Strength of Materials Laboratory

Exercise 5 Estimation of ultimate load using double shear test

Aim
Estimate the Load Corresponding to the Ultimate Shear Strength for all the materials given in
Table 1

Table 1 Mechanical properties of different materials under tension

Ultimate tensile
Material stress (MPa)
steel 500
Aluminium 75
copper 220
titanium 600
nickel 250

Table 2 Diameter values

Diameter of cylindrical
Team
specimen, d in mm
1 10
2 15
3 20
4 22
5 25
 Double shear test setup

Approximate ultimate shear strength = 0.75*ultimate tensile strength (1)

For the applied axial load ‘P’, each of the fixed plates produces a reactive shear load of P/2.
Hence average shear stress is given by

τavg = (P/2) / cross section area (CSA) of the bolt (2)

Bolt has circular cross section hence CSA = (π/4)*d2 (3)

𝑃⁄
2
therefore, 𝜏𝑎𝑣𝑔 = 𝜋 2 (4)
4
∗𝑑

Ultimate shear strength (USS) = ultimate load / 2*CSA (5)

Ultimate load = USS * 2 * CSA (6)

Table 3 Ultimate load and Ultimate Shear stress of the material

Cross-sectional Ultimate Ultimate

Sl.No. Material area of specimen shear stress Load
(mm2) (N/mm2) (kN)