ANNA UNIVERSITY: CHENNAI-600 025

B.E/B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, Oct/Nov - 2015

Regulations 2013
Fourth Semester
Aim/
Procedure/
Formulae
(25)

Experimental Calculation
Setup/
and Plots
Tabulation
(20)
(30)

Result

Viva

Total

(15)

(10)

(100)

(Aeronautical Engineering)
AE6411 Aircraft Structures Lab I
Time: 3 Hours

Maximum marks: 100

Mark Allocation

1) Experimentally find the deflection of a simply supported beam. (100)

2) Conduct the tension test on given metallic steel strip (Thin strip) for finding the following:
(100)
a. Youngs modulus (Stress - Strain diagram should be given.)
b. Compare your experimental strain with analytical strain. Ignore Poissons effect.
3) Conduct the deflection test of any king post truss. (100)
Minimum 3 trial readings are required.
4) Experimentally find the deflection of cantilever beam. (100)

5) Conduct the tension test on given cast iron strip or any brittle material for finding the
following: (100)
a. Ultimate stress
b. Nominal breaking stress
c. Actual breaking stress
6) Calibrate the proving ring by finding the deflection using dial gauge. (100).
7) Experimentally find unknown reactions of the statically indeterminate beam (example:
propped cantilever beam). (100)
Minimum 3 trail readings are required.
8) Experimentally find mid deflection of the four point bending beam (Aluminum metallic strip).
Compare experimentally observed deflection with solution obtained from strength of
material. (100)
Minimum 3 trail readings are required.
9) Experimentally find deflection of the cantilever beam (steel metallic strip). Compare
experimentally observed deflection with solution obtained from strength of material. (100)
10) Experimentally find deflection of the clamped - clamped beam (steel metallic strip).
Compare experimentally observed deflection with solution obtained from strength of
material.
Minimum 5 trail readings are required. (100)
11) Verify Maxwells reciprocal theorem using cantilever beam setup.
Minimum 5 trail readings are required. (100)
12) Experimentally find tip deflection of the cantilever beam (steel metallic strip) for the
following loading condition: Two equal transverse loads must be acting at locations L/4 and
L/2 from the clamped end. Compare experimentally observed deflection with solution
obtained from strength of material.
Minimum 5 trail readings are required. (100)
13) Experimentally find mid deflection of the four point bending beam (copper metallic strip) for
the following loading condition: Two equal transverse loads must be acting at locations L/4
and L/2 from the left end knife edge support. Compare experimentally observed deflection
with solution obtained from strength of material.
Minimum 5 trail readings are required. (100)

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