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201901-MAE-244-008 Safety Lab 6 - Combined Loading Lab 6B - Experiment Guide

Lab 6B - Experiment Guide

MAE 244 circular beam under combined

stress Lab 6-B.
Experimental guidelines for Strain Gage
Application:
A Circular Beam under Combined Loading

Objective
1). Use "Wheatstone Bridge" circuits to measure the resistance
change of a strain gage due to an applied load.
2). Use strain rosettes for determining principal directions and
stresses in a combined torsion and bending of a circular shaft
clamped at one end.
3). Related data and/or modeling analyses.

Procedure
1). Specimen dimensions and material properties will be given
and/or measured in the lab session.
2). Properly connect strain gage lead wires to the strain indicator.
Be familiar with the steps to operate the strain indicator.
3). The Circular Shaft:
• Record the location of each rosette and the directions of all
the individual gages,
• Connect each gage to a separate channel of the switch and
balance unit,
• Connect the Switch and Balance unit to the strain indicator,
• With no load, balance each gage circuit,
• Apply 400 lb and 800 lb loads to the specimen. Record the
strain readouts of each applied load from the strain
indicator.

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Data Analysis and Report

1). For each applied load, based on the measured strains,
determine the principal directions and the principal strains and
stresses at the location of the rosette.
2). For each applied load, an illustration of the graphical solution
by using Mohr’s circle of strain.
3). For each applied load, derive the stresses (sx, sy , sxy) at the

location of the rosette from the experimental measurement by

approach B in Page 3. Also, calculate the stresses (sx, sy , sxy)
by the theoretical approach in Page 2. And then compare the
results. Discuss the results of comparison.

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​Combined Beam Loading
For the circular beam as shown in the following figure,
theoretical stress solution can be
obtained by considering the torque T, shear force V and bending
moment Mx.

From free-body diagram, we know,

Torque T =My= PL
Shear force V=P
Bending Moment Mx= PY

Polar moment of inertia , where r is

the radius of circular beam
Moment of inertia for the circular beam

The stress state at the free surface is,

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 At the surface, we know, Q=0, so

Material: Steel
E = 29.0 × 106 psi (200 GPa)
G = 11.2 × 106 psi (77.5 GPa)
ν = 0.29
Strain Gage Information:
R = 350±0.2% Ω
Sg = 2.045 ± 0.5%
Solution of Three-Element Rectangular Rosette Strain Gage
Measurement

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