1.

Select an open ended experiment of your choice for a lab course and write the objective
for it?(2)
Conduct a fatigue test for the given material and draw the S-N curve.

2. Write the background and the resource materials required for this experiment.(2)
Fatigue is a very common mode of failure for materials and has been studied for
centuries. Fatigue occurs every day in objects that we are familiar with. For example,
airplane wings fatigue thousands of cycles on every flight and bridges fatigue every time
a car drives over them. However, just because a material is undergoing fatigue does not
mean that it will always break. In fact, engineers run careful experiments so that they
can be sure that things will not break due to fatigue while we are using them.
Paper clips of different shapes, sizes and materials are the resource materials required
for this experiment which is available easily at low cost.

3. Mention whether the selected experiment has different methods or techniques to

conduct .If yes, list or write the methods (2)
The experiment can be performed without and with heat treatment (quenching in
different medium air, water, oil) for different angles, different materials, different
shapes and sizes

4. Comment on whether the students will be able to change the experimental set up or
design of the experiment. If yes, what are the changes that can be adopted in the
experiment? (2)
The students can change the experimental set up. Instead of using hand, they can device
a set up for conducting the experiment. They can vary the conditions of treatment and
study the fatigue.

5. Are there different ways to perform analysis for this experiment? If yes , list them.(2)
They can plot the graph for various loading conditions for various materials and perform
the analysis which material will be suitable for which application.

6. Write the rubrics for this experiment as per the AICTE format. (5)

Rubrics for assessing the assignment (15)

Performance Criteria PI
.Articulate the problem 2.1.1
statement and identify
the objective of an
open ended experiment
(4)
Define the background
and resource materials
required
Identify different 4.2.1
experimental set up,
alternate designs and
different ways of
analysis (6)
Articulate Rubrics 10.1.
effectively (5) 2 AICTE format
Analyze the stress level
of the material and
assess the fatigue
Proficient Acceptable Need Improvement
(11-15) (6-10) (0-5)
Well Defined Objective Well defined Unable to define the
objective objective clearly
Background explanation is
clear Background Background
explanation is clear explanation is not
sufficient
Able to justify and Explanation given Explanation given for
elaborate on for experimentation experimentation is not
experimentation setup is satisfactory satisfactory
Able to justify whether the Able to justify Unable to justify
experiment will lead to whether the whether the open
multiple designs or not experiment will lead ended lab leads to
to multiple designs multiple designs and
Able to give reasons different ways of
whether the experiment will Able to give reasons analysis
lead to different ways of whether the
analysis experiment will lead
to different ways of
analysis
Able to write rubrics as per Rubrics written is not Rubrics written is not
as per AICTE format as per AICTE format
Descriptors are well defined Descriptors are not Descriptors are not
specific to the experiment specific to the specific to the
experiment experiment
Performance indicators for
each review are appropriate Performance Performance
indicators are not indicators are not
appropriate appropriate
Standard procedure was Standard procedure Standard procedure
followed and sufficient data was followed but has not been followed
available for the analysis. insufficient data for in collecting the data
strength or no of cycles Plotted results are clear and
it can withstand understandable.
Able to perform the analysis
to obtain the fatigue
strength.
the analysis. on stress levels.
Plotted results are Insufficient data for
clear and but not the analysis.
understandable. Plotted results are not
Able to perform the clear and
analysis to obtain the understandable.
fatigue strength. Analysis cant be
performed.