Metallurgical Engineering
GATE MT Strain tensor and stress tensor, Representation by Mohr’s circle, elasticity, stiffness and compliance tensor, Yield criteria, Plastic deformation by slip and twinning. PYQs
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Question 28
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Determine the correctness (or otherwise) of the following Assertion [A] and the Reason [R]
Assertion [A]: Refractory BCC metals like W and Mo are less ductile than FCC metals like Ni and Pt at room temperature
Reason [R]: BCC metals have fewer independent slip systems than FCC metals
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Match the four tensile stress-strain curves (P,Q, R, S) with the materials listed in the box:

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Consider the following stress state imposed on a material:
. If the material responds elastically with a volumetric strain
, what is its bulk modulus?Your answerChoose one option.
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A single crystal of aluminium is subjected to 10 MPa tensile stress along the [321] crystallographic direction. The resolved shear stress on the
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Primary mechanisms of accommodating plastic strain at low temperatures in crystalline metals are:
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A rod is elastically deformed by a uniaxial stress resulting in a strain of 0.02. If the Poisson’s ratio is 0.3, the volumetric strain is __________ (answer up to three decimal places)
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A single crystal of an FCC metal is subjected to a sufficiently large tensile stress along the [1̄10] direction to activate some of the slip systems. Which one of the following slip systems will be activated:
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