STRENGTH OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES/

MECHANICS OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING MATERIALS

(AMEM 214/AUTO 201)
LABORATORY REPORT No. 7
TORSION TEST
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E!"#$%"&' 7( TORSION TEST
1. OB)ECTIVE
To find the rigidity modulus during torsion test of a rod.
2. APPARATUS

Torsion testing machine, Micrometer, dial gauges.
Figure 1: Torsion testing machine
*. THEORY
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T . /.01 M D$+',&-"
12"#" T.N%%3
M.453 D.%%.
From torsion theory:
=G (1)
l
r
= ()
From 1 and :
l
G
J
T
r

= =

!here,
= shear stress ("#m

)
= shear strain
r = s$ecimen radius (m)
T = a$$lied Tor%ue (&m)
' = $olar moment of inertia (m
(
)
G = rigidity modulus ("#m

)
) = t*ist angle (radians or +
o
,)
l = length of rod (m)
!hen a s$ecimen is tested to destruct under torsion the gra$h of a$$lied angle of t*ist ta-es the
form:
.$ to the limit of $ro$ortionality:
T )
!here
l
G
J
T
= =/ G =
J
l

T
or G =
J
l
(slo$e of T 0s ) gra$h)
1ence -no*ing l and ' and measuring the slo$e of the 23) gra$h G may 4e determined.
4. PROCEDURE(
The rod is $laced on the t*o 4et*een the choc-s 5ery strongly. For different *eight 5alues the
$ulley rotates the rod *ith a Tor%ue T and a t*ist angle ) +
6
,.
2he a$$lied tor%ue is o4tained 4y:
T = F 7
!here,
F: Force de$ending on a$$lied *eight (&)
7: radius of the $ulley (m)
The resulting angle ) is o4tain as sho*n in the follo*ing figure:
2
7
)
8
8
F
9 7
: i r c u m f e r e n c e : 9 7
; i s $ l a c e m e n t : 8
8
) + , = < = >
6 6
) + r a d , = t a n ) + ,
6
l
;
a. &ote the material of *hich the s$ecimen is made and measure its diameter d and radius r.
4. Measure the distance 4et*een the t*o $ointers.
c. ?4tain the t*ist angle ).
d. Measure the diameter ; and radius 7 of $ulley.
e. @$$ly different amounts of tor%ue and record the angle of the rod.
f. Alot T 5ersus ) and o4tain the slo$e (T#)).
g. :alculate the $olar moment of inertia of area using: ' =
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d
d
h. ?4tain the rigidity modulus using the eB$ression deri5ed in theory.
Cee MaterialsDGeneral.htm for our list of material data (Came as a5aila4le during Tester). This is to
ma-e sure *e do not 4rea- the rod.
D,', S2""'
D$%"&+$o& M",+6#"%"&' (%%) Co&7"#'"8 (%)
7od ;iameter (d)
;iameter of $ulley (;)
7adius of $ulley (7)
Eength (E)
&ote: 1 7otation = 1 mm dis$lacement
E!"#$%"&',9 D,', ,&8 M",+6#"%"&'+
No. !eight (gr.) !eight (-g) ;is$lacement (mm) ;is$lacement (m)
1

<
(
F
T,:9" 1(

3
No.
Fo#-" (N)
F=m;g
To#<6" T (N;%)
T=F;7
=
(m)
> ?
o
@ > ?#,8@ A ?
o
@
1

<
(
F
@ngle of t*ist / radians. (To con5ert degrees to radians: 7adians = ;egrees G $ #1H>)
B. CONCLUSIONS
:omment on the form of the gra$h of T 5ersus ) and com$are the 5alue of the rigidity modulus
o4tained *ith the normally acce$ted 5alue.
:alculate the I error using the error analysis rules.
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