Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam – 603 110

(An Autonomous Institution, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai)

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
END SEMESTER PRACTICAL EXAMINATION – Nov / Dec 2020
UME 1312 – STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LABORATORY - III SEM

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks 100

Aim/ Apparatus Procedure / Drawing/ Tabulation Graphs Viva-Voce Record Total
required &
Observation & Results
Calculation
15 25 25 15 10 10 100

1. Determine the modulus of rigidity, Stiffness of the open coin spring and find also the shear
stress and strain energy stored for each load using the compression test experiment. [191002033]

Outer diameter of the spring = 61.8 mm

Inner diameter of the spring = 47.8 mm
Wire diameter of the spring = 7.3 mm
Number of turns in the spring = 5

S. No. Load (gram) Deflection - Deflection -

Loading Unloading
(mm) (mm)
1 50 3 2
2 100 5 3
3 150 6 4
4 200 7 5
5 250 8 7
 2. Determine the Young’s modulus of the given cantilever beam Using strain gauge experiment
for the following data. [191002034]

Length of the beam = 120 mm

Breath of the beam = 25 mm
Thickness of the beam = 2 mm

S. No. Load (gram) Strain x 10-6 Strain x 10-6

Loading Unloading
1 100 51 49
2 200 98 96
3 300 148 147
4 400 197 199
5 500 251 251

3.Determine the young’s modulus of the given mild steel beam using deflection test.
[191002035]
Observations:
Length of simply supported beam in mm, L = 1050 mm
Distance of load system for the left support, a = 350 mm
Distance of load system from right support, b = 700 mm
Distance of deflection from the left support, x = 650 mm
Breadth of the beam, B = 20.1 mm
Depth of the beam, D = 10.1 mm
Tabulation:
Sl. Load Deflection Measurement Young’s Modulus
No. Kg N Loading Unloading Mean y = Mean/100 (N/mm2)
(mm)
1 0.5 12 11

2 1 37 38

3 1.5 64 65

4 2 93 92

5 2.5 115 115

4. Conduct tension test on mild steel specimen and draw the stress strain curve and mark the
salient points. [191002036]
Observations:
Length of the sample : 323 mm
Diameter of the sample : 11.46 mm
Diameter at the neck : 7.8 mm
Final length of the sample : 345 mm
Yield point : 35 KN
Ultimate point : 60 KN
Breaking point : 45 KN
Tabulation:

S.No Load Rod extension Stress Strain

(KN) (mm) (N/mm2)
1 5 2
2 10 3
3 15 4
4 20 6
5 25 7
6 30 8
7 35 9
8 40 10
9 45 12
10 50 14
11 55 17
12 60 23
5. Find the modulus of rigidity by conducting torsion test on mild steel specimen . [191002037]
Observations:
Length of the sample : 86 mm
Diameter of the sample : 10.1 mm
Tabulation:
S.No. Torque (N-mm) Angle of twist Modulus of rigidity (N/mm2)

(°) (°) (radian)

1 10 0 2

2 20 1 4

3 30 2 6

4 40 2 13

5 50 3 24

6 60 3 42

7 70 4 58

8 80 4 92

9 90 5 138

10 100 7 175

6. Find the shear strength of the given rods using a UTM. [191002038]
Sample 1
Name of the sample : M. S
Diameter of the sample : 12.2 / 12.9 / 12.5 (mm)
Load at shearing : 45 / 80 / 70 (KN)

Sample 2
Name of the sample : Aluminum
Diameter of the sample : 11.6 / 11.3 / 11.9 (mm)
Load at shearing : 33 / 30.5 / 39 (KN)
7. Determine the Brinnell Hardness Number for the given specimen. [191002039]

