Showing 22 experiments that use the Comprehensive Materials Testing System.

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Bend Testing Beams

In this lab, a Three-Point Bend Test is performed on the ABS plastic beams included with the PASCO Structures System. Then, the Flexural Elastic Modulus...

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Tensile Testing Beams

In this lab, a Tensile Test is performed on plastic beams and Young's Modulus is measured. Students test beams with varying cross-sectional shapes to investigate...

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Column Buckling and Slenderness Ratio

In this lab, three different lengths of plastic I-beams are tested under compression to investigate...

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Euler Column Buckling

The Euler Column Equation predicts the maximum compressional force applied to a column before it buckles. This value depends on the length of the column,...

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Column Buckling Tensile Samples

The Euler Column Equation predicts the maximum compressional force applied to a column before it buckles. This value depends on the length of the column,...

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Compression Testing Cast Beams

In this lab, Plaster of Paris cast beams are tested to destruction using compression. Quantities measured include Young's Modulus and the Compressive Strength...

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Bend Testing Cast Beams

In this lab, a three-point bend test is performed on Plaster of Paris cast beams and the Flexural Elastic Modulus for the material is calculated. The maximum...

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Shear Testing Round Rods

In this lab, a single-shear test is performed on 1/8 inch diameter metal rods. The maximum force needed to shear the rod is measured and used to calculate...

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Strength of Materials

This lab investigates two ways in which a member can fail: In tension and in shear. A standard tensile test is performed using the Tensile Samples, and...

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Photoelasticity

Photoelasticity is used to determine the stress distribution in birefringent plastics, such as polycarbonate. This experiment uses the clear polycarbonate...

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