.99 x105

120

4.

80

784

6.4

2.04 x105

122.5

5.

100

980

803

1.96 x105

118

Mean: 2.6 x105

Mean: 130.1

Findings / Intrepretation:

LOAD vs. DEFLECTION

1200
1000
800

LOAD(N)

600
400
200
0

DEFLECTION (mm)

RESULTRIGIDITY MODULUS (G) - 2.6 x105

STIFFNESS(S)- 130.1
INFERENCE
The calculated and graphical values are verified