Strength of Materials Laboratory

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Measurement of mechanical properties of materials, structural testing. ET 323 Strength of Materials Laboratory (1)The objective of the strength of materials laboratory is to demonstrate the basic principles in the area of strength and mechanics of materials to the undergraduate students through a series of experiments. Students will be conducting experiments using Universal Testing Machines to calculate tensile strength of steel and aluminum samples and experiments to measure hardness of non-heat treated and heat treated steels. Students will also test steel samples in single shear, double shear and impact loading, followed by experiments on the torsion testing machine to calculate torsional strength of aluminum samples and the strut apparatus to analyze different modes of buckling in a slender aluminum column. The laboratory demonstrates important concepts from the strength of materials theory course.