CAPITOL UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Department

ME301 (Materials Science Engineering for ME)

Lab Activity 1 (Midterm)

Name: Rene Nino M. Balingit Date: 03-28-2022

Section Code/ID No: EN61-2073449 Professor: Dr. Maria Victoria A.
Umaran
 Describe the different methods of material testing and cite
recent technology in material testing and its application.

 Destructive Testing
• The destructive test is used to determine the material's tensile
strength.
• The specimen that has been submitted to a destructive test and
has been fractured.
• A destructive test that examines the behavior of metal under
various loading circumstances.
 Non-Destructive testing
• The finished items are subjected to non-destructive
testing.
• The finished product that is undergoing non-destructive
testing will not be fractured.
• The non-destructive test is used to determine the
finished product's internal flaws.

 Classification of Destructive Testing

 Static Testing - Where the load is applied gradually in

static testing. Different material testing methods available
under static testing. they are listed below.
 Tension Test
 Compression Test
 Shear Test
 Hardness Test
  Creep Test
 Impact Testing - When the given specimen is subjected to
shock loads then it is known as the impact load testing or
the dynamic load testing.
 Cyclic Testing - When the load is repeatedly varied in
magnitude and the direction then this test is called Impact
or dynamic testing.

 Classification of Non-Destructive Testing

 Visual Inspection Method - The earliest and most

fundamental technique of inspection is visual inspection
(VI), sometimes known as visual testing (VT). Visual
inspection, in its most basic form, is the process of visually
inspecting a component or piece of equipment for defects.
Illuminators, mirrors, borescopes, and other optical aids
 Penetrant Test - Non-destructive testing Penetrant Test is
used to detect surface imperfections that are not visible to
the naked eye. This approach reveals faults by producing
indication patterns on the surface of tested goods using
capillary characteristics of liquids (specifically, capillary
penetration of special indicator liquids inside defects). The
optical (luminance and color) contrast of these patterns is
considerable, and their width exceeds the defect opening's
width.
 Magnetic detection test - Magnetic particle inspection
(MPI) is a nondestructive inspection method for detecting
linear faults in ferromagnetic materials at or near the
 surface. A 110v AC hand handled electromagnetic yoke
magnet, a white background, and a magnetic "ink" made of
iron powder particles in a liquid carrier base are the most
adaptable techniques. If there is a surface or somewhat
subsurface flaw, the magnetic force lines will distort around
it.
 Ultrasonic test - Ultrasonic testing (UT) comprises a range
of non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques that send
ultrasonic waves through an object or material. These high
frequency sound waves are transmitted into materials to
characterise the material or for flaw detecting.
 Radiography test - Radiographic Testing (RT) is a non-
destructive testing (NDT) procedure that examines the
interior structure of produced components using either x-
rays or gamma rays to find any flaws or defects. The test-
part is positioned between the radiation source and the film
in radiography testing (or detector).
 Spark test - Spark test is a kind of destructive test. But it
is very quick and inexpensive.
 This test is used to determine the classification of
the ferrous metals.
 In the spark test, the component will be touched to
the grinding wheel to observe the spark it produces.
 These sparks will be compared with the chart or to
sparks from a known test sample to determine the
classification of the material.
 A scrap material will be used as the testing specimen,
not the final product.