DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DJJ3103: STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

LAB REPORT

TITLE:
SHEAR IN RUBBER BLOCK
(PRACTICAL TASK 1)

PREPARED FOR:
PUAN LYDIA ANAK ALING

PREPARED BY:
MOHD SAIFUL BIN SAFARI
20DKM18F2035

SESSION:
DECEMBER 2019
 PRACTIAL TASK 1

EXPERIMENT : SHEAR IN RUBBER BLOCK

1. INTRODUCTION :
Shear stress are extremely common in engineering. A material is in shear if the parallel forces
applied to it tend to slide on face of the material over an adjcent area. Shear strain is equal to
displacemant angle (measured in radian) that occur due to shear stress. The ratio of shear
stress to shear strain is a constant for a particular material within the limit of proportionally.

2. OBJECTIVES OF EXPERIMENT :
 To determine the variation of deflection with applied load.
 To investigate the relationship between shear stress and shear strain.
 To find the modulus rigidly of the rubber block.

3. EQUIPMENT/APPARATUS :
 Rubber Block in Shear Apparatus
 Load
 Vernier Caliper

4. THEORY :

Shear surface
θ

W
Figure 3. A block (L x h x t) subjected to shearing stress deforms by an angle θ
 The shearing stress, τ developed in a body when elastic restoring forces are parallel to
the cross-sectional area of the body;
V
τ=
A
Where;
τ = the shear stress
V = shear load
A = the cross-sectional area parallel to the applied load

The shearing strain is define as the ratio of displacement, x to the transverse

dimension, L. Thus;
x
Shear Strain, ϕ = tan θ =
L

In practice, since x is much smaller than 1, so, tan θ ≅ θ , therefore;

Shear strain, ϕ = θ (measured in radian)

The modulus of rigidity, G of the rubber is;

τ
G=
ϕ

5. PROCEDURES :
i. First, a load hanger were hang at the free end of the rubber block.
ii. The dial gauge were set to zero.
iii. A load was put, starting from 5N.
iv. The reading of the dail gauge (which represent the deformation of the rubber block)
was taked.
v. The step of iii and iv were repeated for another 9 load, in 5N increment.
vi. The reading are recorded in the table.
6. DATA & RESULTS :

Dimension of Rubber Block:

Height, h = 0.15 m
Width, L = 0.102 m
Thickness, t = 0.03 m

Result

No Load (N) Displacement, x (m)

1 5N 1 x 10^-5 m
2 10N 2 x 10^-5 m
3 15N 4 x 10^-5 m
4 20N 5 x 10^-5 m
5 25N 7 x 10^-5 m
6 30N 8 x 10^-5 m
7 35N 9 x 10^-5 m
8 40N 1.1 x 10^-4 m
9 45N 1.2 x 10^-4 m
10 50N 1.4 x 10^-4 m

7. DISCUSSIONS :
 Calulate the Shear Stress and Shear Strain for each of the load.
 Plot the Load versus Deflection. State the relationship between load and deflection.
 Plot the Shear Stress versus Shear Strain graph for the sample. State the relationship
between Shear Stress and Shear Strain.
 Calculate the value of shear modulus, G
8. CONCLUSIONS :