UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA

Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS

STATICS / SOLID MECHANICS I LABORATORY

LAPORAN MAKMAL INDIVIDU /INDIVIDUAL LABORATORY REPORT

BDA17301 ENGINEERING MECHANICS LABORATORY I

EXPERIMENT TITTLE:
Topic 6 : Tensile Test

No Matrik/Matrices
Nama pelajar/Name of Student
Seksyen/Section
Kumpulan/Group 7
14
1. Miss Nur Zaha binti Hassan
Nama Pensyarah/Pengajar/Tutor/
Lecturer/Instructor/Tutor’s Name 2. Mr. Muhd Rizuan Rusli

Nama Ahli Kumpulan / No.

Penilaian / Assesment
Group Members Matrik
1.
2. Keputusan / Results 30 %
3.

4.
Perbincangan / Discussions 70 %
5.
Tarikh Ujikaji / Date
17 May 2020
of Experiment
Tarikh Hantar / Date
20 May 2020
ULASAN PEMERIKSA/COMMENTS
of Submission JUMLAH / TOTAL 100%

COP DITERIMA/APPROVED STAMP

THEORY
 Tensile test, also known as tension test, is probably the most fundamental type of a
mechanical test that can be performed on material. Tensile tests are simple, relatively
inexpensive, and fully standardized. By pulling on something, you will very quickly
determine how the material will react to forces being applied in tension. As the material being
pulled, we will find its strength along with how much it will elongate.

For most of the tensile testing materials, we will notice that in the initial portion of the
test, the relationship between the applied force, and load, and the elongation the specimen
exhibits is linear. In this linear region as show in Figure 1, the line obeys the relationship
defined as “Hooke’s Law” where the stress to strain is a constant or E = δ/ε. E is the slope of
the line in this region where stress (δ) is proportional to strain (ε) and is called the “Modulus
of Elasticity” or “Young’s Modulus”.

Figure 1 Hooke’s Law for stress and strain

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DISCUSSION

a) Based on the stress over strain we got for the aluminium and mild steel, we can
conclude that mild steel has higher Young’s modulus than aluminium. It means that
the mild steel is stiffer than aluminium. We need a huge force for the mild steel to
bend stretch while aluminium does not need much force to make it bend or stretch.
Yield strength in engineering is defined as the amount of stress which is also known
as yield point that a material can undergo before changing from elastic to plastic
deformation. The mild strength has a higher yield point than aluminium, that makes
mild steel have higher tension resistance, and fatigue strength at certain levels.
Because of that, it is also use to indicates the material’s toughness when subjected
to quenching and tempering and it will not make them lose their shapes. Mild steel
also have a high ultimate tensile strength.

b) Theoretical value can be an error if we have a mistake in calculation. Besides,

parallax error can occur with the Vernier caliper such as our eyes are not
perpendicular with the caliper measurement or the caliper is not showing an
absolute zero reading when it is totally closed. So, we have to subtracts or add the
particular value in each of measurement. The gauge measurements error will affect
the strain’s calculation, the elongation and also the graph’s pattern. It will make all of
the calculation getting a wrong answer. All measuring device happens to have some
error that is just not preventable. All load cells require a set of time to return to zero
before they can measure a new load accurately. Make sure we take enough time in
reading the measurement and to allow the load cells to balanced themselves. We
must avoid load cells error or else we cannot get the right measurements and our
calculation and graphs are incorrect. Last, we must be care full In handling
specimens and carrying out the experiment to avoid all possible source of errors.
CONCLUSION

In conclusion, we managed to identify the principles of tensile testing machine and

observe the stress-strain relationship for several standards materials. We can also determine
the modulus of elasticity, yield strength and tensile strength from stress-strain curve.
In order to obtain uniform and accurate result, all test was conducted under The
American Standard for Testing and Materials (ASTM). The standard method of mechanical
testing is specified by ASTM E-8M for metals. My recommendation for improvement in the
future is to measure the reading of the materials straight from the testing machine to avoid
error and for more accurate result.