Assignment Process
Assignment Process
Assignment Process
Question 1
Describe the basic dislocation reactions which are responsible for yielding and strain hardening.
Why do polycrystals strain harden faster than single crystals?
Question 2
A strip of metal is reduced from 40 mm in thickness to 20 mm by cold working; a similar strip is
reduced from 40 mm to 30 mm. Which one of these cold-worked strips will recrystallize at a
lower temperature? Why?
Question 3
A steel has an ASTM grain size of 4. What should be the reduction in mm of the grain diameter
in order to double the yield stress of the steel? What would then be the ASTM grain size of the
steel? For this steel, the friction stress is 150 N/mm2 and k= 17.4 N/mm3/2
Question 4
A low-carbon steel plate is 300 mm wide and 25 mm thick. It is reduced in one pass in a two-high
rolling mill to a thickness of 20 mm. Roll radius = 600 mm, and roll speed = 30 m/min. Strength
coefficient = 500 MPa, and strain hardening exponent = 0.25 . Determine (a) roll force, (b) roll
torque, and (c) power required to perform the operation.
Question 5
A cold heading operation forms the head on a steel nail. The strength coefficient for the steel = 500
MPa, and the strain hardening exponent = 0.22. Coefficient of friction at the die-work interface =
0.14. The diameter of the wire stock for the nail = 4.0 mm. The nail head diameter = 10 mm, and
its thickness = 1.5 mm. The final length of the nail = 60 mm. (a) What length of stock must project
out of the die in order to provide sufficient volume of work material for this upsetting operation?
(b) Compute the maximum force that the punch must apply to form the head in this open-die
operation.
Question 6
A connecting rod is hot forged in an impression die. The projected area of the part = 4,530 mm2.
The design of the die causes flash to form during forging, so that the area, including flash, = 6,120
mm2. The part geometry is complex. As heated, the work metal yields at 70 MPa and has no
tendency to strain harden. Determine the maximum force required to perform the operation.
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Question 7