You are on page 1of 2

Name……………………………………………………. Section………………ID………………… No. in class…………..

01213211 Materials Science for Engineers


Homework 3 (Mechanical Failure)
Instruction: Use your handwriting to write answers.

1. Specify type of fracture of materials given below and give the reason to support your answer.

Type of Fracture: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………

Reason: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………

Type of Fracture: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………

Reason: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………

2. Consider figure below and answer the question.

Mode of mechanical testing: ………………………………………………………

If low carbon steel or BCC metals were tested at 400oC and


-15 oC, at which temperature that the hammer would be raised
lower after hit the sample? Why?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. From the S-N graph, answer the following questions

3.1 The fatigue limit of carbon steel is ……………………………………………………………..


3.2 The fatigue strength of aluminium at 1 million cycles is ………………………...

4. During standard fatigue testing some materials are said to have a no fatigue limit (or limit= zero).
Explain what that means.

5. In mechanical failure testing, what are the main differences between Fatigue and Creep testing?

You might also like