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COURSE
SUBJECT
ASSESSMENT
FINAL EXAMINATION
Semester 1 2013
TIME ALLOWED
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
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Write your working and answers in the spaces provided in this booklet
in blue or black ink.
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This examination counts towards 50% of your final mark for the course.
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Question 1 Compulsory
Part A
This is a multi choice answer section. Enter the letter for your selected answer
into the box for each question.
(1 mark per question)
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Question 1 Compulsory
Part B
These are short questions and require only short answers. (1 mark per
question)
1. Name two properties of bronze.
2. Name two advantages of a glass/ epoxy laminate that has glass strands woven as a rectangular mat.
3. Name two commonly used resins used for glass reinforced plastics.
6. Under what working conditions would you need to monitor material creep?
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Select five questions from the following questions 2 7. Each question carries
16 marks.
Question 2
a) Briefly describe the glass transition temperature of a polymer.
(4 marks)
b) Give two examples and reasons why fibre reinforced plastic might be used in
place of mild steel for a component.
(4 marks)
d) Name and briefly describe the process of adding sulphur to pure rubber.(4 marks)
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Question 3
a) Name four properties of industrial ceramics that make them useful as cutting tool
materials.
(4 marks)
b) Name a common engineering use for four of these ceramic materials. (4 marks)
(1 mark each)
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d) Piezoelectric materials form an important ceramic group. Give two industrial uses
for such materials
(4 marks)
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Question 4
a) Briefly describe two non-destructive test methods that could be used to find
cavities in a casting.
(4 marks)
b) Briefly describe the stages of creep failure with the aid of a suitable diagram.
(4 marks)
c) A tensile test specimen with a diameter of 5mm and gauge length of 50mm has
been tested to destruction. The following data were recorded;
Yield Load = 3400 N
Maximum Load = 7600 N
Load at fracture = 2200 N
Gauge length at fracture = 58 mm
Diameter at fracture = 2.1 mm
Extension at yield point = 0.08 mm
Use this data to determine:
(8 marks)
a) The yield strength
b) Youngs Modulus
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Question 5
a) Briefly describe how martensite is formed in steel .
(3 marks)
(4 marks)
ii.
Sulphur
iii.
Nickel
iv.
Molybdenum
c) Molten steel is poured into a cold metal casting box. What would you expect to
find at the surface of the casting?
(4 marks)
d) Sketch a typical tensile test curve for a sample of mild steel. Label all significant
features.
(5 marks)
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Question 6
a) Briefly describe these four surface hardening techniques used on steel. (4 marks)
Case hardening
Carburising
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Nitriding
Induction hardening
b) Briefly describe what information is provided from a Jominy end quench test.
(4 marks)
(4 marks)
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d) Sketch a typical microstructure diagram for a cross section of a weld in rolled steel
plate.
(4 marks)
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Question 7
a) Briefly describe these metals and give a typical use for each.
70/30 Brass
(4 marks)
Muntz metal
b) Aluminium is often alloyed with other metals for commercial use. Briefly explain
why this is done.
(2 marks)
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iv.
(4 marks)
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Question 7 continued.
d) What alloying metal is always found in white metal bearings?
(2 marks)
(4 marks)
ii.
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