Sohag university Faculty of engineering
First year Civil Eng. Dept.
Strength & properties of materials 1
Tension Behavior and mechanical properties of reinforced steel bars
Question 1:-
A tension test was carried out on a steel specimen of 15mm diameter and 150mm length. The results were as follow:
10
12
13
12.5
11.5
8.5
7.5
7.6
3.8
P (ton)
36
32
25
19
13
4.2
1.6
.12
.o6
▲L (mm)
 What is the type of this specimen?
 Draw ordinary stress-strain diagram.
 Obtain the following: proportional stress-yield stress-ultimate stress-fracture stress-elastic modulus-resilience-toughness.
 Determine the secant and tangent modulus at load 9.5t.
 What will be the elongation for a short specimen of 20mm diameter from the same material at load 6t?
Question 2:-
The results of a tension test for long steel specimen of 12mm diameter were as follow:
P(ton)
2.5
5
5
5.3
6.2
7
7.2
6.8
▲L(mm)
.6
1.2
1.4
2.8
9.2
19
40
48
Draw ordinary stress – strain diagram and determine:
Tensile strength – yield stress – stiffness – modulus of toughness – ductility – elongation corresponding to load 6.5t.
Question 3:-
Tension test was carried out on standard long specimen of 1.6cm diameter. the results were as follow:
P(ton)
1
2.8
5.2
6.3
7.8
8.8
9.4
9.85
10.4
11.2
10
▲L(mm)
.016
.05
.105
.125
.144
.195
.58
1.42
3.94
5.8
7.9
 Plot stress – strain diagram.
 Calculate: toughness and modulus of toughness – initial modulus of stiffness – secant modulus at load 9t – proof stress – proportional load – tangent modulus at load 8t.
Question 4:-
A tension test was carried out on a standard specimens of 25mm diameter.
Length
80
160
240
320
400
480
elongation
38
28
25
23
22
21
 Draw the previous data with suitable scale and find the constants of elongation equation.
 Use these constants to predict the elongation of a standard long specimen from the same type having length of 200mm.