CE306ES: STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LAB
B.Tech. II Year I Sem. L T/P/D C
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Course Objectives: The objective of the course is to make the student understand the behavior of materials under different types of loading for different types structures

Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• Conduct tension test on Materials like steel etc.
• Conduct compression tests on spring, wood and concrete
• Conduct flexural and torsion test to determine elastic constants
• Determine hardness of metals

List of Experiments:

1. Tension test
2. Bending test on (Steel / Wood) Cantilever beam.
3. Bending test on simple support beam.
4. Torsion test
5. Hardness test
6. Spring test
7. Compression test on wood or concrete
8. Impact test
9. Shear test
10. Verification of Maxwell’s Reciprocal theorem on beams.
11. Use of electrical resistance strain gauges
12. Continuous beam – deflection test.

List of Major Equipment:

1. UTM for conducting tension test on rods
2. Steel beam for flexure test
3. Wooden beam for flexure test
4. Torsion testing machine
5. Brinnell’s / Rock well’s hardness testing machine
6. Spring testing machine
7. Compression testing machine
8. Izod Impact machine
9. Shear testing machine
10. Beam setup for Maxwell’s theorem verification.
11. Continuous beam setup
12. Electrical Resistance gauges.