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CE336 Strength of Materials Lab

This document describes a Strength of Materials lab course offered in 2016 with the objectives of studying material failures, correlating theory to practice, and understanding material properties under working conditions. It outlines 15 mandatory experiments involving testing of springs, beams, wires, rods, bricks, and specimens under tension, compression, torsion, shear, and impact. The course aims to familiarize students with material testing equipment and procedures, correlate theoretical concepts to practical implications, and comprehend variations between theoretical and experimental results in material science.

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CE336 Strength of Materials Lab

This document describes a Strength of Materials lab course offered in 2016 with the objectives of studying material failures, correlating theory to practice, and understanding material properties under working conditions. It outlines 15 mandatory experiments involving testing of springs, beams, wires, rods, bricks, and specimens under tension, compression, torsion, shear, and impact. The course aims to familiarize students with material testing equipment and procedures, correlate theoretical concepts to practical implications, and comprehend variations between theoretical and experimental results in material science.

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Course Year of

Course Name L-T-P-Credits


code Introduction
CE336 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LAB 0-0-3-1 2016
Prerequisite : SB201 Mechanics of solids
Course Objectives:
 To study various types of failures occurring in service life of ductile metals.
 Provide an environment to enable students to correlate theoretical knowledge gained in the
class room with the physical world.
 To study the properties of various materials under various working conditions.

List of Exercises/ Experiments (Minimum 12 Mandatory)

1. Tests on Open Coiled Spring


Equipment: Spring Testing Machine, Vernier Calliper.
2. Tests on Closed Coiled Spring
Equipment: Spring Testing Machine, Vernier Calliper.
3. Bending Test on Wooden Beams Using U. T. M.
Equipment: Universal Testing Machine, Deflection Gauges, Measuring Tape.
4. Verification of Clerk Maxwell's Law of Reciprocal Deflection and Determination of Young’s
Modulus ‘E’ for Steel.
Equipment: Apparatus for verification of Clerk Maxwell’s Law of Reciprocal Theorem,
Deflection gauges, Weights, Scale, Vernier Calliper.
5. Torsion Pendulum Test for M.S. wires.
Equipment: Torsion Pendulum, Cylindrical Weights, Stop Watch.
6. Torsion Pendulum Test for Aluminium Wires.
Equipment: Torsion Pendulum, Cylindrical Weights, Stop Watch.
7. Torsion Pendulum Test for Brass Wires.
Equipment: Torsion Pendulum, Cylindrical Weights, Stop Watch.
8. Tension Test Using U. T. M. on M. S. Rod.
Equipment: Universal Testing Machine, Deflection gauges, Measuring Tape, Vernier
Caliper.
9. Tension Test Using U. T. M. on Torsteel rod
Equipment: Universal Testing Machine, Deflection gauges, Measuring Tape, Vernier
Caliper.
10. Tension Test Using U. T. M. on High Tensile Steel rod.
Equipment: Universal Testing Machine, Deflection gauges, Measuring Tape, Vernier
Caliper.
11. Compression test on concrete specimen.
Equipment: Compression Testing Machine.
12. Compression test on brick.
Equipment: Compression Testing Machine.
13. Torsion Test on M. S. Rod.
Equipment: Torsion Testing Machine, Vernier Caliper.
14. Shear Test on M.S. Rod.
Equipment: Universal Testing Machine, Deflection gauges, Measuring Tape, Vernier
Caliper.
15. Impact Test Using Izod Apparatus and Charpy.
Equipment: Charpy/ Izod Impact Testing Machine.
16. Impact Test Using Charpy Apparatus
Equipment: Charpy/ Izod Impact Testing Machine.
17. Hardness Test using Brinell Hardness Apparatus
Equipment: Brinell Hardness Testing Machine.
18. Strut Test.
Equipment: Strut Testing Machine, Vernier Calliper.

Course Outcome:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be:
i. Familiar with the arrangement and conduct of experiments in the Material Testing
laboratory environment.
ii. Able to note down relevant readings and perform calculations while an experiment is in
progress thereby correlating theoretical concepts of materials and their practical
implications..
iii. Able to comprehend the factors responsible for variation between theoretical and
experimental results pertaining to the domain of Material Science.

Text books:
1. R.K. Bansal; Strength of Materials; Laxmi Publications.
2. Wonsiri Punurai; Mechanics of Materials-Laboratory and Experiments; LAP LAMBERT
Academic Publishing.

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