Part one: strain measurements

General Information

Strain gauges 3, 4, and 5 are in the tension side while Strain gauges 6 and 7 are in the compression
side.

Second moment of area (I) for the beam is = 5.6696810-8 m4.

You can find all the information about the beam and the strain gauge locations in the attached .pdf
file called Beam model.pdf.

Experimental Data

Strain Gauge readings ()

Load (N) (mm)
1(Axial) 2(Lataral) 3 4 5 6 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34.44
448 -81 23 57 30 5 -16 -51 34.05
532 -98 27 69 36 5 -21 -60 33.97
644 -117 33 84 43 6 -27 -75 33.87
748 -138 37 95 49 5 -34 -86 33.79
852 -155 43 107 56 6 -39 -98 33.71

Questions

(1) Make a plot between 1 (axial strain) and 2 (lateral strain) in order to find Poissons ratio
from the slope of the figure (use curve fitting).

(2) Determine neutral axis location by drawing a figure between the location of strain gauges on
the steel beam (Y-axis) and strain values for each value of load (X-axis) so that the location of the
experimental neutral axis is approximately determined by its distance from the Y-axis.

(3) Calculate modulus of elasticity for the beam by calculating the slope for each line from the
previous part (2) (use curve fitting), and make average for all reading. Use this relation:

8EI
y
PL
L= 0.8 m
I= 5.66968E-08 m^4
S.G. 1 S.G. 2 S.G. 3 S.G. 4 S.G. 5
locations:
-0.01405 -0.0071 -0.0001 0.0069 0.01375

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Part 2 (Pure Bending):

From this part, calculate the young modulus for steel

a = 20 cm

L= 120 cm

I = 5.41968x10-10 m4

Experimental Data:
Load (Kg) (mm)
0.00 0.00
Find the results in the attached for each group.

The equation for this kind of beams is determined by:

24 E I
P *
a (3L2 4 * a 2 )
- Draw a figure between P in (N) and in (m) then find E from the slope of the curve and the
above equation.