The document describes the tensile test procedure which is used to determine important mechanical properties of materials. In a tensile test, a specimen with a uniform cross-section is placed in a universal testing machine and loaded until failure. The load and displacement data obtained is used to construct stress-strain curves and extract properties like yield stress, tensile strength, and elongation percentage. Properties such as yield stress, tensile strength, and elongation percentage provide information for comparing and selecting materials for engineering applications.

1. Title: The Tensile test
Objective:
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To become familiar with tensile testing system
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To learn how to develop stress-strain curve from load-displacement curvefor materials
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To learn how to extract important material properties from these curvesuch as engineering stress, strain, yield stress,
percentage of elongation…etc
Introduction:
In order to compare and select materials for various applications, one musthave access to the
important properties of that material i.e. material
constant.On e o f t h e mo s t o f t e n u s e d t e s t s p e r f o rme d t o d e t e rmi n e a n umb e r
o f imp o r t a n t me c h a n i c a l p r o p e r t i e s o f ma t e r i a l i s t e n s i l e t e s t . Th i s t e s t
i s conducted to specimens that have uniform horizontal cross section in
theUniversal Testing Machine that can show the load applied for any elongationthat is obtained
from the gauge lengthBased on the load and displacement obtained from the experiment, we
canget:(a)Engineering tensile stress,ε = F/A
o
(N/mm²)(b) Strain,ε = L
1
– L
o
/ L
o
(c) Yield stress,σ
y
= Yield load / initial cross-sectional area (N / mm²)(d) Ultimate tensile stress,σ
m
= Maximum load / initial cross-sectional area (N / mm²)(e) Elongation percentage,%EL = (L
1
– L
o
/ L
o
) × 100 (%)
(f)Reduction percentage in area(%) = (A
o
– A
1
/ A
o
) × 100Where:F = Load (N)A

2. o
= Initial horizontal cross- sectional area, (mm²)A
1
= Final horizontal cross- sectional area, (mm²)L
o
= Initial gauge length, (mm)L
1
= Final gauge length, (mm)Yield load and maximum load can be obtained from the load-displacementcurve
produced from each experiment
is( 1 ) M i l d S t e e l F
y
= Yield load, (N)F
m
= Maximum load, (N)F
p
= Load at break, (N)
Displacement (mm)FyFpFmLoad (N)

3. (2) For aluminium alloys or specimen that does not have certain yield load, itcan be obtained with “offset strain 0.2 %
method” and known as ‘pruf stress’.F
m
= Maximum load (N)F
p
= Load at break (N)F
0.2%
= pruf stress
Specimen:
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Mild Steel
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Aluminiun Alloy
Apparatus:

4. Universal testing Machine
Procedure:
(a)The diameter and gauge length for all the specimen provided is taken
(b)
The specimen is installed inside the testing machine and load is addedlittle by little until the specimen break, Value of
the load applied andelongation is recorded
F
0.2%
F
p
F
m
Displacement (mm)Load (N)