The document discusses various mechanical properties of materials important for manufacturing including modulus, yield strength, tensile strength, stress-strain relationships, ductility, toughness, hardness, and fatigue. It explains how properties like modulus, strength, and stress-strain behavior are evaluated using tensile tests, and how properties like ductility, toughness, and hardness are measured and related to a material's suitability for manufacturing processes. Comparative data on the mechanical properties of common materials like metals, ceramics, polymers is also presented.

1. MANUFACTURING
PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
UNIT-1
INTRODUCTION
BIKASH KUMAR, PHD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

2. Mechanical properties in manufacturing
• Stresses are applied that exceed the yield strength of the material in order to
alter its shape
• High mechanical properties desirable to the designer usually make
manufacturing more difficult
• A material should be designed in such a way that the material has the capacity
to resist deformation under the stresses encountered in service
Modulus,GPa Yield strength,MPa Tensile strength,MPa
Aluminium ~70 ~30 ~70
Aluminium alloy ~70 ~180 ~350
Cast iron ~210 ~280 ~280
Steel ~210 200-400 300-600
Diamond ~1000 N/A N/A
Ceramics 300-600 N/A N/A
polymers <4 <80 <100

3. Stress-Strain Relationships
3. Shear - tend to cause adjacent portions of material
to slide against each other
1. Tensile - tend to stretch the material
2. Compressive - tend to squeeze it
Three types of static stresses (deformation) to which materials can be
subjected:
 Universal Tensile Testing Machine to
obtain Stress-strain curve
Typical test specimen

4. Tensile Test
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Most common test for studying stress-strain
relationship of metals is Tensile test
In this test, a force pulls the material, elongating it
and reducing its diameter
Tensile test:
(a) tensile force applied in (1) and (2)
(b) resulting elongation of material

5. Engineering Strain
Where,
e = engineering strain;
L = gage length at any point during
elongation;
Lo = original gage length
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Engineering strain is defined as the
amount of deformation in the direction of
the applied force divided by the initial
length of the material
Engineering stress is the applied
load divided by the original cross-
sectional area of a material. Also
known as nominal stress
Engineering Stress
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Where, e = engineering stress, F = applied force, and
Ao = original area of test specimen
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Strain,%
Stress-strain curve of neat epoxy

6. Elastic/Plastic Region in Stress-Strain Curve
• Material returns to its original length when stress is
removed
• Relationship between stress and strain is linear
Hooke's Law: e = E e
where E = modulus of elasticity
 Yield point marks the beginning of plastic deformation
 The stress-strain relationship is no longer guided by
Hooke's Law
 As load is increased beyond Y, elongation proceeds
at a much faster rate than before, causing the slope of
the curve to change dramatically
Elastic
Plastic
As stress increases, a point in the linear
relationship is finally reached when the
material begins to yield
– Yield point Y can be identified by the
change in slope at the upper end of
the linear region
– Y = a strength property (Yield)

7. Tensile Strength in Stress-Strain Curve
 Elongation is accompanied by a
uniform reduction in cross
section area, consistent with
maintaining constant volume
 Finally, the applied load F reaches a
maximum value, and engineering
stress at this point is called the tensile
strength TS / ultimate tensile strength)

8. Tensile Strength Vs Yield Strength
If stress maintained specimen will break
Fracture
Strength
Yield stress, y , usually
more important than
tensile strength. Once
yield stress has been
passed, structure has
deformed beyond
acceptable limits.

9. Typical Engineering Stress-Strain Plot
4. necking begins, load begins to decrease
5. fracture.
If pieces are put back together as in
(6), final length can be measured.
1. beginning of test, no load;
2. uniform elongation and reduction of cross
section area;
3. continued elongation, maximum load
reached;
Typical progress of a
tensile test:

10. True Stress
where  = true stress; F = force; and
Ai = actual (instantaneous) area
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Engineering stress:
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True stress value obtained by
dividing the instantaneous
area into applied load
True Strain
True strain provides a more realistic
assessment of "instantaneous"
elongation per unit length
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11. Ductility in Tensile Test
EL = elongation;
Lf = specimen gauge length at fracture;
Lo = original specimen gauge length
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Ability of a material to plastically strain without
fracture (Elongation at break)
 Ductility measure = elongation EL EL% 
Lf  Lo
Lo
x 100
AR% 
Ao  Af
Ao
x 100

12. Ductile Vs Brittle Materials
 Only Ductile materials will exhibit necking.
 Ductile if EL%>8% (approximately)
 Brittle if EL% < 5% (approximately)
Engineering
Stress
Engineering Strain
Ability to absorb energy up to fracture
(Area under the strain-stress curve up
to fracture)
Toughness
Brittle fracture: elastic energy
Ductile fracture: elastic + plastic energy

13. Toughness & Resilience
 Toughness: A measure of the ability
of a material to absorb energy
without fracture. (J/m3 or
N.mm/mm3= MPa)
 Resilience: A measure of the ability
of a material to absorb energy
without plastic or permanent
deformation.
(J/m3 or N.mm/mm3= MPa)
Note: Both are determined as
energy/unit volume
Resilience, Ur

14. Hardness
Resistance to permanent indentation
 Good hardness generally means material is resistant to scratching
and wear
 Most tooling used in manufacturing must be hard for scratch and
wear resistance
 Commonly used for assessing material properties because they are
quick and convenient
 Well-known hardness tests:
Brinell and Rockwell

15. Brinell Hardness Test
Hardness testing methods: (a) Brinell
Widely used for testing metals and
nonmetals of low to medium
hardness
A hard ball is pressed into
specimen surface with a load of
500, 1500, or 3000 kg

16. Rockwell Hardness Test
Another widely used test
1.A cone shaped indenter is
pressed into specimen
using a minor load of 10 kg
2.Then, a major load of 150
kg is applied, causing
indenter to penetrate
beyond its initial position

17. Hardness-testing Methods and Formulas

18. Fatigue
 Material fatigue is a phenomenon where structures fail when
subjected to a cyclic load. This type of structural damage occurs
even when the experienced stress range is far below the static
material strength. Fatigue is the most common source behind
failures of mechanical structures
 Cyclic Stress – on gear teeth, tool dies, camshaft, springs etc.
 Thermal Stress -- cool die in repeated contact with hot work
pieces
 Both stresses may cause part failure at stress levels below normal static
stress loading

19. Fatigue
 S-N Curves
 Stress Amplitude (S) --
Maximum stress specimen
is subjected
 Number of Cycles (N)
 Level of stress a material
tolerates decreases with
an increase in cycles.
Endurance (Fatigue
Limit) - Maximum
stress material may be
subjected without
fatigue failure.

20. Fatigue
Endurance (Fatigue Limit) -- Maximum stress
material may be subjected without fatigue failure.
Aluminum Alloys and similar materials exhibit an
indefinite endurance limit.
Fatigue strength is specified at a certain number of
cycles (10^7.)