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Strength. Of Materials Lab Buckling of Struts

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Table of Contents S.No Topic Page No.

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1. Introduction [Describe study of strength of materials. Define a strut. Describe the phenomenon of buckling, its causes and modes. Define the concept of critical buckling load.]

2. Objectives
[Describe the main objectives of the experiment; the questions to be dealt with.] 3. Description Of Apparatus. [Describe each component and its use.]

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4. Procedures. Experiment 1: Buckling load of a Pinned Strut. [Write the procedure followed to do the experiment in bulleted points, step by step.]
Experiment 2: The Effect of End Conditions on the Buckling Load. Pinned Fixed End Condition. [Describe the procedure in short]

Fixed-Fixed End Condition.

[Describe the procedure in short.]
5. Findings

Pinned-Pinned End Strut

Stut Number 1 2 3 4 5 Length (m) 0.32 0.37 0.42 0.47 0.52 Practical Buckling Load P (N)

Table 1

Pinned-Fixed End Strut

Stut Number 1 2 3 4 5 Length (m) 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50 Practical Buckling Load P (N)

Fixed-Fixed End Strut

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Strength. Of Materials Lab Buckling of Struts Stut Number 1 2 3 4 5 Length (m) 0.28 0.33 0.38 0.43 0.48 Practical Buckling Load P (N)

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Table 2

Table3

6. Calculations.
[Calculation of second moment of area]
Case 1) PinnedPinned End Condition.

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Strut 1: [Do the calculation step by step]

Similarly applying the same eq (1), Buckling load for remaining struts of different length was found out shown as in table 4.
Stut Number 1 2 3 4 Length (m) 0.32 0.37 0.42 0.47 Practical Buckling Load P (N) Theoretical Buckling Load P (N)

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Table 4.
Case 2) PinnedFixed End Condition.

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Strut 1: [do the calculation in steps]

Similarly applying the same eq (2), Buckling load for remaining struts of different length was found out shown as in Table 5.
Stut Number 1 2 3 4 5 Length (m) 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50 Practical Buckling Load P (N) Theoretical Buckling Load P (N)

Table 5.

Case 3) FixedFixed End Condition.

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Strut 1: [do the calculation step by step.] Similarly applying the same eq (3), Buckling load for remaining struts of different length was found out shown as in Table 5.
Stut Number 1 2 3 Length (m) 0.28 0.33 0.38 Practical Buckling Load P (N) Theoretical Buckling Load P (N)

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Strength. Of Materials Lab Buckling of Struts 4 5 0.43 0.48

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7. Results.
[include graphs obtained, gradient of graph calculation,ratio between different cases of calculation] Graph 1

Graph 2

Graph 3

8. Discussion [answer the discussion questions, write inferences and write two key points learnt from the experiment.]

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