The Ho Kong Polytechn Univer ong nic rsity Highe Diploma in Civil Engineeri er ing Mat terial Scie

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Assig gnment 1 Due D Date for sub bmission: 2 April 2012 1. A c cylindrical specimen of cold-worked 1040 steel has a Brinel hardness o 250. s d ll of (a) Estimate its ductility in percent elon ngation. (b) If the specim remaine cylindrical during de men ed eformation an its origin radius wa nd nal as 5 mm, deter rmine its rad after def dius formation.

2. A cylindrical rod of 1040 steel origina 15.2 mm in diamete is to be co worked b ally m er old by awing; the circular cross section w be main c will ntained durin deformat ng tion. A cold ddra wo orked tensile strength in excess of 840 MPa an a ductilit of at leas 12%EL ar e n nd ty st re de esired. Furth hermore, the final diame must be 10 mm. E eter e Explain how this may b w be accomplished. .

Pleas use the correlation between h se hardness an tensile s nd strength for most steel ls TS (M MPa) = 3.4 x HB tog 45 gether with the followi figure in response to the abov ing n ve quest tions.