ME 307 MATERIAL TESTING AND CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORY

V Semester B.Tech Mechanical

PROJECT REPORT

Department Of Mechanical Engineering

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Certified that this is the bonafide report of the project work done by 1.________SHEIK FAREED E.S.__________________ ________________ ____ _ REG.NO.__0902137_______________ 2.______SHUAIB_____________ ______________________________ REG.NO.___0902138______________ 3._____SIKKANDAR BASHA_______________________________________ _____ REG.NO.__0902139____________ of Fifth Semester B.Tech Mechanical Engineering in the ME 307 MATERIAL TESTING AND CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORY during the year 2011-12.

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PREFACE

We are pleased to bring out our first project of MATERIAL TESTING AND CHARACTERIZATION for MATERIAL SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY and METALLURGY. This project is based on the Double Shear Stress test on mild steel rod to determine the shear strength .

ACKNOWLEDGEM ENT

We owe many people for helping us finish this project without hustle. We would like to extend our heartfelt acknowledgments to our Vice Chancellor Dr.P.Kanniappan and our Registrar Dr. V.M. Periasamy for providing us with this opportunity of performing this project. Our sincere thanks to the head of
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Mechanical Department Dr. M. Murugan for supporting us. We are extremely thankful to our Professors Mr.Tamilarasan and Mr. Vaddi Thulasikanth for their ever supportive guidance for the duration of the project.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Content ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION PROCEDURE TABULATION

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ABSTRAC T
OBJECTIVES:
1) To conduct double shear strength test on Mild steel rods (TYPE 409 and 416). 2) To find the ultimate stress and double shear stress for Mild steel rods (TYPE 409 and 416).

INTRODUCTI ON
The double shear test is done on two mild steel rods of different type namely TYPE 409 and TYPE 416. TYPE 409-used in automobile parts TYPE 416-widely used and found suitable for good machining

The double shear box is given below:

The test is carried to find double shear stress over the metal rods so as to determine the stength of the rods and accordingly their applications are determined.

PROCEDURE:

The given specimen is cleaned with 0-0 emery papers. 2. The diameter of the rod is measured using vernier caliper at three places. 3. The shear box consists of a sliding block which is used to shear the specimen. The suitable die is chosen depending on the diameter of the specimen and is tested in the shear box. 4. The specimen is held inside the dies in position. 5. The whole setup is placed in the universal testing machine and a compressive load is applied. 6. When the compressive load is applied on the sliding block of the shear attachment,it will shear the specimen along two parallel planes. 7. Note the shear strength of specimen is given by
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Shear strength= Failure load/(2*area of cross section)

FORMULA USED: Breaking shear stress= Pb/(2A)

Pb = breaking load in N A = coss sectional area mm2

OBSEVATION:
Average diameter of the rod = 16 mm Area of cross section of the od = 200 mm2

TABULATION:

Specimen

Ultimate load tonnes

Area Mm2
200 200

Stress N/mm2
392.4 441.45

Mild steel (type 416) Mild steels (type 409)

16 18

CONCLUSION:
Thus the double shear strength for the two mild steel rods are found using universal testing machine(UTM).And ultimate and shear stress are tabulated. Double shear stress of mild steel TYPE 409 = 392.4 N/mm2 Double shear stress of mild steel TYPE 416 =441.45 N/mm2