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ME 413L: ENGINEERING MATERIALS

LABORATORY

Name: JORAQ L. YANIS Experiment #: 9

Course/Year Level: BSME 4 Date Submitted: Sept 22, 2016

SHEAR STRENGTH DETERMINATION

THEORY:

When a beam is loaded the forces cause the beam to bend and to undergo
vertical displacement.
These effects are due to vertical component of forces acting perpendicular to
the longitudinal axis of the beam.
The vertical displacement tends to shear the beam. Shear means relative
movement between two parts of a structural member.
Any beam must be designed in such a way that it can resist shear and
bending.

In this experiment we shall analyse the shearing force in a beam.

In this experiment a horizontal beam has been actually cut into two parts (A)
and (B) by a vertical cross section, and is then held together with springs (or
spring balances) which must produce a system of forces equivalent to those
which would exist internally in the beam at that section if it had not been cut.
Since the forces in part (A) acting on part (B) must be equal and opposite to
those in (B) acting on (A), it follows that the same values will be obtained by
working to the right or left of the section plane. Given a horizontal beam with
vertical loading the internal forces will be:
  * For vertical equilibrium a shearing force in the section plan
  * For equilibrium of moments a moment of resistance due to compression in
the top half of the beam section and tension in the bottom half.

APPARATUS:
1. Shear Force machine

2. Weights (loading)

SET-UP:
In order to use metals in particular applications, it is sometimes necessary to
know their tensile strength. To avoid failure, the right metal must be used.
PROCEDURE:
1. Digital Force Display meter reads zero with no load is checking.
3. Hanger with any mass range between 100 g to 300 g was placed at the first
grooved hanger support at the left support and the digital force reading is
recorded.
4. Repeat the procedure to the next grooved hanger until the last groove
hanger at the right hand support was repeated.
5. Place 3 load hangers with 100 g, 200 g, and 300 g respectively at any
position between the supports.
6. Record the reading on the Digital Force Meter.

7. Repeat the procedure at other location between the supports.

OBSERVATION:

The experimental result increase with the increasing of the distance of load
from the left hand support at the left side of the cut.
Based on the result, the value of the shear force at cut section (N) increase
when a load moves nearer towards the cut.

From the results that we have obtained, it shows a totally different results
between the theoretical and experimental values. For the experimental
influence line value, there is a big difference between those of the
experimental and theoretical.

CONCLUSION:
From the experiment, we have concluded that the experimental and theoretical
values are totally different. From the graph it shows totally different results. To
conclude, the shear force at the cut section (N) will increase when the load
moves closer and closer to the cut.