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ASSIGNMENT 4
Answer all the questions . Submit all the answers online via Putrablast before Wed,
(20/4/2016)
1 For a bronze alloy, the stress at which plastic deformation begins is 280 MPa, and the modulus of
elasticity is 115 GPa.
(a) What is the maximum load that may be applied to a specimen with a cross-sectional area of 325
mm2 without plastic deformation?
(b) If the original specimen length is 120 mm, what is the maximum length to which it may be
stretched without causing plastic deformation?
2
Figure 1 shows, for a gray cast iron, the tensile engineering stressstrain curve in the
elastic region. Determine
(a) the tangent modulus at 10.3 MPa, and
(b) the secant modulus taken to 6.9 MPa.
Figure 1
3
A cylindrical metal specimen 12.9 mm in diameter and 260 mm long is to be subjected to

a tensile stress of 28 MPa; at this stress level the resulting deformation will be totally
elastic.
(a) If the elongation must be less than 0.080 mm, which of the metals in Table 6.1 are
suitable candidates? Why?
(b) If, in addition, the maximum permissible diameter decrease is 1.2 103 mm, when the
tensile stress of 28 MPa is applied, which of the metals that satisfy the criterion in part (a)
are suitable candidates? Why?
4
A cylindrical rod 100 mm long and having a diameter of 10.0 mm is to be deformed
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using a tensile load of 27,500 N. It must not experience either plastic deformation or a
diameter reduction of more than 7.5 103 mm. Of the materials listed as follows, which
are possible candidates? Justify your choice(s).
A load of 85,000 N is applied to a cylindrical specimen of a steel alloy (displaying the

stress strain behavior shown in Figure 2) that has a cross-sectional diameter of 20 mm.
(a) Will the specimen experience elastic and/or plastic deformation? Why?
(b) If the original specimen length is 260 mm, how much will it increase in length when
this load is applied?
Figure 2
A steel alloy specimen having a rectangular cross section of dimensions 12.7 mm 6.4
mm has the stressstrain behavior shown in Figure 2. If this specimen is subjected to a
tensile force of 38,000 N then
(a) Determine the elastic and plastic strain values.
(b) If its original length is 460 mm, what will be its final length after the load in part (a) is
applied and then released?
The following data were collected from a 1 cm diameter test specimen of polyvinyl
chloride (lo =5 cm):
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After fracture, the total length is 5.23 cm and the diameter is 0.983 cm. Plot the
engineering stress-strain curve and calculate
(a) the 0.2% offset yield strength,
(b) the tensile strength,
(c) the modulus of elasticity,
(d) the % elongation,
(e) the % reduction
in area,
(f) the engineering stress at fracture, and
(g) the modulus of resilience
8
Consider the tensile stressstrain diagram in Figure 3 labeled 1 and 2. These diagrams
are typical of metals. Answer the following questions, and consider each part as a
separate question that has no relationship to previous parts of the question.
Figure 3
(a) Samples 1 and 2 are identical except for the grain size. Which sample has the
smaller grains? How do you know?
(b) Samples 1 and 2 are identical except that they were tested at different
temperatures.
Which was tested at the lower temperature? How do you know?
(c) Samples 1 and 2 are different materials. Which sample is tougher? Explain.
(d) Samples 1 and 2 are identical except that one of them is a pure metal and the
other has a small percentage alloying addition. Which sample has been alloyed?
How do you know?
(e) Given the stressstrain curves for materials 1 and 2, which material has the
lower hardness value on the Brinell hardness scale? How do you know?
(f) Are the stressstrain curves shown true stressstrain or engineering stressstrain
curves? How do you know?
(g) Which of the two materials represented by samples 1 and 2 would exhibit a
higher shear yield strength? How do you know?
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