Tensile Test Report:

MCH T 214
Tensile Test Report:
The tensile test report is to be about 350 words long, and should describe the testing performed, the results
obtained, and some discussion of the results and the errors possible in the data. The report should consist
of four sections (Introduction, Results, Discussion and Conclusion) and two appendices. The content of
each section is described below.
Introduction:
• Discuss the purpose of the laboratory experiment.
• What are you going to talk about in the rest of the report
Results:
• Give the major results obtained in the testing. In the case of tensile testing, this will be the ultimate stress,
yield stress and the modulus of elasticity.
• Discuss the relative value of the results, comparing the strenght of cold- and hot-rolled steels and the
aluminum specimen.
• Include a table of result values. Remember that results do not include size information or the raw data
obtained from the testing.
Discussion:
• Discuss the type of failure obtained in the testing. Were they ductile or brittle How do you know.
• Can you determine the elastic limit from the data How about the proportional limit
• The steel specimens were made of the same metal. One was hot-rolled and the other was cold-rolled.
How did the manufacturing process effect the strength and ductility of the material
• Discuss the similarity of the modulus of elasticity between the steel specimens.
• How did the results obtained from this testing compare to published data for these metals
• Possible sources of error include errors in cross-sectional measurement, the pen width, the position of the
paper in the plotter. How much error do these factors contribute to the results obtained
Conclusions:
• Any conclusions that you can draw from the testing, data, calculations or other observations.
Appendix A: Original test data
• Include your copy of the test data plot.
• Be sure to label the axes and the scale of the axes.
• On each curve, show the location and magnitude of Sy and Su.
Appendix B: Sample Calculations
• Hand calculations done NEATLY on engineering calculation paper.
• Show calculations for the following properties of the Cold-Drawn steel specimen: Sy, Su, E, %Elongation,
%Reduction of Area.
• Calculations:
o Write a label to indicate what the calculations to follow are supposed to be finding.
o Show the appropriate equation, substitute numbers with units, give the result with units.
o Box or underline the final answer.

MCHT 214
Laboratory Report Format
~2.5”
Tensile Test of a Brass Specimen
Title: 14 point
Arial Bold font,
Centered
~3.0”
Your Name
January 29, 2003
MCH T 214, Section 1
Personal Info:
12 point Arial
font, Centered
1” Margin on all
sides of the
sheet.
Sample Report Title Page
Introduction:
This is a report of…
Section Title:
12 point Arial
Bold font,
Skip ONE row
between sections
…blah, blah, will be shown.
Results:
Text of the Report:
10 point Arial font
DOUBLE SPACE
You may want a
table of the
primary result
values
Discussion:
Conclusions:
1” Margin on all
sides of the
sheet.
Sample Body of the Report

~2.5”
Appendix A
Original Test Data
Title: 14 point
Arial Bold font,
Centered
Appendix B
Sample Calculations
Typical Appendix Title Sheet
STAPLE HERE!
“X-axis” –
independent
variable
“Y-axis” –
dependent
variable
• Make graphs as large as
possible.
• Have a title on the graph.
• Label the axes with UNITS.
• Identify the lines shown on a
graph.
• Almost all Excel graphs
should be XY(Scatter)
charts.
Sample Graph Layout