S. No. Material Load Diameter of the Diameter of BHN Mean

(kg) ball Indenter indentation
(mm) (mm)
1. Aluminium 1000 10 3.9
2. 3.8
3. 3.7

1. Cast Iron 3000 10 4.6

2. 4.4
3. 4.5

8. Find the impact strength of given steel specimen by Charpy test. [191002040]

S.No. Sample Sample size Fractured Energy Cross Impact

(mm) sample size absorbed sectional strength
(mm) (J) area at (J/mm2)
fracture
(mm2)
1 Mild Steel 52×10×10.2 b = 10 23
h=5.2
2 50×9.9×9.9 h = 5.1 20
b = 9.9
3 51×9.8×9.8 h = 5.3 22
b = 9.8
 9. Determine the young’s modulus of the given mild steel beam using deflection test.
[191002041]
Observations:
Length of simply supported beam in mm, L = 1050 mm
Distance of load system for the left support, a = 650 mm
Distance of load system from right support, b = 400 mm
Distance of deflection from the left support, x = 300 mm
Breadth of the beam, B = 20.3 mm
Depth of the beam, D = 10.2 mm
Tabulation:
Sl. Load Deflection Measurement Young’s Modulus
No. Kg N Loading Unloading Mean y = Mean/100 (N/mm2)
(mm)
1 0.5 28 29

2 1 60 63

3 1.5 92 94

4 2 123 125

5 2.5 161 161

10. Conduct tension test on mild steel specimen and draw the stress strain curve and mark the
salient points. [191002042]
Observations:
Length of the sample : 327 mm
Diameter of the sample : 11.5 mm
Diameter at the neck : 8.5 mm
Final length of the sample : 349 mm
Yield point : 43 KN
Ultimate point : 63 KN
Breaking point : 47 KN
Tabulation:

S.No Load Rod extension Stress Strain

(KN) (mm) (N/mm2)
1 5 2
2 10 6
3 15 6
4 20 8
5 25 10
6 30 11
7 35 12
8 40 14
9 45 16
10 50 18
11 55 21
12 60 24
11. Find the modulus of rigidity by conducting torsion test on mild steel specimen .
[191002043]
Observations:
Length of the sample : 102 mm
Diameter of the sample : 10.4 mm
Tabulation:
S.No. Torque (N-mm) Angle of twist Modulus of rigidity (N/mm2)

(°) (°) (radian)

1 10 1 3
2 20 2 6
3 30 2 9
4 40 3 15
5 50 3 18
6 60 4 27
7 70 4 45
8 80 5 60
9 90 5 90

10 100 7 150

12. Determine the Young’s modulus of the given cantilever beam Using strain gauge experiment
for the following data. [191002044]

Length of the beam = 121 mm

Breath of the beam = 25.1 mm
Thickness of the beam = 2.1 mm

S. No. Load (gram) Strain x 10-6 Strain x 10-6

Loading Unloading
1 100 51 50
2 200 102 100
3 300 149 151
4 400 198 200
5 500 248 248
13. Determine the modulus of rigidity, Stiffness of the open coin spring and also find the shear
stress and strain energy stored for each load using the compression test experiment.
[191002045]
Outer diameter of the spring = 62.3 mm
Inner diameter of the spring = 49.2 mm
Wire diameter of the spring = 6.7 mm
Number of turns in the spring = 5
S. No. Load (gram) Deflection - Deflection -
Loading Unloading
(mm) (mm)
1 50 3 2
2 100 5 6
3 150 7 7
4 200 9 8
5 250 12 12

14. Find the shear strength of the given rods using a UTM. [191002046]
Sample 1
Name of the sample : M. S
Diameter of the sample : 12.3 / 11.6 / 12.8 (mm)
Load at shearing : 82 / 78 / 88 (KN)

Sample 2
Name of the sample : Aluminum
Diameter of the sample : 11.5 / 11.7 / 11.9 (mm)
Load at shearing : 27 / 30 / 31 (KN)

15. Determine the Brinnell Hardness Number for the given specimen. [191002047]
S. No. Material Load Diameter of the Diameter of BHN Mean
(kg) ball Indenter indentation
(mm) (mm)
1. Aluminium 1000 10 3.3
2. 3.6
3. 3.5

1. Cast Iron 3000 10 4.3

2. 4.5
3. 4.4
16. Find the impact strength of given steel specimen by Charpy test. [191002048]

S.No. Sample Sample size Fractured Energy Cross Impact

(mm) sample size absorbed sectional strength
(mm) (J) area at (J/mm2)
fracture
(mm2)
1 Mild Steel 51×9.9×10.1 b = 9.9 21
h=5.2
2 49×9.7×9.8 h = 5.0 19
b = 9.7
3 50×9.8×9.9 h = 5.1 20
b = 9.8

