Objective:

Characterization of mechanical properties of the Friction welded region

in aluminium.

Requirements for the experiment:

a) Tensile specimen

b) Universal Testing Machine (UTM)

c) Computer aided software to be coupled with UTM

Specimen geometry:

Tensile specimen had been machined of the dimensions as follows.

Diameter: 10mm Material type: Non-ferrous

Strain rate: 0.9/s

Brief Description of the Equipment/Machine:

A universal testing machine is used to test the tensile stress and

compressive strength of materials. It is named after the fact that it can
perform many standard tensile and compression tests on materials,
components, and structures. Tensile test can be done by clamping a
single piece of anything on each of its ends and pull it apart until it
breaks. This measures how strong it is (tensile strength) how stretchy it
is (elongation), and how stiff it is (tensile modulus).
Experimental procedure:

a) Place the sample in the tensile testing machine and clamp it at its
both ends in the machine such that the specimen is fixed and
rigid.
b) Enter the dimensions and all the required parameters of the
specimen in the computer software that is coupled with UTM.
c) A uniform load is applied on the specimen with a strain rate of
0.9 /s.
d) After some time, the specimen gets fractured and the collection
of data points and the fracture point are noted.

Graph:
Explanation for the graph:

The main thing we can infer from the graph is that the tensile
specimen used is very brittle. A brittle material immediately breaks
when the load exceeds the yield strength. If it had been ductile,
there would be necking and we could achieve some plastic change
before it ruptures and fractures. The modulus of this specimen
approximately 9380 MPa and it could remain elastic only till the load
is 2.8 MPa. The material fractured at 7.7 MPa load and the ultimate
force the specimen could withstand is 605 N