Tag: #plasticdeformation

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  • Engine construction & working
  • EK General Mar 2024 (Q1)

    EK General Mar 2024 (Q1)

    With reference to steels used in shipbuilding and marine engineering: (a) Describe EACH of the following types of failure: (i) Brittle failure (2) (i) Ductile failure (2) (b) Explain the term ductile to brittle transition stating the factor that determines ductile to brittle transition (2) (c) Describe a test to determine the value of brittle…

  • EK General Dec 2023 (Q1)

    EK General Dec 2023 (Q1)

    (a) Sketch a Stress/Strain curve for a mild steel test specimen. (2) (b) With reference to the curve sketched in part (a), explain EACH of the following: (i) Modulus of elasticity (2) (ii) Percentage elongation (2) (iii) Ultimate tensile stress (2) (iv) Yield stress (2) Materials Dec 2023 (Q1)

  • EK General Oct 2023 (Q1)

    EK General Oct 2023 (Q1)

    Describe EACH of the following properties of materials (a) Strength (2) (b) Hardness (2) (e) Ductility (2) (d) Toughness (2) (e) Brittleness (2) Materials Oct 2023 (Q1)

  • EK General Mar 2022 (Q2)

    EK General Mar 2022 (Q2)

    With reference to steels used in shipbuilding and marine engineering: (a) Describe EACH of the following types of failure; (i) Brittle failure; (2) (ii) Ductile failure. (2) (b) Explain the term ductile to brittle transition stating the factor that determines ductile to brittle transition. (2) (c) Describe a test to determine the value of brittle…

  • EK General mar 2021 (Q1)

    EK General mar 2021 (Q1)

    Describe EACH of the following properties of materials: (a) Strength (2) (b) Hardness (2) (c) Ductility (2) (d) Toughness (2) (e) Brittleness (2) Materials Mar 2021 (Q1)

  • EK General Dec 2020 (Q1)

    EK General Dec 2020 (Q1)

    With reference to steels used in shipbuilding and marine engineering: (a) describe EACH of the following types of failure; (i) brittle failure; (2) (ii) ductile failure. (2) (b) Explain the term ductile to brittle transition stating the factor that determines ductile to brittle transition. (2) (c) Describe a test to determine the value of brittle…

  • EK General Oct 2020 (Q1)

    EK General Oct 2020 (Q1)

    (a) Sketch a Stress/Strain curve for a mild steel test specimen. (2) (b) With reference to the curve sketched in part (a), explain EACH of the following: (i) Modulus of elasticity; (2) (ii) Percentage elongation; (2) (iii) Ultimate tensile stress; (2) (iv) Yield stress. (2) Materials Oct 2020 (Q1)

  • EK General Aug 2020 (Q1)

    EK General Aug 2020 (Q1)

    (a) List the laboratory tests that may be carried out on specimens of steel for ships’ plates, stating reasons for these tests. (6) (b) Outline FOUR features of a fracture in a component which would assist in the verification that a brittle fracture had occurred. (4) Materials Aug 2020 (Q1)