THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

DEPARTMENT OF MECHAMICAL ENGINEERING

FUNDAMENTALS OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY

REPORT

Name of Student and UID : Laboratory Group :

Date of Experiment: Date of Submission :

Title: Three Points Bending of Laminated Composite

Venue: GF, Haking Wong Building

APPARATUS

1: Al alloy beam with a rectangular cross-section

2: Ti alloy beam with a rectangular cross-section
3. Laminated composite made of the same Al alloy and Ti alloy listed above.

Note 1 : The span of the beam (separation of the two supports) L as specified by the
instructor:
Al alloy: ;
Ti alloy: ;
Laminated composite: ;

Note 2: The cross-section area of the beams are rectangular:

Al alloy: d: ;b________________;
Ti alloy: d: ;b________________;
Laminated composite: d: ;b________________;

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Note 3: The deflection of a beam:   where F is the applied force, E is the Young’s
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modulus, and I is the second moment of the area.

Note 4: The relationship between the bending moment (M) and the direct stress (  ) is
expressed as
My FLy
  .
I 2I

PROCEDURE

1. Measure the Young’s modulus of the Al alloy and the Ti alloy employing the three point
bending test. Note: use four different loading to obtain the average value of E.
2. Transform the rectangular cross-section of the laminated composite to an T cross-section
and calculate the second moment of area of the transformed T section.
3. Apply several different loads on the laminated composite beam and measure the
respective deflections.
4. Calculate the respective deflections of the laminated composite beam subjected to the
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above three different loads. (Note:   ).
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5. Compare the calculated deflections with the measured ones.
6. Calculate the maximum stress of the Al alloy layer of the composite beam at the largest
My
load. (Note:   ).
I
7. Calculate the maximum stress of the Ti alloy layer of the composite beam at the largest
load.

Lab Report

A lab report is required to address all questions listed above.

REFERENCES

 Lecture notes.

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