PROGRAM: NATIONAL DIPLOMA

ENGINEERING METALLURGY / EXTRACTIVE

METALLURGY
SUBJECT: MATERAL TESTING: METALLURGY
CODE: MTM 3111
DATE: MAIN EXAMINATION
JUNE 2019
DURATION: 3 hours
WEIGHT: 40: 60
TOTAL MARKS: 100
FULL MARKS: 100

EXAMINERS: DR. OE FALODUN/MISS TS TSHEPHE

MODERATOR: MR ELVIS GONYA
NUMBER OF PAGES: 3 PAGES IN TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONS: ALL THE ANSWERS MUST BE COMPLETED IN

THE EXAM SCRIPTS AND HANDED IN

REQUIREMENTS: 1 POCKET CALCULATOR

NO CORRECTION FLUID SHALL BE USED
ALL WORK SHALL BE HANDED IN.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
PLEASE ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1

1.1. Mention and explain two forms of materials testing (4)

1.2. List and discuss the three basic assumptions of strength of material (6)
1.3. What are the three general ways that cause failure in structural members and machine
elements (3)
1.4. A 250mm long rod with a diameter of 3.5mm is loaded with a 3500N. If the final
diameter is given as 3.3mm, compute the:
a. Final length [using A0Lo = AfLf] (3)
b. Elongation [∆L] (2)
c. Engineering stress and strain (2)
d. True stress and strain of the rod at the given load (3)
1.5. A cylindrical specimen of steel having an original diameter of 15.8mm is tensile tested
to fracture. After fracture, the diameter was observed to be 13.4mm. Determine the
ductility of the steel in terms of (percentage reduction in area, % RA) (3)

QUESTION 2

2.1. As a material scientist, how can you determine the temperature at which creep will
occur in materials? (3)

2.2. State and explain the principal deformation processes at elevated temperatures (6)
2.3. What does creep and rupture test measures? (2)
2.4. Write out the mathematical formulae for calculating the activation energy under a
steady state creep condition. (6)

2.5. Using the equation for a steady state creep for an engineering material, determine the
activation energy for creep to occur at a stress of 1200 MPa, given that: T1 = 600 oC, T2
= 700 oC, ɛ1 = 10-5s-1, ɛ2 = 10-8s-1. (R = 8.3 Jmol-1K-1). (4)

QUESTION 3

3.1. What is endurance strength (2)

3.2. Use the diagram below to mathematically generate the following: (a) Mean stress, (b)
Stress amplitude, (c) Stress range and (d) Stress ratio (8)
3.3. A 4340 steel bar is subjected to a fluctuating axial load that varies from a maximum of
440 MPa tension to a minimum of 320 MPa compression. Estimate the following:
a. Mean stress (2)
b. Stress range (2)
c. Amplitude ratio (2)
d. Alternating stress (2)
3.4. Mention three types of stresses for fatigue test (3)

QUESTION 4

4.1. Mention the four major usage of Non-destructive testing (4)

4.2. Discuss the following Non-destructive testing:
(a) Magnetic particle test (3)
(b) Dye penetrant test (3)
(c) Ultrasonic test (3)
(d) Radiography (X-ray) test (3)
4.3. Explain the various criteria used to determine the transition temperature from T1 to T5
in the diagram below (10)

4.4. Mention (6) factors affecting the DBTT curve and discuss (one) of them (6)

TOTAL [100]