What is the optimal shape geometry for a tensile specimen

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Tensile Failure Lab Exercise

Directions:

1) Measure A₀ and L₀ for 2 specimens (steel andplexiglass).

2) Perform tensile tests on the two specimens and generate curves of Load (N) vs. distance (mm).

3) Convert this data to plots of engineering stress (MPa) vs. strain using the original lengths and x-sectional areas.

4) Determine the experimental material properties in the table below (use 0.002 offset for yield stress/strain) and answer the questions.

5) Compare your results to tabulated textbook values (plexiglass = poly methyl methacrylate inTable 15.1 on pg 572 and steel 1020 in Appendix Bof your text).

Questions:

1) Determine the following experimental (based on your plots) and theoretical values for each:

sample	E (GPa)	σ_y (MPa)	ε_y	σ_uts (MPa)	σ_f (MPa)	ε_f	Book E (GPa)	Bookσ_y(MPa)	Book σ_ts(MPa)	% Elongation at failure	U_r (MPa)
Steel	21.4	196.5	0.011	321	173	0.383	207	210	380	25%	1.081
Plexiglass	1.09	45.5	.0435	45.6	45.6	.0435	2.24-3.24	48.3-72.4	53.8-73.1	2-5.5%	0.99

2) What is the optimal shape geometry for a tensile specimen? Why?

3) Which material was stiffer? Why? Did the values for E match the theory? If not, why?

4) Which material was more resilient? (show calculation)

5) Which material had higher strength? Did this match the textbook's prediction?

6) Describe the deformation and fracture surface of each material and what this conveys about the material (crack propagation speed, roughness, necking, angle). Use concepts discussed in the lecture.

7) Based on the stress-strain data, which material is most ductile? Which is most brittle? Does this match the fracture surface outcome (6)? What was the percent elongation of the steel specimen vs. the plexiglass specimen?

8) Which polymer curve on VMSE is most similar to the plexiglass sample (HDPE, Nylon, Bakelite, orRubber)? How so?

9) What does it mean when σf is much lower than σuts? Did you observe this in either sample? If we were to plot True Stress vs. True Strain, how would the curve look different?

10) Why might our experimental results be different than the textbook data? (Think about statistical variation andmajor sources of error or uncertainty in our measurement). Give at least 3 reasons.

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