Testing of Materials: Tensile Properties: Mechanical Properties of Metals Stress-Strain Curve (Mild Steel)
Testing of Materials: Tensile Properties: Mechanical Properties of Metals Stress-Strain Curve (Mild Steel)
Testing of Materials: Tensile Properties: Mechanical Properties of Metals Stress-Strain Curve (Mild Steel)
Plastic deformation:
When the stress is removed, the material does not return to its previous dimension
but there is a permanent, irreversible deformation. In tensile tests, if the deformation
is elastic, the stress-strain relationship is called Hooke's law
σ=Eε
E is the slope of the stress-strain curve or Young's modulus or modulus of elasticity.
In some cases, the relationship is not linear so that E can be defined alternatively as
the local slope : E = dσ/dε
Tensile Properties
Properties in elastic region
-Linear elastic properties(Obey Hook’s law, Eg: Mild Steel)
Hooke's law: It states that strain in a solid is proportional to the applied stress with in the
elastic limit of that solid. σ=Eε
E is the slope of the stress-strain curve and Young's modulus or modulus of elasticity.
Ultimate Load
Ultimate Strength =
Original cross-sectional Area
Fracture strength: It is also called breaking strength, it is the stress at which the actual
fracture takes place in a material.
-Ductile materials have fracture strength lower than the ultimate tensile strength.
-In brittle materials the fracture strength is equivalent to the Ultimate tensile strength
Breaking Load
Fracture Strength=
Original cross-sectional Area
Fracture Toughness is a property which describes the ability of a material containing a
crack to resist fracture.
Proof stress
• It is the stress at which if the material is unloaded, there will be specified percentage
of strain permanently left in the material, this occurs in brittle materials subjected to
tension and it has no definite yield point, to locate the approximate position of yield
or elastic limit, 0.2% of strain a line is drawn parallel to the curve such that it cuts the
curve.
Fracture of materials while conducting the tensile test
True stress and True Strain
True stress and True Strain
True stress and True Strain
True stress and True Strain