JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
MECHANICS OF SOLIDS LABORATORY
B.Tech II Year I Semester (R22)
Course Objectives:
Understand basic knowledge on the mechanical behavior of materials like aluminum, mild steel, and cast iron.
Adopt with the experimental methods to determine the mechanical properties of materials.
Course Outcomes:
Identify microstructures and wear properties of engineering materials.
Examine the defects in the materials by non-destructive testing
Test the important mechanical properties of ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
List of Experiments:
1. Brinell Hardness Test: Determination of Brinell number of a given test specimen.
2. Rockwell Hardness Test: Determination of hardness number of different specimens such as steel, brass, copper and aluminum.
3. Tension Test: Study the behavior of mild steel and various materials under different loads. To determine
a) Tensile
b) Yield strength
c) Elongation
d) Young ‘s modulus
4. Torsion Test: Determine of Modulus of rigidity of various specimens.
5. Izod Impact Test: Determination the toughness of the materials like steel, copper, brass and other alloys using Izod test
6. Charpy Impact Test: Determine the toughness of the materials like steel, copper, brass and other alloys using Charpy test.
7. Compression Test on Short Column: Determine the compressive stress on material.
8. Compression Test on Long Column: Determine Young ‘s modulus of the given long column.
9. Testing of Springs: Determine the stiffness of the spring and the Modulus of rigidity of wire material.
10. Deflection Test For SSB And Cantilever Beam: Determine the Young‘s modulus of the given material with the help of deflection of SSB and cantilever beam TEXT/ REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Gere, Timoshenko, ―Mechanics of Materialsǁ, McGraw Hill, 3rd Edition, 1993.
2. R. S Kurmi, Gupta, ―Strength of Materialsǁ, S. Chand, 24th Edition, 2005.
3. William Nash, ―Strength of Materialsǁ, Tata McGraw Hill, 4th Edition, 2004.