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NTRODUCTI
ON

Forsaf edesi gnofst ructur al component sinbridges, r

ailwayl ines,mar inesshi ps,
aircraf t
s,pressur ev esselset c,thetensileproperti
esofmat eri
alsusedshoul dbe
anal yzed.Hencet het ensi lest rengthoft hemat er
ialsshoul dmeett hest r
ength
requi rement soft hest ruct ural appli
cati
ons.Themechani cal propertiesoft hemet als
det ermi netheki ndofengi neer i
ngappl i
cat i
ontobeusedf or.Exper iment sont ensi
le
test scanbeusedt opr edictt het ensil
epr oper
tiesandt heyar econduct edbyappl i
cation
ofaxi alorlongitudinal forcest oaspeci menwi thknowndi mensi ons.Thesef orcesare
appl iedont hespeci menunt ildeformat i
oncausesf ail
ure.Thet ensileloadand
cor respondi ngext ensionsar et henr ecordedforcal cul
ationsanddet erminati
onofst ress
-strainr el
ationshipoft hemat eri
alspecimen.Thet ensil
et estexper imentcanbeusedt o
det ermi neot hermechani cal char acteri
sticsofthespeci menl i
key ieldst r
ength,
per cent ageel ongation, andul ti
mat estrengthamongot her s.Theor i
ginalgaugel engthLo,
diamet eral areaalsousedi ncal culati
onshenceshoul dber ecor ded.

Ai
m

Tocompar
eandcont
rastt
het
ensi
l
est
rengt
hsofmi
l
dst
eel
andal
umi
nium speci
mens

Obj
ect
ives

 Tostudythedef
ormati
onandf
ract
urecharact
eri
sti
csofmi
l
dst
eel
andal
umi
nium
whentheyaresubj
ect
edtouni
axi
all
oading

 Toobser
vetheloadext
ensi
onandst
ress–st
rai
nrel
ati
onshi
psi
nbot
hal
umi
nium
andmil
dsteel

 Tost
udyt
hebasi
csofuni
axi
alt
ensi
l
etest
ing
A.
Mat
eri
alsandequi
pment

 Uni
ver
sal
test
ingmachi
ne

 r
uler

 Ver
niercal
i
per
s

 3sampl
esofmi
l
dst
eel

 3sampl
esofal
umi
num

B.Exper
iment
alpr
ocedur
e

1)ByuseofVer
niercal
i
per
s,t
hethicknessandwidt
heachsamplesofal
umi
nium andmi
l
dst
eel
weremeasur
ed.Thegagel
engthofeachspecimenwasdeter
minedtobe80mm.

2)Ar
ulerwasusedt
omeasur
eandconf
ir
mthegagel
engt
hofeachsampl
eofspeci
men

3)Thesoftwar
eforacquiri
ngandrecor
dingdat
awasact
ivat
edandt
hemat
eri
alcor
respondi
ng
tothespeci
menwassel ectedi
nthesoft
ware.

4)Byzer
oingt
heloadcell
,theInst
ronLoadFr
amecoul
donl
ybesett
omeasur
eonl
ythet
ensi
l
e
l
oadoneachspecimeninsert
ed.

5)Thejawswereadjust
edt of
itt
hesizeoft
hespeci
mens.Thi
swasf
oll
owedbyat
tachi
ngt
he
ext
ensometer
sont hereducedsect
ionsoft
hegagespeci
men

6)Toav
oidsl
i
ppi
ngoft
hespeci
mens,
thescr
oll
wheel
wasusedi
npr
eloadi
ngt
hemachi
ne.

7)Aftert
hespeci
menwasremoved,t
heextensomet
erswer
eadj
ust
edt
ozer
oval
uesandt
he
testcommencedtomeasur
est
rainofthespeci
men.

8)Thedat
awasr
ecor
dedbyt
hesof
twar
eont
hespr
eadsheet

9)Byplaci
ngeachsampl
eintheuni
ver
sal
test
ingmachi
ne,
thet
ensi
l
etestwasconduct
edand
resul
tswer
erecor
dedint
hecomputer
.