CE1263 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LAB SYLLABUS B.E. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI:: CHENNAI 600 025
CURRICULUM 2004
B.E. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SEMESTER - IV
CE1263 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LAB 0 0 3 100
(Common to Mechanical, Production and Metallurgy)

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Tension test on a mild steel rod
2. Double shear test on Mild steel and Aluminium rods
3. Torsion test on mild steel rod
4. Impact test on metal specimen
5. Hardness test on metals - Brinnell and Rockwell Hardness Number
6. Deflection test on beams
7. Compression test on helical springs
8. Strain Measurement using Rosette strain gauge
9. Effect of hardening- Improvement in hardness and impact resistance of steels.
10. Tempering- Improvement Mechanical properties Comparison
(i) Unhardened specimen
(ii) Quenched Specimen and
(iii) Quenched and tempered specimen.
11. Microscopic Examination of
Hardened samples and
(ii) Hardened and tempered samples.

TOTAL : 45
LIST OF EQUIPMENT
(for a batch of 30 students)

Universal Tensile Testing machine with double
shear attachment – 40 Ton Capacity 1
Torsion Testing Machine (60 NM Capacity) 1
Impact Testing Machine (300 J Capacity) 1
Brinell Hardness Testing Machine 1
Rockwell Hardness Testing Machine 1
Spring Testing Machine for tensile and compressive loads (2500 N) 1
Metallurgical Microscopes 3
Muffle Furnace (800 degreeC) 1