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THEORY QUESTIONS

Solved By: Aguirre Tineo, Carola; Huertas Prez, Carlos & Limaymanta Ramrez, Percy

1. What is meant by mechanical properties of materials? State their importance in


the design of a machine or structural element.
Mechanical properties of materials refers to the properties that involve a reaction
to an applied load. They are very important because these kind of properties
determine the range of usefulness of a material and establish the service life that
can be expected.
2. Explain the difference between malleability and ductility. Toughness, stiffness
and strength.
Malleability
Ductility
The ability to deform easily upon the The ability to deform easily upon the
application of a compressive force.
application of a tensile force.
Materials ability to form a thin sheet by Materials ability to be stretched into a
hammering or rolling.
wire.
Toughness
It is the resistance offered
by a material when is
subjected to external
loading.

Stiffness
It is the resistance of a
material to deflection, also
called rigidity.

Strength
The ability to withstand
plastic
and
elastic
deformations.

3. Explain the term fatigue. Also explain the term fatigue strength and fatigue
limit related to fatigue.
4. Explain the difference between hardness and brittleness, strength and stiffness,
elasticity and creep, malleability and ductility.
Hardness
Brittleness
The ability of a material to resist The property of breaking without much
scratching, abrasion, indentation, or permanent distortion.
penetration.
Elasticity
The ability of a material of coming back to
its original position after deformation
when the stress or load is removed.

Creep

5. What do you understand from the term Mechanical Properties of Materials?


On which factors does these properties mainly depend?

6. Explain the following in brief:


i.
Impact strength
ii. Plasticity
iii. Fatigue
iv. Elasticity

7. Draw a typical creep test curve, showing different stages of elongation for a
long time, high temperature creep test. State how the information is useful to
the design engineers.
8. Differentiate between:
a. Hardness and impact resistance
b. Hardness and toughness
9. Explain: Brittleness, Stiffness and Ductility.
- Brittleness is the property of breaking without much permanent distortion.
10. What property is dependent on time and temperature?

11. On what factors does the hardness of steel depend?


12. Briefly explain what do you understand by:
Toughness, Fatigue, Creep, Hardness

13. Differentiate among strength, stiffness and toughness.

14. Explain:
i.
Elasticity The ability of a material to coming back to its original position
after deformation when the stress or load is removed.
ii.

Plasticity The ability to undergo some degree of permanent deformation


without failure.

iii.

Toughness The ability of a material to withstand plastic and elastic


deformations.

iv.

Malleability The ability of a material to be flattened into thin sheets


without cracking by hot or cold working.

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