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The specimen ends were not thick or had moving wedge grips to keep it secure in the holders of the servo-hydraulic load frame. The movement of the specimen in the machine causes some of the data to be an inaccuracy. Also, the transverse strain causes issues with the strain gages that are called transverse sensitivity. The transverse sensitivity affects the accuracy of the data that is being collected for the transverse strain more than the longitudinal strain. This is greatly seen in the percent difference in the strain values such as in one case the Longitudinal strain was .4% while the transverse strain was 30%. Another issue with the strain gages was that if the strain gages weren’t properly placed on the specimen the data accuracy would

A series of experiments was performed on glass beads and natural clean dry sands under the objective of the current work of performing parametric studies. Therefore, new techniques and methods were utilized to predict the gradation of the natural cohesionless silica sands tested in addition to the conventional geotechnical laboratory experiments, which were carried out to predict the mechanical characteristics of such soils. Moreover, ideal laboratory simulations for the SPT were performed under several particular relative densities, loading conditions, and stress-strain controlled boundaries. Additionally, the obtained results from such series of experiments were stored in digital forms for further processing and analyses.

This report aims to analyse and discuss the results of carrying out tensile tests for two materials, in this case Mild Steel and Nylon. The purpose of this is to use the information generated to calculate Young’s Modulus, Yield Stress, Tensile Strength, and Percentage Elongation. These properties must be known before designing a product using the materials tested, because the anticipated behaviour of the material must be suitable for the design specification, with a margin left for safety.

In this report, the chronological findings on the micro crack influence (linear and diffuse) will be discussed and presented.

Experiment Two: Stiffness Report from laboratory work performed on 12 May 2011 as a part of the unit of study CIVL2201 Structural Mechanics

\parindent{\ \ \ }Figure~\ref{fig:mdg} shows the average strain at different time instants for various mesh densities. The variation in the results obtained with the finest mesh and the mesh immediately next to the finest one is less than 5\%. Hence, we can reasonably assume that the study reached convergence. The difference in results obtained from the dense mesh (i.e., mesh 6) and coarse mesh (i.e., mesh 3) is less than 8\%.

Until the end of the experiment, 21 hysteresis cycles were applied to Specimen 6 at both forward and backward. Specimen 6 reached 47.94 kN lateral force and +19.71 mm displacement at 19 hysteresis forward cycle and -48.01 kN lateral force and -10.84 mm displacement at 19 hysteresis backward cycle. When Specimen 6 reached to ultimate lateral load-carrying capacity, interstory drift value was 1.5% at forward and interstory drift value was 1.1% at backward. Load controlled program and base shear versus second story displacement hysteresis curve of Specimen 6 are shown in Fig. 16.

Engineering involves a wide array of problems that must be overcome. A great deal of time is spent researching materials and their properties. Materials compromise all aspects of our society, from buildings to roads to even the equipment that was used in this lab. Problems arise in regards to how strong or flexible the material is, with the official terms being stress, strain, and elasticity. Improper use of such materials results in tragedies such as the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington that failed to due resonance and stress beyond its elastic limit [1].

Introduction: Bridges are constructed to withstand the forces of compression,tension,shearing,and torsion in a variety of ways. These consist of I beams , steel , arches, truss’s, bounded steel(suspension bridges) and even beams. Compression is the act when an object is being compressed or compressing , while tension is when an object is being stretched. Shearing in a bridge is when the bridge begins to bend , suspension bridges combat it very well. If built incorrectly bridges can undergo ,causing immense amount twist action to occur.

1) Of all the sample materials tested during the lab, the AISI-1020 Cold Rolled Steel was found to be the strongest. Moreover, between the two samples of AISI-1020 Cold Rolled steel, the sample without the neck was found to be stronger. This was observed by calculating the ultimate tensile strength for all the samples used during the experiment. As a result, the higher the ultimate tensile stress the material endured, the stronger the material was. The ultimate tensile stress calculated for the AISI-1020 Cold Rolled was 563 MPa which was the highest of all. Therefore, concluding that the AISI-1020 Cold Rolled without a neck region was the strongest material.

This paper discusses the different properties of composite materials under static testing condition to determine the effect of aging due to change in temperature and moisture content. Effects on tensile, shear, impact, stiffness and fatigue parameters are studied. For each property, application specific composite materials are taken into consideration with different stacking sequence and number of plies. Different samples of these are then introduced to different hygrothermal environments for example: temperatures ranging from -50 degree Celsius to +50 degree Celsius or kept in wet conditions for 24 hours at different temperatures of 21, 37 and 50 degree Celsius etc. Different tests are performed based on the material property to observe a change from the initial unaged specimen. To study every property a different test method is discussed. A final comparison for each property between the unaged and aged specimen is shown in order to see the property’s dependence on temperature and moisture. This comparison highlights the temperature and moisture dependent properties and showcase a trend. Properties like tensile modulus, shear modulus, shear strength, flexural stiffness and fatigue life show a decrease with increase in temperature and moisture content while Poisson’s ratio and impact strength increase with increase in temperature and moisture content.

High compressive strengths are achieved by using a low water-to-cementations materials ratio, requiring the use of water-reducing admixtures to provide adequate workability. High strength concrete offers significant economic advantages over conventional normal strength concrete (NSC) because more slender members can be designed, resulting in reduced material and transportation costs. As structural components become more slender, deflection becomes a more crucial issue, making long-term creep and shrinkage deformations especially important in HSC structures.

Principal Investigator Dr. Roy Xu (US citizen) worked as an aerospace structural engineer in China. He came to the US and received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Materials Science from California Institute of Technology in 2002. He started his interdisciplinary faculty career as a civil engineering faculty at Vanderbilt University, and a mechanical and aerospace engineering faculty at University of Texas at El Paso and New Mexico State University (NMSU). His honor and award include an Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award in 2003, and a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 2012. He is the Chair of the ASME Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee. As an author of 46 journal papers,

Comparison using the {110} slip systems or a combination of both {110} and {112} slip systems does not give the same correlation. The rotation of tensile axes can also be explained by the dominance of {112} slip systems at yield [48].

This paper presents the mechanical properties of high strength structural steel and mild structural steel at elevated tempera- tures. Mechanical properties of structural steel at elevated temperatures are important for fire resistant design of steel structures. However, current design standards for fire resistance of steel structures are mainly based on the investigation of hot-rolled carbon steel with normal strength, such as mild steel. The performance of high strength steel at elevated temperatures is unknown. Hence, an experimental program has been carried out to investigate the mechanical properties of both high strength steel and mild steel at elevated temperatures.