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TestingofMechanicalProperties
Mr.Nilesh Sakle
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Agenda
Uponcompletion,youwillableto:
OutlineProcedureofTensile&HardnessTest
THREEpropertyCategoriesmeasuredby
TensileTest
FatigueTest
Define:Yieldstrength,Impactenergy,Fracture
toughness,Creeprate&Fatiguestrength
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Introduction:MechanicalProperties
ClassificationofMaterialproperties
1. Chemical:Composition,structure,corrosion
2. Physical:Color,density,electrical,magnetic,Thermal
3. Mechanical:Hardness,strength,ductility,wear
Dimensional:Size,shape,tolerances
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Introduction:MechanicalProperties
Mechanical Metallurgy: Study of effect of various forces on
the material.
Types of Forces:
Sudden or Impact: Hammering by blacksmith or hitting a bullet
to object
Static: More or less constant for long time. Pressure vessel or tank
walls
Cyclic: Continuously change in magnitude and/or direction.
Rotating shaft
Continuously increasing: Lifting weight
Forces can be localized, concentrated on small area or can
be distributed over a large area
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Introduction:MechanicalProperties
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TensileTesting
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TensileTest
Force is applied along the axis of the sample pulling the sample
apart.
Sample: Circular or rectangular cross section. Central section must
be smaller in cross section than the end section where sample will
be clamped during testing.
Stress = Force or Applied Load / CrossSectional Area UnitsMPa,
Kg/mm2, psi, N/mm2 etc (Denoted by ).
Material parameter is ability to support the stress and not ability to
support the force
Strain = Change in length/Original length Denoted by . Unit
mm/mm or inch/inch
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UniversalTestingMachine(UTM)
Movablecrosshead
Loadcell LoadFrame:Doublecolumn
Fixtures:Grips,
Jaws
Manual
controller
Extensometer/
Straingauges
Controllerand
DataAcquisition
system
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TestMethods
Standards
Metals:
ASTME8
ISO6892
IS1608
Plasticsandcomposites:
ASTMD638
ISO527
IS13360:Part5
Elastomers:
ASTMD412
ISO37
IS3400:Part1
Foam:
ASTMD3574
ISO1798
IS7888
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TensileTesting
Specimen: With reduced cross section at center
Three types: Shouldered, DiameterThreaded or
knurled, Pin (Tensile specimen). Sizes shall be as per
specific standards.
Machine: UTM (Universal Testing machine),
Hounsfield tensometer, Instron, MTS (material
testing system. (Tensile test)
Stress strain curve: Refer fig 3 and fig 4 (Pg 132). Can
be divided in 3 partsElastic, uniform plastic.
Engineering stress strain and true stress strain
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TensileTesting
Properties tested by Tensile testing:
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TensileTesting
4. Yield Point: Stress at which material starts yielding i.e
shows appreciable amount of deformation at almost
constant value of stress.
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TensileTesting
7. Toughness: Total area under the load elongation
curve i.e. the energy absorbed by material during
elongation upto fracture. (Highlow toughness curves)
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TensileTesting
9. Ductility: Ability of material to deform without
fracture under tensile loads. Given by
%Elongation= {l(f)l(i)}/l(i). %Elongation depends
on specimen geometry. For getting uniform results
l/d ratio of specimen shall remain constant. Certain
guidelines on this are: l/d shall be 5 (Indian), 4
(ASTM), 3.54 (British), 10 (German). So %
elongation shall always be reported with dia (d)
and GL(l) of specimen. Materials with more than
10% elongation is generally called ductile and
below 5% elongation are termed as brittle.
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TensileTesting
11. Malleability:Abilityofmaterialtodeformwithoutfractureunder
compressiveload.Abilityofmaterialtoberolledinthinsheet.
Approximatelygivenby%ReductioninArea={A(i)A(f)}/A(i)
TypesofStressStrainCurves
A. 1)Ductilematerialswithoutyieldpointe.g Cu,Ni,AusteniticSSetc
(Fig3)
B. 2)DuctilematerialswithYieldPoint:Lowcarbonannealedsteel,Mo,
Cd,Zn(Fig7)
C. 3)Brittlematerial:GreyandwhiteCastirons,Ceramics,HighZn
brass(50%)(Stressstraincurveforbrittlematerial)
D. 4)Polymericmaterial:Rubber(polymericmaterial)
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TensileTesting
VariablesaffectingTensileproperties:
1. Alloying:Increasesstrengthandlowersductility.Interstitial
elementshavemoreeffect.(EffectofConTS)
2. Temperature:Lowersstrengthandincreasesductilityas
temperatureincreases(Fig15)
3. Coldworking:Increasesstrengthandlowersductility.Eliminates
yieldpointinlowcarbonsteel.
