ACTIVITY 2:

FUNDAMENTALS OF
MATERIALS
BY JESÚS EDUARDO GUARDADO ESPARZA
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 HOW ARE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
CHECKED?

• THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A METAL OR POLYMER DETERMINE THE

RANGE OF USEFULNESS AND THE SERVICE THAT CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM THE MATERIAL. THE TEST OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES CONTAINS
SOME CHARACTERISTICS LIKE: TENSION, ELEVATED TEMPERATURE,
STRESS, ELONGATION, COMPRESSION, LOAD, IMPACT, FATIGUE
 Hardness

• THE METALS HANDBOOK DEFINES HARDNESS AS "RESISTANCE OF METAL TO PLASTIC

DEFORMATION, USUALLY BY INDENTATION.
• THE GREATER THE HARDNESS OF THE METAL, THE GREATER RESISTANCE IT HAS TO DEFORMATION.
• HARDNESS MEASUREMENT METHODS:
• ROCKWELL HARDNESS TEST
• BRINELL HARDNESS
• VICKERS
• KNOOP HARDNESS
• SHORE
RESILIENCE

• THE TOUGHNESS OF A MATERIAL

CAN BE DEFINED AS, ‘THE ABILITY
OF A MATERIAL TO ABSORB
SUDDEN SHOCK WITHOUT
BREAKING OR SHATTERING.
• AFECTS IN THE MATERIALS
STRUCTURE BECAUSE MEASURE
HOW MUCH ENERGY CAN RESIST A
MATERIAL.
 ELASTICITY

 MEASURES HOW STIFF OR STRETCHY A MATERIAL

IS.
CAN BE MEASURED BY THE FORMULA IN THE RIGHT
IS ONLY DEPENDENT ON THE TYPE OF MATERIAL AND
NOT ON THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE OBJECT BEING
TESTED.
 STRAIN-STRESS CURVE

• STRESS STRAIN CURVE IS A BEHAVIOR OF MATERIAL WHEN

IT IS SUBJECTED TO LOAD. IN THIS DIAGRAM STRESSES ARE
PLOTTED ALONG THE VERTICAL AXIS AND AS A RESULT OF
THESE STRESSES, CORRESPONDING STRAINS ARE PLOTTED
ALONG THE HORIZONTAL AXIS.
• SHOWS FOUR DIFFERENT STAGE THAT ARE:
• ELASTIC DEFORMATION
• PLASTIC DEFORMATION / FLOW REGION
• PLASTIC DEFORMATION / STRAIN HARDENING
• PLASTIC DEFORMATION / NECKING
REFERENCES:

• NA. (2016). RESILIENCE 01/22/2018, DE NDT SITIO WEB:

HTTPS://WWW.NDE-ED.ORG/EDUCATIONRESOURCES/COMMUNITYCOLLEGE
/MATERIALS/MECHANICAL/TOUGHNESS.HTM
• NA. (2017). HARDNESS. 01/22/2018, DE CALCE SITIO WEB:
HTTPS://WWW.CALCE.UMD.EDU/TSFA/HARDNESS_AD_.HTM
• NA. (2016). ELASTICYTY OF MATERIALS. 01/22/2018, DE STUDY SITIO
WEB:
HTTPS://STUDY.COM/ACADEMY/LESSON/ELASTICITY-OF-MATERIALS-MOD
ULI-MEASUREMENTS.HTML