MATERIAL TESTING LAB (18MEL37A)

Question paper

Scheme of Examination:
ONE question from part -A: 30 Marks
ONE question from part -B: 50 Marks
Viva -Voice: 20 Marks
Total: 100 Marks

Part-A
 Conduct the following heat treatment process on steel specimens
a) Normalizing b) Hardening and find its hardness(RHN)
 Determine wear rate of given material when subjected to dry sliding
 Conduct magnetic particle inspection test and detect flaws of ferrous material.
 Conduct dye penetrant test and detect flaws of ferrous and nonferrous material.
 Determine the BHN of given material. Sketch the details used to find the indentation diameter.
 Determine the RHN of given material.
 Determine the VHN of given material
Part-B
 Conduct tensile test on given specimen and draw stress and strain curve. Calculate % elongation, %
reduction in area and young’s modulus.
 Conduct torsion test in the given material and to plot torque vs angle of twist and hence determine
ultimate shear strength, resilience, toughness and ductility.
 Conduct compression test on given material. Plot stress and strain curve. Calculate % increase in area, %
decrease in length and young’s modulus. Comment on nature of fracture.
 Determine shear strength of given material by subjecting to double shear. Sketch the loading
arrangement and the failure process.
 Conduct bending test on given specimen and Calculate stiffness, bending stress and young’s modulus.
 Determine the impact strength of given material by charpy test. Sketch the arrangement used for
loading.
 Determine the impact strength of given material by izod test. Sketch the arrangement used for loading.
 VIVA QUESTIONS

1. How do you define the word 'Engineering Material’?

2. Write brief classification of materials.

3. List out the properties of materials?

4. What are the types of tests on materials with examples?

5. What are the purposes of conducting the following tests?

a). Tensile test b). Compression test c). shear test d). Impact test c). Hardness test.

6. What is Bauschinger effect?

7. What is the nature of failure for brittle and ductile materials in tensile test?

8. What is the nature of failure for brittle and ductile materials in compression test?

9. What is hardness test? What are the types of hardness measurements? Mention its uses.

10. Mention the different types of hardness testing methods?

11. Give the equation for the calculation of BHN

12. What should be the minimum thickness of material for brinel hardness testing?

13. Define the following terms:

Proportionality limit, Modulus of elasticity, Hooke’s law, Elastic limit, Gauge limit, Yield point,

Ultimate strength, Rupture strength, % of elongation, reduction in area, Resilience, Toughness,

Ductility, elasticity, Plasticity, Brittleness, malleability, stress, strain, Super plasticity.

14. What are the advantages Rockwell test over Brinell's test.?

15. How do you define single shear and double shear?

16. How do you place the specimen in the tension test.?

17. What is the significance of notch in the impact test.?

18. What is meant by notch sensitivity?

19. What is metallographic?

20. What are the types of metallurgical microscope?

21. What are the steps involved in preparation of metallographic specimen?

22. What is the purpose of conducting the wear test.?

23. Mention the different types of wear.

24. What are the factors affecting the wear.

25. What are the techniques of surfacing protection in wear?

26. What is the importance of creep?

27. Differentiate between izod and charpy impact test

28. Define gauge length, what is its importance?

29. What is MS? What is CI? Give the composition and practical application.