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Strain Gauge: Young'S Modulus: Aim of The Experiment

This document provides instructions for determining the Young's modulus of an unknown material using a strain gauge setup. A strain gauge is attached to a cantilever beam of the material. Weights are added incrementally to induce stress, and the corresponding strain readings from the gauge are recorded. From the stress-strain data, Young's modulus can be calculated directly using the definition of modulus as stress divided by strain. It can also be determined graphically by plotting stress versus strain and taking the slope, which equals Young's modulus divided by the beam's geometry factors. The goal is to measure Young's modulus of the given material and compare the results from the direct and graphical methods.

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Strain Gauge: Young'S Modulus: Aim of The Experiment

This document provides instructions for determining the Young's modulus of an unknown material using a strain gauge setup. A strain gauge is attached to a cantilever beam of the material. Weights are added incrementally to induce stress, and the corresponding strain readings from the gauge are recorded. From the stress-strain data, Young's modulus can be calculated directly using the definition of modulus as stress divided by strain. It can also be determined graphically by plotting stress versus strain and taking the slope, which equals Young's modulus divided by the beam's geometry factors. The goal is to measure Young's modulus of the given material and compare the results from the direct and graphical methods.

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VIT University, Vellore Campus PHY 102 (Materials Science) Lab Manual and Record

Date: Reg. No.

straiN gauge: youNg’s moduLus

Aim of the Experiment:

To determine the Young’s modulus of a given material by measuring the micro-strain using a
strain gauge

Apparatus Required:

 Strain gauge set-up


 Signal conditioner circuit
 Slotted weights with hanger

Basic Theory:

According to Hooke’s law, within elastic limit Strain is directly proportional to the applied
Stress and the ratio between Stress to Strain is termed as “Modulus of Elasticity”. Young’s
modulus is defined as the ratio of the stress (force per unit area) along an axis to the strain
developed (ratio of deformation to the initial length) along the same axis. Young’s modulus is
a measure of the stiffness of the material and is an important quantity for characterizing them.
L
The strain is expressed as,   (where L is the original length and L is the change in
L
length due to the applied stress).

This is the quantity which we are going to measure in this experiment by using the
strain gauge set-up. The sensor used to transfer a mechanical strain to a quantifiable output is
the strain gauge. It has a resistance which changes as a function of mechanical strain. The
change in resistance can be determined by a Wheatstone’s bridge circuit. The signal
conditioning is used to convert the change in resistance to a corresponding voltage. This
voltage is very small and hence needs to be amplified for reducing the quantization errors.
The digital display is directly calibrated in terms of micro-strain.

The Young’s modulus of the given material is:

6PL
Y
bd 2
VIT University, Vellore Campus PHY 102 (Materials Science) Lab Manual and Record
Date: Reg. No.

6L  1 
And, by graphical method, Y    (Slope = /P)
bd 2  Slope 

P = Mg

M – Mass in hanger

g – acceleration due to gravity = _______________(can be taken as 10 m/s2 for convenience)

L – length of the cantilever = _______________________

b – breadth of the cantilever = ____________________

d – thickness of the cantilever = _____________________

Figure 1: Schematics of Strain gauge set-up

Procedure:

43. Note down the micro-strain for different loads and tabulate it. (choose proper step-
size and pay attention to the given loads)
44. Calculate the strain for particular load (P = ______N) from the table.
45. Plot graph of micro-strain () ~ load (P) and
obtain the slope.
46. Calculate the Young’s modulus of the given
material and compare the result with the
graphical method.
VIT University, Vellore Campus PHY 102 (Materials Science) Lab Manual and Record
Date: Reg. No.
Table:

Strain () × 10 -6 Strain for


Mass Load (P) Mean Strain 2.0 N
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VIT University, Vellore Campus PHY 102 (Materials Science) Lab Manual and Record
Date: Reg. No.
VIT University, Vellore Campus PHY 102 (Materials Science) Lab Manual and Record
Date: Reg. No.

Calculations:

Results:

(i) The Young’s modulus of the given material is found to be ___________________

(ii) The Young’s modulus of the given material by graphical method is


____________________

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