17. Determine the Young’s modulus of the given cantilever beam Using strain gauge experiment
for the following data. [191002049]

Length of the beam = 120.2 mm

Breath of the beam = 25.2 mm
Thickness of the beam = 2.2 mm

S. No. Load (gram) Strain x 10-6 Strain x 10-6

Loading Unloading
1 100 51 52
2 200 102 103
3 300 166 164
4 400 227 229
5 500 260 260
 18. Determine the modulus of rigidity, Stiffness of the open coin spring and also find the shear
stress and strain energy stored for each load using the compression test experiment.

[191002050]
Outer diameter of the spring = 62.3 mm
Inner diameter of the spring = 49.3 mm
Wire diameter of the spring = 7.3 mm
Number of turns in the spring = 5

S. No. Load (gram) Deflection - Deflection -

Loading Unloading
(mm) (mm)
1 50 2 3
2 100 5 4
3 150 7 6
4 200 9 10
5 250 11 11

19. Determine the young’s modulus of the given mild steel beam using deflection test.
[191002051]
Observations:
Length of simply supported beam in mm, L = 1050 mm
Distance of load system for the left support, a = 650 mm
Distance of load system from right support, b = 400 mm
Distance of deflection from the left support, x = 400 mm
Breadth of the beam, B = 20 mm
Depth of the beam, D = 10 mm
Tabulation:
Sl. Load Deflection Measurement Young’s Modulus
No Kg N Loading Unloading Mean y = Mean/100 (N/mm2)
. (mm)
1 0.5 33 35
2 1 67 69
3 1.5 97 99
4 2 127 129
5 2.5 167 167
20. Conduct tension test on mild steel specimen and draw the stress strain curve and mark the
salient points. [191002052]
Observations:
Length of the sample : 326 mm
Diameter of the sample : 11.6 mm
Diameter at the neck : 7.6 mm
Final length of the sample : 356 mm
Yield point : 42 KN
Ultimate point : 60 KN
Breaking point : 48 KN
Tabulation:

S.No Load Rod extension Stress Strain

(KN) (mm) (N/mm2)
1 5 2
2 10 4
3 15 4
4 20 5
5 25 5
6 30 6
7 35 7
8 40 8
9 45 9
10 50 11
11 55 14
12 60 18
21. Find the modulus of rigidity by conducting torsion test on mild steel specimen .
[191002053]
Observations:
Length of the sample : 88.5 mm
Diameter of the sample : 10.1 mm
Tabulation:
S.No. Torque (N-mm) Angle of twist Modulus of rigidity (N/mm2)

(°) (°) (radian)

1 10 0 1

2 20 0 3

3 30 1 7

4 40 1 9

5 50 2 45

6 60 3 85

7 70 4 155

8 80 4 205

9 90 5 295

10 100 5 335

22. Determine the Young’s modulus of the given cantilever beam Using strain gauge experiment
for the following data. [191002054]

Length of the beam = 120.5 mm

Breath of the beam = 25.4 mm
Thickness of the beam = 2.1 mm

S. No. Load (gram) Strain x 10-6 Strain x 10-6

Loading Unloading
1 100 41 43
2 200 93 94
3 300 151 148
4 400 201 204
5 500 253 253
 23. Determine the modulus of rigidity, Stiffness of the open coin spring and also find the shear
stress and strain energy stored for each load using the compression test experiment.

[191002055]
Outer diameter of the spring = 61 mm
Inner diameter of the spring = 48.5 mm
Wire diameter of the spring = 6.9 mm
Number of turns in the spring = 5

