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ELASTIC BEAM - SIMPLY SlJ PPORTED

Ex. No.: Date: JJ / / '- / 11

AIM

To conduct deflection test on the given mild steel beam for determining the Young' s modulus of the beam

material.

BASIC CONCEPT

The amount of deflection at any point of a simply supported beam subjected to a concentrated load within
the span depends on the Young' s modulus of the beam material, the span of the beam, width and depth of
the beam, the distance at which the deflection is measured and position of load.

APPARATUS

1. Deflection bench arrangement

2. Deflectometer

3.Vernier caliper

4.Scale

FORMULAE

From the central point loading and deflection, we get

Young' s modulus, E = WL 3 (N/mm2)
480[ .
3 4
I = Moment oflnertia = BD (mm )

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Where,
W = Load applied in N
L = Span of beam in mm
6 = Deflection in mm
B = Breadth of beam in mm
D = Depth of beam in mm

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OBSERVATION

Length of the beam = ___\ ~ ---------- mm

Table 1: To measure breadth and depth of the beam.

Least count of tI1e verruer ca Iiper = 0 .02 mm

V.S.R
S.No. Description M.S.R T.R = M.S.R + V.S.R
(mm) (mm)
(Divisions) (mm)
1. Breadth, B

2. H}J ~ 0·4~ ¾J · 41>

3. Lt() l5 D- 3
4D . 10>
Mean:
4v ,Jq
1. Depth, D
/.fl) 0 - '8 8· 8
2. ~
JS t) , 1- cg ,1
3.
~
Mean: S-15

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Tabk 2: To drtrrminr the Young's modulus of the material

Lt'ast count of the defl ectmeter = 0.01 mm

Load in Deflect meter reading (Deflection, 6) Young's modulus,

S.No. E= WL 3
48bl
Loading Unloading Mean Deflection
kg N (N/mm 2)
(Divisions) (Divisions) (Divisions) (mm)

1
t),5 ~ qv5 ~3 ~ :;_3 . 5 o-QJ5 \ ~1Scii · ~
2
\ q<1\ 41- 1i-=t- ~-1- O·~~ l~l5ob ·Sq
3
l·S 14,tl5 :f-i- ~ +ri- ~ -1-1- /1:/-U~ . '6
4 R 19-~2. % % CU, o,q~ l 1::f1:J 5·.2

Meanc (i1-'/ b 00 • ~ I'\ /IC\M. !-

t :: t,0 (_ q 16) )
J~ ~ ~-
~~ :: ~ -= ~ . 9o5 N
~ ~(_g) l 2S 5l{ . ti{)
~'\,\_ = d = O,Ut
0
MW1

E\ ~ Uii '5bb · 1'1/ ~~

.' , E = (Li-::f-::f ;25, .2 ti 11-} N/W-1. i
t 1 -= Qy1 6Db .b'1) t0 t~L
b) -- Q1-:t{-i4, ~) NlUlU..L
f't C (1_11-'f :is 0 N[""-< ~
rROCEDURE

1. The leng1h of the g·iven bea m specimen is measured.

2. The cross sectional dimensions of the given specimen are measured with the help of vernier
ca liper.
3. Mark the mid-span of the beam and place the deflectometer at the centre of the beam.
4. Load the beam at an uniform rate at the mid-span from 9.81 N to 39.24 N (I kg to 4 kg) and note
down the corresponding deflection.
s. Remove load at the same uniform rate and note down the corresponding deflectometer readings.
6. The results are tabulated.

GRAPH

The graph is drawn for load W versus deflection o, taking deflection oin X-axis and load W in Y-axis. If
the graph is not passing through the origin, a line is drawn parallel to the previous line passing through
the origin. The slope of this line is substited in the formulae to find the Young's modulus of the material.

RESULT

Young's modulus, E = ___) ~-~ · 1:, - N/mm2 (from calculation)

= _jj-J__:1:_X'L_2:Q_
~ --- N/mm 2 (from graph)

INFERENCE

~~ 1 '1,&!A L1W> ~ -k be_ (17'1boo ~) ~I"""' V-

t¥~ ~ J (1·t =1-~~~i; . im~ N/wu. l ~ ~N~ .

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