Mechanical Behaviour of Materials

Week-8
Full mark – 10
1. Statement-1: The onset of tertiary creep is greatly reduced in case of a constant-load
test as compared to constant-stress test.
Statement-2: During primary creep, the creep resistance decreases by virtue of its own
deformation.
Statement-3: With increasing temperature, the duration of steady-state creep
become longer.
Statement-4: The change in mode of fracture from intergranular to intragranular can
change the slope of the stress-rupture curve, but formation of new recrystallized
grains has no effect on the slope.
a. S1-F, S2-T, S3-F, S4-F
b. S1-F, S2-T, S3-T, S4-T
c. S1-F, S2-T, S3-F, S4-T
d. S1-F, S2-F, S3-T, S4-F
Answer. a
2. When the load is suddenly applied in the beginning of a creep test, material undergoes
an instantaneous strain. If the applied stress is less than the yield stress of the
material, which of the following are the different components of the instantaneous
strain?
a. Recoverable elastic strain
b. Time dependent elastic strain
c. Non-recoverable plastic strain
d. Recoverable plastic strain
e. Only a and b
f. Only b and c
g. Only a and c
h. Only a, b and d
i. Only a, b and c
j. Only a, c and d
k. All of them
Answer. i
3. Grain boundary sliding can be promoted by
a. Increasing strain rate
b. Decreasing temperature
c. Both of them
d. None of them
Answer. d
4. In Orowan creep model, where both dislocation glide and climb take place due to
combined effect of stress and temperature, which one of these accommodate more
amount of strain
a. Climb step
b. Glide step
c. Both of them evenly accommodate the strain
d. None of the above
Answer. b
5. In Orowan creep model , mentioned in question-4, which of the following is the rate
controlling step?
a. Atomic diffusion
b. Orientation of different grains according to the loading axis
c. Glide motion of dislocation in its slip plane
d. Cross head velocity of the instrument
Answer. a
6. In coble creep, creep rate depends on grain size (D) as:
a. D2
b. D3
c. 1/D2
d. 1/D3
Answer. d
7. The conditions at which Nabarro-Herring and Coble creep is favourable are
a. Low stress and high temperature
b. High stress and low temperature
c. High stress and fine grain sizes
d. Low temperature and fine grain sizes
Answer. a
8. Creep involving stress directed atomic diffusion as the dominant creep strain
mechanism is
a. Power-law creep
b. Nabarro-Herring and Coble creep
c. Dislocation creep
d. Dislocation glide
Answer. b
 9. Match the following creep mechanisms with the conditions favoured for them

a. Power-law creep 1. Lattice diffusion

b. Coble creep 2. Grain-boundary diffusion
c. Nabarro-Herring creep 3. High stresses
I. a-3, b-1, c-2
II. a-3, b-2, c-1
III. a-1, b-3, c-2
IV. a-1, b-2, c-3
Answer. II
10. Which of the following statement is incorrect?
a. The engineering design criteria for materials at high temperature applications involves
minimum creep rate
b. Steady-state creep involves balance between work-hardening and recovery
c. The region of creep curve in the tertiary stage involves decreasing creep rate
d. Grain boundary sliding in high temperature deformation of superplastic materials
occurs at high strain rate as compared to in diffusional creep
e. Creep is a time dependant deformation phenomenon only at high homologous
temperatures
Answer. c
11. The conditions for material to exhibit superplastic behaviour are (Multiple correct
answers)
a. Fine grain size
b. Large grain size
c. High temperature
d. Low temperature
e. High strain rate sensitivity
f. Low strain rate sensitivity
Answer. a,d,e
12. If we have two materials described by their Larson-Miller parameter PA = T (CA + log t)
and PB = T (CB + log t). Which material would be stronger if CA < CB and the curves of 
vs P coincide?
a. Material A will be stronger
b. Material B will be stronger
c. Both will have equal strength
d. Cannot be defined
Answer. a
Solution. According to the Larson-Miller parameter plot, lower Larson-Miller parameter
will require high stress to failure, hence is stronger