LAB REPORT

Course Title: Rock Mechanics Lab

Course Code: PME 230

SUBMITTED TO
Dr. Md. Shofiqul Islam
Professor & Head,
Dept. of Petroleum & Mining Engineering, SUST

A.T.M Shahidul Huqe Muzemder

Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Petroleum & Mining Engineering, SUST

SUBMITTED BY
GROUP C
Name Registration No.
Shadman Monir Anto 2015336010
Fazla Alahi Alvi 2015336044
Chowdhury Fahad Bin Foysal 2015336047
Khadija Farjana Ria 2015336052
Name of the Experiment
Determination of Poisson's ratio and Young's modulus of a cylindrical core plug.

Apparatus
Compression testing machine
A cylindrical block

Theory
Compression Test machines are universal testing machines specially configured to evaluate static
compressive strength characteristics of materials. This machine is used to measure and observe impacts
of different stresses on a body. The main part of the machine is the compression chamber and the
pressure reading monitor. In the compression chamber, the sample is compressed at a pressure which is
shown on the reading monitor generally in KN/m unit. This machine is generally used to measure super
pressures, elastic pressure, modulus of elasticity, Poissons ratio, yielding pressure and so on.
Young's modulus, also known as the elastic modulus, is a measure of the stiffness of a solid material. It is
a mechanical property of linear elastic solid materials. It defines the relationship between stress (force
per unit area) and strain (proportional deformation) in a material. Basically, it is the ratio of exerted strain
on a material to the strain occurred to the material due to that of the material.
From definition,
Stress
Youngs modulus =
Strain
Young's modulus E, can be calculated by dividing the tensile stress (), by the engineering extensional
strain (), in the elastic portion of the physical stress-strain curve:
FA FL
E= = =
LL AL

Where,
E = The Young's Modulus (Modulus of Elasticity);
F = Force exerted on an object under compression;
A = Actual/Primary cross-sectional area, which equals the area of the cross-section
perpendicular to the applied force;
L = Amount of change of length due to deformation;
L = The original length of the object

Poissons ratio is a measure of Poissons effect, the phenomenon in which a material tends to expand in
directions to the direction of compression. If the material is stretched but not compressed, it usually tends
to contact in the direction of stretching.
Poissons ratio is defined as the ratio of change in diameter by the actual diameter to the change in length
by actual length.
From definition,
D/D
Poissons Ratio =
L/L

Where,
D = Actual Diameter of the cylinder;
D = Change of the diameter due to compression;
L = Actual Length of the cylinder;
L = change of the length.
The Poissons ratio of material will be greater than -1 and less than 0.5.

Procedure
At first, we must take the measurement of the dimension of the cylindrical core plug. We measure
the radius & height of the cylinder.
The Compression Testing machine need to be calibrated if necessary.
Then we put the sample at the center of the base of the compression testing machine & adjust
the upper platen so that the platen would touch the upper surface of the cylindrical core plug.
After that we will turn on the machine by pressing the Start button. The upper & lower platen
would give force to the sample & the sample will be compressed.
We will then take the reading of load/force in KN from the meter attached to the machine & at
that load we will get a new length & diameter of the core plug.
We will make repetition of the previous step for at least two or three times to gain a comparatively
accurate reading
For various load we will record the new length & diameter. For a certain load, using the above
two equation we will get the value of poisons ratio & modulus of elasticity.