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What Device Is Used in A Tension Test To Measure The Elongation of The Specimen?

1. A universal testing machine is used to measure the elongation of a specimen in a tension test. 2. Data is presented from a tension test of an aluminum specimen including initial and final gauge lengths and diameters used to calculate properties like tensile strength, yield strength, modulus of elasticity, modulus of resilience, reduction in cross-sectional area, and elongation. 3. True stress and strain are provided by the stress-strain diagram generated from the tension test results. An offset method may be used to determine yield strength when a material's elastic limit is an approximation.

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What Device Is Used in A Tension Test To Measure The Elongation of The Specimen?

1. A universal testing machine is used to measure the elongation of a specimen in a tension test. 2. Data is presented from a tension test of an aluminum specimen including initial and final gauge lengths and diameters used to calculate properties like tensile strength, yield strength, modulus of elasticity, modulus of resilience, reduction in cross-sectional area, and elongation. 3. True stress and strain are provided by the stress-strain diagram generated from the tension test results. An offset method may be used to determine yield strength when a material's elastic limit is an approximation.

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Lab 03

1. What device is used in a tension test to measure the elongation of the specimen?
Universal Testing Machine is used in a tension test to measure the elongation of the
specimen.
2. Data Set C

Specimen Type (Info from Manufacturer): 2011T3 Aluminum; Tensile Strength: 55,000
psi; Yield: 43,000 psi; Elongation: 15%

Initial/Final Gauge Length (in): 2/2.318

Initial/Final Diameter (in): 0.507/0.451

a. Calculate the tensile strength by dividing the maximum load during the test by the original
cross-sectional area. 

Cross-sectional area = 0.202 in^2


Tensile Strength = 49.42ksi

b. Calculate the yield strength. 

From Graph we get


Yield Strength = 6.9E+06 Psi
c. Calculate the Modulus of Elasticity
From Graph we get
Modulus of Elasticity = 1.00E+07
d. Calculate Modulus of Resilience
Modulus of Resilience = 2.3E+06
e. Calculate the initial and final cross-sectional areas and the percent reduction
Initial Cross Sectional Area = 0.202 in^2
Final Cross Sectional Area = 0.1598 in^2
Percent Reduction is = 4.22%
f. Calculate the elongation over the gage length and the percent increase.
Elongation = 0.159 or 15.9%
% Increase = 31.8%
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h. Does the stress-strain diagram generated from the test results provide true stress and
strain?
Yes, the stress-strain diagram generated from the test results provide true stress and strain?
i. Under what conditions would an offset method be used to determine the yield strength of a
material? Was the method used for the dataset you downloaded?
Offset yield strength is an arbitrary approximation of a material's elastic limit. It is the stress that
corresponds to a point at the intersection of a stress-strain curve and a line which is parallel to a
specified modulus of elasticity line. This parallel line is horizontally offset by a predetermined
amount.

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