R18 B.TECH CIVIL ENGG.
CE307PC: STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LAB
B.Tech. II Year I Sem. L T/P/D C
0 0/3/0 1.5

Course Objectives:

• Make measurements of different strains, stress and elastic properties of materials used in Civil Engineering.
• Provide physical observations to complement concepts learnt
• Introduce experimental procedures and common measurement instruments, equipment, devices.
• Exposure to a variety of established material testing procedures and techniques
• Different methods of evaluation and inferences drawn from observations

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

• Configure & Operate a data acquisition system using various testing machines of solid materials
• Compute and Analyze engineering values (e.g. stress or strain) from laboratory measurements.
• Write a technical laboratory report.

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.