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This document is a lab report on testing the deflection of two beams made of different materials. The experiment measured the deflection of steel and copper beams as increasing loads were applied. The steel beam deflected less than the copper beam under the same loads. Calculations were shown to determine the theoretical deflection based on the beams' dimensions and materials' modulus of elasticity. The steel beam had less average percentage error and greater stiffness than the copper beam, indicating it resisted deformation better under the applied forces. Sources of error included human measurement errors and imperfect test setup.

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Mom Lab

This document is a lab report on testing the deflection of two beams made of different materials. The experiment measured the deflection of steel and copper beams as increasing loads were applied. The steel beam deflected less than the copper beam under the same loads. Calculations were shown to determine the theoretical deflection based on the beams' dimensions and materials' modulus of elasticity. The steel beam had less average percentage error and greater stiffness than the copper beam, indicating it resisted deformation better under the applied forces. Sources of error included human measurement errors and imperfect test setup.

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‫جامعة النجاح الوطنية‬ An-Najah National University

‫كلية الهندسة وتكنولوجيا المعلومات‬ Faculty of Engineering & IT

Civil Engineering Department


Mechanics of Materials Lab (10601202)
Second Semester
2019/2020
Report Sheet
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Deflection Of Beams Test


Date Performed: 4\6\ 2020
Partners: Abdalaziz Kharaz
Karsou Karsou
Tahseen Qashou

Section: Wednesday 8-10 AM

Instructors: Hind Tbaileh,


Eng Noor Faris
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In the load transfer process, the load must pass through
beams, so it must be strong enough to resist load, but beside
strength, the beam must be stiff enough, so in this
experiment we are going to test the stiffness of two beams
made of various materials, and calculate the magnitude of
.the deflection

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The objective from this experiment is to calculate the
deflection of the beams and the stiffness of the beams
.materials

Definition.3
Deflection: the vertical displacement of a point on a
.loaded beam

Stiffness: the ability of an object not to deform under the


.applied forces
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Two metal beams that has the same shape and area and a
.deflection machine test

Procedure.5
put the beam on the machine and the support on .1
.the right position
put the hanger on the right position on the beam .2
.and tare the dial gauge reading to zero
start adding the loads and read the amount of .3
.deflection on the dial gauge
.repeat the last step and make the calculation .4
6. Results& Calculations
Beam 1

Material _________Steel___________ length _______650 mm_________

Width ________19 mm____________ depth ________3.5 mm___________

Modulus of elasticity __________200 GPa____________

Load (N) Dial reading Deflection (mm) Theo. Deflection (mm) % Error
1 4 0.4 0.421 4.98
2 10 1 0.843 18.62
3 16 1.6 1.264 26.58
4 22 2.2 1.686 30.48
Avg error 20.165%

Deflection theo= a * w l^3\E I


= (1\48) * 1*(650^3) \ (200*10^3) * (19* 3.5^3 \12)
= 0.421
AND SO ON USING THIS FORMULA ,WE HAVE :
2N=0.843
3N=1.264
4N=1.686

stiffness S= Load\Deflection= 3-2\1.6-1=1.66 N\mm


Beam 2

Material _____copper_________ length ________700 mm __________

Width _________19 mm___________ depth _________4.6 mm_______

Modulus of elasticity __________120 GPa__________

Load (N) Dial reading Deflection (mm) Theo. Deflection % Error


(mm)

1 6 0.6 0.386 55.44

2 13 1.3 0.772 68.39

3 20 2 1.159 72.56

4 28 2.8 1.545 81.22

Avg 69.40%

Deflection theo= a * w l^3\E I


= (1\48) * 1*(700^3) \ (120*10^3) * (19* 4.6^3 \12)
= 0.386
AND SO ON USING THIS FORMULA ,WE HAVE :
2N=0.772
3N=1.159

4N=1.545

Load(N)
4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5 Load(N)

2
1.5
1
0.5
0
0.6 1.3 2 2.8
stiffness S=L\Deflection= 4-2\2.8-1.3=1.33 N\mm

Disscussion.7
We saw that the deflection depends on many factors
such as , the amount of strength , length of the
. beam , materials type and beam thickness
We show that the steel bar has more stiffness and
less deflection than the copper beam

[Link] of errors
the errors came from human measurements and tools
errors(error in putting the load in the exact position and the
beam wasn’t horizontal properly).

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