DISCUSSION

The term tensile strength refers to the amount of tensile (stretching) stress a material
can withstand before breaking or failing. The ultimate tensile strength of a material is
calculated by dividing the area of the material tested (the cross section) by the stress placed
on the material. Tensile strength is an important measure of a materials ability to perform in
an application, and the measurement is widely used when describing the properties of metals
and alloys.

In this experiment, we use 20 mm diameter of steel as a specimen. After that we

measure the length of the specimen using the measuring tape. The dimension is important to
find the initial area of the specimen. Then, the specimen was placed at the machine and the
data was collected in computer. The machine will stop when the specimen achieved failure
and in this case , our specimen was break.

Then , we measured once again the break specimen to compare its length with the initial
length. Using all of the information , we calculate the value of elongation,stress and strain .

CONCLUSION

For conclusion , tensile strength test can be conducted to observe the behavior of a
material subjected to tensile load.

From the experiment , we obtained the data and the graph. We use the data to find the
type of material. The value of elongation that we obtained is 5.06 %. This prove that the type
of material is brittle. Next , The graph is load/extension graph. By using the graph , we can
calculated the value of young modulus,E . To calculate the value of E , use the slope of the
graph . To be more specifically :

tensile stress
E = tensile strain

F/A
= e/ L

By using this formula , the value of E that we obtained is 1072.087 Pa .

There are some possible errors that can occurred such as apparatus error and human error.
Apparatus error is when there are problem with the apparatus used. For example , the
apparatus have some component that has spoil already and effect the reading of the
experiment. Next is human error. Human error is when some mistake that was made by
people that conduct the experiment. For example , the mistake while measure the dimension
of object,when taking reading of apparatus and the method to setup experiment was incorrect.

There are also some precautious that we must follow for safety. The precautious are when
the machine was run with the specimen , do not stand so close to the machine because when
the specimen breaks , the pieces of the specimen can hurt us. For future recommendation ,
take the specimen dimension correctly and setup the apparatus correctly to obtained the
precise data.