Torsion and Deflection Testing Apparatus extruded base frame carries two solid vertical supports. Profiled grooves within the base frame, fasteners and quick release handles ensure quick and easy adjustment of the span between the vertical supports. Torsion and Deflection Testing Apparatus allows a variety of experiments to be undertaken to investigate test specimens under torsional loading and bending loading within their elastic limits. The students cover topics involving bending moment equation, torsional rigidity, modulus of rigidity, angle of twist, and create graphs and compare actual measured values with theoretical values using formulae and theory provided.
Experimental Capabilities:
Deflection of specimen as a function of loading force, material, Youngs Modulus of Elasticity (E), cross section, support span
Comparison of cantilever beams, simply supported beams
Determination of Youngs Modulus of Elasticity (E) in shear for the different material specimens
Comparison of bending stiffness of varying specimen sections for the same cross sectional area
Introducing Poissions Ratio
Torsion angle and specimen cross section
Modulus of rigidity introduction
Torsion angle and clamping length relationship
Torsion angle and torsion moment relationship.