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HardnessTesting
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HardnessTesting
Hardnessindicatesresistanceofmaterialfordifferent
actions.Sodifferentdefinitionsandtestingmethods.
Definitions:
1) Resistancetodeformation
2) Resistancetoindentation
3) Resistancetowear
4) Resistancetocutting
Mostcommonandwidelyusedmethodbecause
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HardnessTesting
1. Very easy, simple and fast method
2. Low cost of equipment
3. Relatively less sample preparation
4. No skilled operator
5. Direct correlation to strength and ductility. So it gives lot of
information. (Fig 10)
6. Many times nondestructive in nature
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HardnessTesting
Methodsofhardnesstesting:
1. Indentationmethod:
a) AreameasurementBrinel,Vickers,Knoop
b) Depthmeasurement Rockwel
2. ScratchHardness
3. Reboundhardness
Comparativehardnessscale(Comparisons
Scale)
Hardnessconversiontable(RefTable3)
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HardnessTesting(Brinell)
Brinell hardness testing: First impression is created on surface of a
component by pressing hard (steel or carbide) ball on to the
sample under test using known load (usually 3000 kg and 10mm
Dia. ball / 750 kg and 5 mm Dia. ball).
Diameter of this impression is measured using low power
microscope upto 0.01 mm accuracy. The impression diameter is
converted to BHN using the formula (eq 8). For this conversion
standard tables are available. So no need for actual calculations.
To get uniform repetitive hardness P/D sq need to keep constant
like 30, 20, 15, 10, 5, 2.5,1.0.
30 for higher hardness material and decreasing progressively as
hardness decreases.
Different ball dia and loads are used to get dia of impression
about 0.375 times of ball dia.
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HardnessTesting(Brinell)
Steel/CarbideBallof
P Dia10mmisusedwith
3000kgLoad.
However,other
combinationscanalso
beusedviz.5mmand
750kgLoad.
Standardtestmethods:
2P
BHN IS1500
D( D ( D 2 D12 )) ASTME10
ENISO6506
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HardnessTesting(Brinell)
SalientfeaturesofBHN
Checks gross hardness. Averages hardness of different phases in
microstructure. Hence more suitable for heterogeneous materials
like castings, sintered parts
Can be used for large specimen only.
Thickness of specimen must be sufficiently large.
Relationship between BHN and Tensile strength
Tensile strength= 0.36 X BHN (For soft steel)
Tensile strength= 0.32 X BHN (For hard steel)
Upto 300 value, BHN and VPN are same
BHN can be used upto 400BHN max for reliable results
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HardnessTesting(Vickers)
HV, VPN, VPH
Principle is same as BHN.
1. Creation of impression using SQUARE base diamond indenter with
included angle 136 with specified load generally 5 to 120 Kg.
2. Impression will be square
3. Measure diagonal length of impression.
4. Convert in VPN value by formula HV= 1.854 P / d sq.
Microhardness testing: Testing loads are very low Few gms to 1 Kg.
Impression will be very small. Very high accuracy in indenter
dimensions, loading, diagonal measurement and fine surface
finish is necessary.
Knoop hardness: Same as microhardness tester. But indenter is
rhomb based pyramid diamond with diagonal ratio 1:7 KHN= kP/D
sq K=Knoop constant= 1/0.0728 for 1 Kg l
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Vickers&KnoopHardness
Diamond Square based pyramid
indenters is used with with
included angle 136 and specified
load generally 5 to 120 Kg.
1.8544 P
VPN
d2
Standardtest
methods:
IS1501
ASTME92
P
ENISO6507 KHN
0.0703 l 2
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HardnessTesting(Vickers)
Salient features of Vickers test
Most accurate test. Referral test.
Independent of load. Hardness value is same for all test load.
Can be used for all materials extremely soft to extreme hard.
