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Report – Part A

The cross sectional area of the rubber sheet perpendicular to Y axis:


A (cross section area) = (width × thickness) = 150 ×5 = 700 mm2

Y X δy dx εy εx τy
Applied Vertical Horizontal Change in Change in Y(strain) X(strain) Stress(MPa)
Load (N) (mm) (mm) Y X
dimension dimension
(mm) (mm)
0 140 140 - - - - -
100 148 138 8 -2 0.057 0.014 0.142
200 155 135 15 -5 0.107 0.036 0.286
300 164 132 24 -8 0.171 0.057 0.429
400 175 128 35 -12 0.250 0.086 0.571

Table 1. (Measurements and calculations of strain and stress in the square section)

0.6

0.5 Figure 1. (Stress,


0.4 τ y as a function of
the vertical strain,
Stress(MPa)

ε y and horizontal
0.3

0.2 strain,ε )
x

0.1

0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3
Strain

Vertical Strain Horizontal Strain

Report – Part B
Calculate the modulus of the rubber sheet at 300N (using data from Table 1),
τ y 0.429
E= = =2.5 MPa
ε y 0.171

Item Position of Measurement


1-1* 2-2* 3-3* 4-4* 5-5* 6-6* 7-7*
Initial distance ( y 0)
between points, mm 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
(at 0 N)
Final distance ( y u)
between points, mm 26 25 24 23 23 23 23
(at 250 N)
Strain,
y u at 250 N − y o at 0 N
ε y= 0.3 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
y o at 0 N
Stress,
τ y =E ε y 0.750 0.625 0.500 0.375 0.375 0.375 0.375

Table 2a. (Measurements and stresses at various positions away from the hole on the rubber
sheet at a load of 250N)

Item Position of Measurement


1-1* 2-2* 3-3* 4-4* 5-5* 6-6* 7-7*
Initial distance ( y 0)
between points, mm 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
(at 0 N)
Final distance ( y u)
between points, mm 30 27 25 25 25 25 25
(at 350 N)
Strain,
y u at 250 N − y o at 0 N
ε y= 0.50 0.35 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
y o at 0 N
Stress,
τ y =E ε y 1.250 0.875 0.625 0.625 0.625 0.625 0.625

Table 2b. (Measurements and stresses at various positions away from the hole on the rubber
sheet at a load of 350N)

1.4
1.2
1
Stress(MPa)

0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Position of Measurement

250N 350N
Figure 2. (Stress at various horizontal positions away from the hole [Position 1 is at the edge
of the hole])

Figure 6. (Positions on the rubber grid with the greatest tensile stress (GT), the least tensile
stress (LT), and the greatest compressive stress (LC) at a load of 350N)

Experiment HES3281 2010 Stress concentration questions


Question A
r 4
1. = =0.2
h 20

r
From the graph provided, K t =1.8 when =0.2
h

Given applied stress = 140 GPa

τ =K t ×140=252GPa

2. Given 75% of applied stress,

0.75 ×252=189GPa

189
Kt= =1.35
140

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