Results:

Compressive
Load (kN)
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000

Normal Stress,
(MPa)
0.0000
2.7921
5.5841
8.3762
11.1683
13.9603

Strain, (m/m)
Test2
Test3
-7.5587
-9.9653
-164.4590
-181.1964
-302.1397
-320.7077
-424.8506
-440.7521
-523.8023
-539.8533
-596.7097
-616.0251

Test1
-5.2213
-174.7969
-315.7934
-435.8132
-528.8909
-592.4602

Average
-7.5818
-173.4841
-312.8803
-433.8053
-530.8488
-601.7317

1st Reading (cm)

2nd Reading (cm)

3rd Reading (cm)

Average (cm)

3.03
3.01

3.02
3.01

3.01
3.02

3.02
3.01

3.02
3.02

3.01
3.04

3.02
3.02

3.02
3.03

3.02
3.00

3.02
3.02

3.02
3.03

3.02
3.02

3.02
3.02

3.01
3.04

3.02
3.02

3.02
3.03

Initial
Diameter, D0
Height, H0
Set 1
Diameter, D1
Height, H1
Set 2
Diameter, D2
Height, H2
Set 3
Diameter, D3
Height, H3

Graph of Stress-strain Curve

16.00
14.00
12.00

f(x) = 0.02x

10.00
8.00

Stress, (MPa)

6.00
4.00
2.00
-200.00

0.00
0.00

200.00

400.00

Strain, (m/m)

600.00

800.00

Sample Calculation:
Cross-sectional Area of the Specimen:
2

A=

D2 ( 0.0302 )
=
=7.1631 104 m3
4
4

Uniaxial Compressive Stress:

Let

F=2000 N

F
2000
= =
=2.792 1 MPa
A 7.1631 104

From the equation of the best fit line obtained from the graph,

y=0.0214 x
the gradient of the slope gives the Modulus of Elasticity of the specimen tested.
12

E=0.0214 10

Pa=21.4 GPa

From the Table B.2 in Appendix B abstract from the Material Science and Engineering,
the closest value of Modulus of Elasticity to that of the test specimen shown is 25.4 GPa which is
a CONCRETE.