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Assignment 1 Mech 321 Properties and Failure of Materials Jan 2009

This document contains 6 questions related to mechanical properties and failure of materials for an assignment. Question 1 asks about key mechanical properties like yield strength and their meaning. It also asks about elastic recovery and strain hardening exponent. Question 2 involves equations related to deformation and true strain at necking onset. Question 3 provides tensile test data and asks to plot the stress-strain curve and determine yield strength, modulus of elasticity, and tensile strength. Question 4 asks which materials from a table would be suitable based on requirements for elongation and diameter decrease under a given stress. Question 5 asks about yield for a single crystal under an applied stress. Question 6 asks about Brinell hardness values and estimating tensile strength.

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Assignment 1 Mech 321 Properties and Failure of Materials Jan 2009

This document contains 6 questions related to mechanical properties and failure of materials for an assignment. Question 1 asks about key mechanical properties like yield strength and their meaning. It also asks about elastic recovery and strain hardening exponent. Question 2 involves equations related to deformation and true strain at necking onset. Question 3 provides tensile test data and asks to plot the stress-strain curve and determine yield strength, modulus of elasticity, and tensile strength. Question 4 asks which materials from a table would be suitable based on requirements for elongation and diameter decrease under a given stress. Question 5 asks about yield for a single crystal under an applied stress. Question 6 asks about Brinell hardness values and estimating tensile strength.

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Assignment 1 Mech 321 Properties and Failure of Materials Jan 2009

Question 1:

(a) The most important mechanical properties are: yield strength, ductility, hardness, fracture
toughness, young modulus, tensile strength. In your own words, describe your
understanding of these properties.

(b) What is elastic recovery? Mention one real-life example where this phenomenon may be
encountered.

(c) What is the physical meaning of strain hardening exponent (n in Hollomon’s equation)?
If you are to select a sheet metal for making cylindrical parts using deep drawing, would
you select a material with low or high n? Why?

Question 2:

(a) Show that Equations 6.18a and 6.18b (Callister) are valid when there is no volume
change during deformation.

(b) For a tensile test, it can be demonstrated that necking begins when dσT/dεT = σT,
determine the value of the true strain at this onset of necking.

(c) Explain the difference between resolved shear stress and critical resolved shear stress.

Question 3:
The following data are collected during a tensile test in which the starting gage length = 125.0
mm and the cross- sectional area = 62.5 mm2:

Load (N) 0 17,793 23,042 27,579 28,913 27,578 20,462


Length (mm) 0 125.23 131.25 140.05 147.01 153.00 160.10

The maximum load is 28,913 N and the final data point occurred immediately prior to failure. (a)
Plot the engineering stress strain curve. Determine: (b) yield strength Y, (c) modulus of elasticity
E, (d) tensile strength TS.

Question 4:

A cylindrical metal specimen 15.0 mm in diameter and 150 mm long is to be subjected to a


tensile stress of 50 MPa; at this stress level the resulting deformation will be totally elastic.
(a) If the elongation must be less than 0.072 mm, which of the metals in table 6.1 (Callister)
are suitable candidates? Why?
(b) If, in addition, the maximum permissible diameter decrease is 2.3 ×10-3 mm when the
tensile stress of 50 MPa is applied, which of the metals that satisfy the criterion in part (a)
are suitable candidates? Why?
Assignment 1 Mech 321 Properties and Failure of Materials Jan 2009

Question 5:

Consider a metal single crystal oriented such that the normal to the slip plane and the slip
direction are at angles of 43.1° and 47.9°, respectively, with the tensile axis. If the critical
resolved shear stress is 20.7 MPa will an applied stress of 45 MPa cause the single crystal to
yield? If not, what stress will be necessary?

Question 6:
A 10-mm-diameter Brinell hardness indenter produced an indentation 1.62 mm in diameter in a
steel alloy when a load of 500 kg was used. (a) Compute the HB of this material. (b) What will
be the diameter of an indentation to yield a hardness of 450 HB when a 500 kg load is used? (c)
Estimate the tensile strength of the two materials.

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