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Material Failure Analysis Results

The document presents a material analysis comparing three materials: MB - Steel AISI 4130, MC - Steel A36, and MD - Carbon fiber, based on their density, yield strength, and elastic modulus. It calculates a failure index and crack width for each material under a hypothetical applied stress of 500 MPa, concluding that Steel A36 is likely to fail while the others are safe under load. The results are displayed in a formatted table showing each material's properties and remarks on their safety.

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Material Failure Analysis Results

The document presents a material analysis comparing three materials: MB - Steel AISI 4130, MC - Steel A36, and MD - Carbon fiber, based on their density, yield strength, and elastic modulus. It calculates a failure index and crack width for each material under a hypothetical applied stress of 500 MPa, concluding that Steel A36 is likely to fail while the others are safe under load. The results are displayed in a formatted table showing each material's properties and remarks on their safety.

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Suraj Kumar

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Question 4

disp('Suraj')
disp('ed24s029')

% Material properties: [Density (kg/m^3), Yield Strength (MPa), Elastic


Modulus (GPa)]
materials = {
'MB - Steel AISI 4130', 7850, 951, 205;
'MC - Steel A36', 7800, 250, 200;
'MD - Carbon fiber', 1750, 1600, 40;
};

% Convert table to array for calculations


numMaterials = size(materials, 1);
results = cell(numMaterials, 4); % Store [Material, Failure Index, Crack
Width, Remarks]

% Assume same sigma and crack size a


% We can define a normalized factor for comparison
for i = 1:numMaterials
name = materials{i, 1};
density = materials{i, 2};
sigma_y = materials{i, 3}; % in MPa
E = materials{i, 4} * 1e3; % Convert GPa to MPa for consistency

% Failure Index = sigma_applied / sigma_yield


% Use a dummy applied stress, say sigma = 500 MPa (same for all)
sigma_applied = 500; % MPa
failure_index = sigma_applied / sigma_y;

% Crack width estimate: delta ~ K^2 / (E * sigma_y)


% Assume K^2 is same for all, so delta ~ 1 / (E * sigma_y)
crack_width = 1 / (E * sigma_y);

% Remarks based on failure index


if failure_index > 1
remark = 'Likely to fail';
else
remark = 'Safe under load';
end

% Store results
results{i, 1} = name;
results{i, 2} = failure_index;
results{i, 3} = crack_width;
results{i, 4} = remark;
end

% Display results
disp('Material Analysis:');
fprintf('%-25s | Failure Index | Crack Width (normalized) | Remark\n',
'Material');
fprintf('%s\n', repmat('-', 1, 70));
for i = 1:numMaterials
fprintf('%-25s | %13.3f | %23.3e | %s\n', ...
results{i,1}, results{i,2}, results{i,3}, results{i,4});
end

Suraj
ed24s029
Material Analysis:
Material | Failure Index | Crack Width (normalized) |
Remark
----------------------------------------------------------------------
MB - Steel AISI 4130 | 0.526 | 5.129e-09 | Safe
under load
MC - Steel A36 | 2.000 | 2.000e-08 |
Likely to fail
MD - Carbon fiber | 0.312 | 1.562e-08 | Safe
under load

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