This product helps students to understand the nature of plastic deformation and collapse in hot-rolled mild steel beams that can undergo large plastic deformations. This material is often used as a construction material in supporting beams or ‘rebar’ to reinforce concrete sections.

Learning Outcomes

• Elastic bending to plastic deformation of hot-rolled mild steel
• How the plastic region moves through the specimen section as the load increases
• Collapse load and the formation of plastic ‘hinges’
• Yield stress
• How beam fixings affect deformation of:
  • simply supported beams
  • fixed or ‘encastre’ beams
  • a propped cantilever
• Shape of a collapsed beam due to hinge formation
• Form or shape factor of a beam and the additional factor of safety it provides

Key Features

• Selectable beam fixing conditions, for increased experiment range
• Includes a set of specimen beams for ‘out of the box’ experiments
• Additional pack of specimen beams available
• Industrial, high-resolution digital deformation indicator for maximum measurement accuracy
• Includes Vernier caliper for beam cross-section measurement
• Supplied with a storage tray to keep smaller items safe
• Works with user-friendly software (VDAS®)