S. No. Load (gram) Deflection - Deflection -

Loading Unloading
(mm) (mm)
1 50 3 2
2 100 4 3
3 150 5 6
4 200 7 8
5 250 9 9

24. Determine the young’s modulus of the given mild steel beam using deflection test.
[191002056]
Observations:
Length of simply supported beam in mm, L = 1050 mm
Distance of load system for the left support, a = 700 mm
Distance of load system from right support, b = 350 mm
Distance of deflection from the left support, x = 450 mm
Breadth of the beam, B = 20 mm
Depth of the beam, D = 10 mm
Tabulation:
Sl. Load Deflection Measurement Young’s Modulus
No. Kg N Loading Unloading Mean y = Mean/100 (N/mm2)
(mm)
1 0.5 34 36
2 1 68 73
3 1.5 108 105
4 2 138 140
5 2.5 178 178
25. Conduct tension test on mild steel specimen and draw the stress strain curve and mark the
salient points. [191002057]
Observations:
Length of the sample : 329 mm
Diameter of the sample : 12.2 mm
Diameter at the neck : 8.8 mm
Final length of the sample : 351 mm
Yield point : 39 KN
Ultimate point : 59 KN
Breaking point : 49 KN
Tabulation:

S.No Load Rod extension Stress Strain

(KN) (mm) (N/mm2)
1 5 2
2 10 3
3 15 5
4 20 7
5 25 9
6 30 11
7 35 12
8 40 14
9 45 17
10 50 19
11 55 20
12 60 22
26. Find the modulus of rigidity by conducting torsion test on mild steel specimen .
[191002058]
Observations:
Length of the sample : 85 mm
Diameter of the sample : 10 mm
Tabulation:
S.No. Torque (N-mm) Angle of twist Modulus of rigidity (N/mm2)

(°) (°) (radian)

1 10 0 2

2 20 1 11

3 30 2 77

4 40 3 122

5 50 4 155

6 60 5 188

7 70 5 222

8 80 6 255

9 90 6 325

10 100 7 377

27. Determine the Young’s modulus of the given cantilever beam Using strain gauge experiment
for the following data. [191002059]

Length of the beam = 120.2 mm

Breath of the beam = 24.8 mm
Thickness of the beam = 2.2 mm

S. No. Load (gram) Strain x 10-6 Strain x 10-6

Loading Unloading
1 100 48 46
2 200 98 97
3 300 148 147
4 400 198 200
5 500 249 249
28. Determine the modulus of rigidity, Stiffness of the open coin spring and also find the shear
stress and strain energy stored for each load using the compression test experiment.

[191002060]
Outer diameter of the spring = 62.1 mm
Inner diameter of the spring = 48.4 mm
Wire diameter of the spring = 7.5 mm
Number of turns in the spring = 5

S. No. Load (gram) Deflection - Deflection -

Loading Unloading
(mm) (mm)
1 50 3 2
2 100 4 3
3 150 5 4
4 200 6 5
5 250 7 7

29. Determine the Young’s modulus of the given cantilever beam Using strain gauge experiment
for the following data. [191002061]

Length of the beam = 120 mm

Breath of the beam = 25 mm
Thickness of the beam = 2 mm

S. No. Load (gram) Strain x 10-6 Strain x 10-6

Loading Unloading
1 100 46 46
2 200 94 92
3 300 140 138
4 400 191 189
5 500 240 240
 30. Determine the young’s modulus of the given mild steel beam using deflection test.
[191002062]
Observations:
Length of simply supported beam in mm, L = 1050 mm
Distance of load system for the left support, a = 350 mm
Distance of load system from right support, b = 700 mm
Distance of deflection from the left support, x = 600 mm
Breadth of the beam, B = 20 mm
Depth of the beam, D = 10 mm
Tabulation:
Sl. Load Deflection Measurement Young’s Modulus
No. Kg N Loading Unloading Mean y = Mean/100 (N/mm2)
(mm)
1 0.5 29 30

2 1 62 64

3 1.5 94 96

4 2 120 123

5 2.5 160 160

31. Conduct tension test on mild steel specimen and draw the stress strain curve and mark the
salient points. [191002063]
Observations:
Length of the sample : 320 mm
Diameter of the sample : 12 mm
Diameter at the neck : 8 mm
Final length of the sample : 350 mm
Yield point : 40 KN
Ultimate point : 60 KN
Breaking point : 50 KN

Tabulation:

S.No Load Rod extension Stress Strain

(KN) (mm) (N/mm2)
1 5 1
2 10 3
3 15 3
4 20 4
5 25 4
6 30 5
7 35 5
8 40 6
9 45 6
10 50 9
11 55 11
12 60 13