Andrew Matotek

HES2120 STRUCTURAL MECHANICS

LAB. 2 THIN WALL CYLINDER 2013 SEM.1
Mohrs Circle in plane Stress:
1. Mohrs Circle of Open Cylinder in plan Stress

2. Mohrs Circle of Close Cylinder in plan Stress

Discussion
During the experiment the data between theory and the measurement result appear very different,
the data from measurement is higher or lower than theory data but not by much. For example, in
open cylinder at angle 0 the strain is -111.1m/m in measurements which is lower than the theory
result that is -107m/m but at an angle of 90 the measurement is higher than theory (327.1m/m
and 324m/m). In closed cylinder at an angle of 0 the strain is 54.3m/m lower than 55.7m/m of
theory. There are a few impacts that lead to the error of the measurement result, the most typical
result is because of the machine is not running well, every time I went to look around and
compare to other machines, the results were different. Secondly, when we applied the pressure at
1bar and 21bar it is not exactly that also given a little bit of impact to system. In Addition, when
we did the experiment, the hand wheel for the plunger is not at maximum open or tightly closed
for open and closed cylinder. The second reason is that the FL 130 Thin-wall Cylinder Apparatus
is used in several years. As the result, the values which we collected from the machine will be not
accurate.

Andrew Matotek

Conclusion
In conclusion, to improve the accuracy, the machine should use auto electrical
pump, not manual pump (hydraulic pump) which makes more accuracy. We also
need to maintain the machine to make sure the values taken from the machine
are similar to the first times.

Appendix
For closed cylinder: