ANNA UNIVERSITY: CHENNAI 600 025 B.E. / B.Tech.

. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, APRIL/MAY 2013 Regulations: R - 2008 Fourth semester CIVIL ENGINEERING CE 2257 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LABORATORY

Duration: 3 Hrs

Maximum Marks: 100

1. Conduct a tensile test on a mild steel specimen and determine the following (i) Limit of proportionality (ii) Elastic limit (iii) Yield strength (iv) Ultimate strength (v) Youngs modulus of elasticity (vi) Percentage elongation (100)

2. Find the hardness of the given metal specimen by conducting BHN test (100)

3. Conduct tension test on mild steel specimen and determine the yield stress, ultimate stress, actual, normal breaking stress and deformation of the specimen in %. (100)

4. Draw the stress strain curve for a given mild steel specimen and determine the yield stress, ultimate stress, actual, normal breaking stress and deformation of the specimen in %. (100)

5. Conduct tension test on mild steel specimen and draw the stress strain curve and mark the salient points (100)

6. Conduct tensile test on the given closed coil helical spring and determine the shear stress, rigidity modulus and strain energy stored in the specimen. (100)

7. Find the impact strength of given steel specimen by (Izod test and Charpy test) (100)

8. Find the hardness no. of thin metal sheet by appropriate method.

(100)

9. Find the hardness no of the given specimen by conducting Vickers hardness test. (1000

10. (a) Find the impact strength of the given specimen ( Charpy or Izod)

(50)

(b)Determine the double shear strength of the given mild steel specimen (50)

11. Determine the Rockwell hardness no. of the given specimens (i) Brass (ii) Mild steel (iii) Cast iron

(100)

12. Conduct Rock well hardness test on mild steel, carbon steel, brass and aluminium specimens. (100)

13. Find the stiffness and rigidity modulus of the given open coiled helical spring. (100)

14. Find the stiffness, rigidity modulus, shear stress and strain energy stored in the given closed helical spring (100)

15. Conduct compression test on the given helical spring and determine the shear stress, rigidity modulus and strain energy stored in the specimen. (100)

16. Determine the shear stress, rigidity modulus and strain energy stored in the given closed coil helical spring. (100)

17. Find the modulus of rigidity by conducting torsion test on mild steel or cast iron specimen. (100)

18. Determine the shear stress, rigidity modulus and strain energy stored in the given open coil helical spring. (100)

19. Conduct torsion test on mild steel specimen and determine the Shear strength and modulus of rigidity (100)

20. Find the mix ratio of cement mortar and cast the same Determine the fineness of cement 21. Determine the specific gravity of cement Determine the fineness of cement

(50) (50) (50) (50)

22. Determine the Consistency of Cement and find out the intial setting time of the given cement (100)

Allotment of mark:

Aim and Apparatus required 20

Formula and tabulation 20

Procedure

Results

Viva

Total

25

25

10

100