By proper selection of load method can be used for variety of
applications. Very superficial hardness (plating, nitriding
microhardness), case hardness (HV with lower load (1 to 5 Kg),
Average hardness of base metal (1030 kg), Heterogenus material
(more than 30 kg).
Commonly used method to test hardness traverse to measure
case depth in case hardening to check ECD, across welding from
weld centerline across HAZ up to base metal
Depth of impression is about 1/7 of diagonal
Microhardness test can be done to check hardness of different
phases in microstructure.
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HardnessTesting(Rockwel)
Measures depth of impression generated by pressing the load
(Minor + Major) using selected indenter (ball of specified dia or Sq
base diamond with 120 included angle) and then removing the
major load.
Sequence of operations (Rockwel hardness set up)
Hardness is inversely proportional to depth of indentation. High
depthlow hardness and vice versa.
Hardness value can be read directly on dial
Machines are available manual, semi auto and fully automatic
with printer and memory.
Many hardness scales with permutation combination of load and
indenters are available (15+ 15 combinations) to suit various
applications.
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RockwellHardnessTest
Dial Diamond indenter is conical shape, with 120
included angle. Also called as BRALE or Steel
Load Ball.
Standardtest
methods:
ASTME18
ISO6508
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HardnessTesting(Rockwel)
Most common scales are A, B, C (General) and 15kg (Superficial)
(Hardness scales).
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HardnessTesting(Indentation)
Precautions during hardness testing:
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HardnessTesting(Indentation)
Distance between two indentations or between
indentation and edge shall be sufficiently large min 3 to 5
times the dia of indentation
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HardnessTesting(Scratch)
Rub the sample with known hardness material to
decide upon the to which material it matches.
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HardnessTesting(Rebound)
Shore Scleroscope: A diamond tipped hammer of fixed
weight (~2.36 gm) is dropped on sample surface from
known fixed height (10). Its height of rebound is
measured which is directly converted to shore hardness.
Higher the hardness higher will be height of rebound.
Lower hardnesshigher the energy absorptionlower the
height of rebound
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HardnessTestingComparison
Material BHN HRB HRC VPN Shore
Annealed 60 NA NA 62 NA
Brass
Mild steel 131 74 NA 138 20
(.15% C)
0.5% C Steel 200 96 NA 210 32
(Normalised)
0.5% C Steel NA NA 60 700 85
(Hard)
White Iron 415 NA 44 437 57
Nitrided NA NA 68 940 100
layer
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ImpactTesting
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Impacttesting
Measures the ability of material to absorb energy under impact
loading. (Dynamic toughness)
Refer fig 16 for method of test and fig 17 for two samples and
two types of test
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Impacttesting
Normally ductile material will behave in brittle manner under
the effect of three conditions:
3. Low temperature
If we carry out impact test at different temp and plot a curve
impact energy vs temp we get ductile to brittle transition temp
of material (Ref fig 19)
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Impacttesting
No correlation between charpyizod, vu notch. Hence while giving
impact test results method and notch must be reported
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Impacttesting
To take care of normal variation in results, generally min 3 samples
are tested and reported as average of three.
FCC metals like Ni, Cu has lower transition temp and BCC metals
like Fe has higher
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Impacttesting
Tough material absorbs more energy before fracture than brittle
material. Fracture appearance is different. Ref. fig 21a dimpled
rupture fracture for ductile failure and fig 21b rock candy
fracture for brittle failure.
Notch impact test does not stimulate shock loading in service and
also can not be correlated to other mechanical tests like tensile or
hardness.
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Impacttesting
Refer fig no 22 for importance of grain size. As grain size decreases
transition temperature decreases and yield strength increases
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CreepTesting
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CreepTesting
Creep: Time dependent plastic deformation. Any component if
under stress for long time (even below yield strength), its
dimensions will change. This change is negligible at low temp
but significant for high temp (above 0.3Tm). So creep tests are
carried out at high temp.
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Creeptesting
2. Secondary or steady state creep: Creep rate is constant and
minimum
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Creeptesting
Stress Rupture test: Creep test carried out till specimen ruptures.
Parameters measured are: Applied stress, Time to failure,
Elongation. Test is carried out at constant temp and series of tests
at various temp and different stress levels are done. Time to
failure depends on both temp and stress.
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Creeptesting
Creep Strength or creep limit: Highest stress the material can
withstand at a given temp for specified time and without
exceeding specific deformation.
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Creeptesting
Two simultaneous effects during creep:
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Creeptesting
Considerations for creep resistant material:
1. Shall have high melting pointNi, W, Mo,
2. Shall have coarse grained structure. Dendtritic structure are
better than equiaxed so castings perform better than forgings or
bar.
3. Presence of fine precipitates improves creep resistance. E.g
Precipitate of Ni3(AlTi) in Nickel and IronNickel base
superalloys
4. Fine hard particles of second phase like in dispersion hardening
e.g. Thoria (ThO2) in Tungsten
5. Material shall have high oxygen resistance like Cr.
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FatigueTesting
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Nearly
All
Structures
Are
Load F
Cyclic
Loaded
Time t
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FatigueTesting
Repeated or cyclic stresses can cause failure to occur at much
lower stress levels than normal constant level is called fatigue
failure
Common example You can not break wire by pulling but can
break by repeated bending and much more easily notching and
then repeated bending.
Examples of fatigue loadingRail tracks, bridge beams, rotating
shafts, gears etc
Fatigue failures are incidental without any prior warning,
without any deformation unless proper NDT is carried out
regularly. Fracture surface is normal to direction of principal
tensile stress.
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Fatiguetesting
Fatigue fracture: Generally two regions. One smooth
growing inward from fatigue initiation, consisting of series of
rings called beach marks. This region indicates growth of
fatigue crack. With high magnification in between beach
marks we see striations which indicates each cycle of reversal
load. Other region is coarse region showing final fracture.
This is the reduced cross sectional area (due to fatigue crack)
which can not withstand the applied load.
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StagesofFatigueFailureBarunderPulsatingBending
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Fatiguetesting
Three things necessary to fatigue failures:
1. Applied stress of sufficient magnitude
2. Large fluctuations in applied stress
3. Sufficiently large no of cycles of applied stress
The stress reversal cycles can be
Tension Compression,
Tension High : Low,
Torsion High : Low,
Bending etc
Fatigue testing: Series of samples are tested by applying various
stresses and nos of cycles are counted till sample fails. The SN curve
is plotted.
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Nos of samples to failure will depend on applied stress. High stress
low cycle and vice versa.
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Fatigue properties can be correlated to tensile properties.
Fatigue ratio=Fatigue strength: Tensile strength. For ferrous it is
about 0.5 and for nonferrous about 0.35
Fatigue illustrations and photos (1. Illustrations of fatigue 2.bolt
fatigue)
Improving the fatigue properties: Since fatigue crack always
starts from surface or subsurface most of fatigue improvement
actions are related to surface improvement:
1. Increasing surface hardness by case hardening
2. Generating compressive stresses on surface by shot peening,
cold rolling. Many of case hardening processes also generate
compressive stresses on surface.
3. Remove all surface irregularities which are stress raisers.
Smoother the surface better is the fatigue strength
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Type of Appearance of
Loading Scheme
Loading Fracture Surface
Final
Fracture
pulsating
Fatigue
Crack
alternating
rotating
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Fatiguetesting
4. Fine grained material is better than coarse grained material
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GrainSize
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GrainSize
Grain SizeNot a mechanical property but many mechanical
properties depend on it.
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GrainSize
Grain size in casting: Depends on lot many factors like pouring
temp, composition, sand properties, type of molding, grain
nucleating agenttype and amount and method of addition,
cooling rate etc.
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GrainSize
Grain size in steel: After hot working/cold working operation is
over, one more chance to refine the grain size by heat treatment
normalizing/ annealing.
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GrainSize
ASTM Grain size Av nos of grains per Range of nos of Av grain size in
No sq at 100x grains/ sq
1 1 (1/1.5) 1.0/1.5 287
2 2 (1.5/3.0) 1.5/3.0 203
3 4 (3/6) 3/6 144
4 8(6/12) 6/12 101
5 16 12/24 71.8
6 32 24/48 50.7
7 64 48/96 35.9
8 128 96/192 25.4
9 256 192/384 18
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GrainSize
Grainsizeno5.12/24gr/sqin GrainSizeno8.96/192gr/sqin
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AnyQuestions?
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