Godfrey, H. J.

Lyse, I.

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Shearing properties and poisson's ratio of structural
and alloy steels, Proc. ASTM, Vol. 33 (1933), p.
274, Reprint No. 3 (33-2)
I. Lyse
H. J. Godfrey
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Lyse, I. and Godfrey, H. J., "Shearing properties and poisson's ratio of structural and alloy steels, Proc. ASTM, Vol. 33 (1933), p. 274,
Reprint No. 3 (33-2)" (1933). Fritz Laboratory Reports. Paper 1147.
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SREARING PROPERTIES AND- POL'3S0U.S RATIO or STRUCTURAL AND M:UJi STEELs
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By _Inge- ~sel, and H. J. Godfrey2
Synopsis
The paper describes the results -of tests of' different gradesofstI"Ua..
turaland t1110y steels b de:termine shearing pro.parties (tllOdulU$of elasticity" -
yield pG~t alld ult..!.!t1e1.teatre:!;gtb) and the1r relatioll to -t4e GorrespOAd!ng tensile
propert1es. POi13L'i..'!t11 s ratio was aJ.:$oc determined. Sbear1ng properties were det.er....
mined from sJ.,ottedi plat,s. specimens tested $n tenaiOl1 endfr'011l solld and hollow
Ttle resttltsshowcd cOllrJ..df':l'able variation in t..hm ·rat1o _of yield point
in shear to yield point it1: tension for the dii'.eerent. ste~;;l(S. -ShearilJ-g modulue ot
el.astic!.ty determihfild 'by t'dTeat mOOBUt'€;I\loot ~gJ:"eed ree:~:onali11 vm11 ~ithvUUEls
ealculated from values of toosiPla ntedulus and Pcdss@'~a rati~.. 'nw- vraJ.ues of
out at the Fritz Et'l.gineeringLaboratory" I.eh1gh lfn1ve1"~ty, it was fo~dthat the
ratio between-the yield points in shear and in tension varied cons:i.~erably for
different grades of' atrueturalsteel. In order to study the shearing properties
more fully, the 1la,v-est1gatlon reported in this pa~er W$S .carried ou.t, in which
yield point,; ultimate strength and modulus of elastieity in shear and tension were
determined and compared for an'Wnber ofdi.fferent grades ofst:ru.ctural steel and
ten. heat-treated alloy steels.. Poisson's ratio tor these steels was also deter-
lResearch Ass$.stant Professor of Fag1neering Materials. Lehigh University,
Bethleheim"Pa~
2Research Fellow in Civil 1!ngineering, Lehigh University,_ Bethlehem, Fa.
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m.irJ.ed by directmaasurementof l.eterd d~fQrllmt1onQf spec1m.el'l$ under tension•.
Since the ab.earlngproper'ties o£$teel are more diffleu1t to determine
than ltstenailepropert1es.J several different methodsQl test were used as de--
·scribed hereafter :.in: determining yield point end u1timate~ strength ~il shear. Shear....
ing modulus o£elastic1ty(i) was determined by theuaual toralon test, end by
computation from the ten$ion modu1\l.8 ofelestiCity :(j) and P.Qi$Soni~s rat.io 54·us-
ing the f01loW1ngequatlQ.rit:
Ma.terials
The .several grades ofst!'tlctural ateel cG1Ji.prised roUe¢: .1....'06.8,. sof''t
,steelpltttesi.tank $teel plates, and l~:lJh :rcolleo.rod.. There 'li101'ealsQ inc1:uded:
OOIlle eo:t"~.t:medi'UU1and hard $teel rods. ()fn8trl,U~tura.l:n!·grade and astructt11'ElJ.. nt(\..kel'
stee1.;,-
The ton :9.l1QY' ateels inclr1.clad m&lgan:Eme~v nickel, chromiu.r.e, molybdenum,
vanadium and t\1!lg~tensteels. li;ine were tested· in the i'orm 'If:, ~11\1~. '~am.eter
Spec1man$1natmea.ledandquenched~~,.m conditton8,~ 'The· tenth was teS'~ 1n
0)\ 18",i1. dioWlet,..- ~peci""e..,S
the It:as-rolledtt conditiotl. Chemi~col1toositlons~lldhoo;t treatments a1'S ,given'" ,:' -. '
in Table,n~
(Size?)
The Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa... , suPpUedall·materials tor
this invest1gatJ:<m, vdth theexeeption of one of the. alloyeteels' '\wch was tur....
niahed by'rne'Lukens Stasi 00., Coatesville", Pa.
Specimens, Methods and Apparatus
S~eimens from the I-beams were taken .in all eases from the ¥'lebs., Sinca
these were inmost.' eases only'about :i in. thiclt and the plateso~:" about i in...
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thick" the tlsualcylind1i:cal tQrsion specimen' Cou14 not be used for determi~ng
shearing propBrtief;l and slotted plataspee1mElD.s described wlow, Were l1sed~", For
P\lltes ~-\ ~ S-~ we"t. 518" H'ic.l< ~V\cl ~otl, ~\ .. ttcd p\ote\ Il",d So\i~"Ta" sioV\
Speei"""l'\$ ""tY<. WIlde f\"o""" ihese plates.
t.he remahling structural. me.ter!~l and for all t,ne alloy steels", shearing properties
were determIled on'~1l.:i.ndrie~ torsion ,spe:ei.mens., For ;reasons of econ01l11. solid
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NQi;,e......,....1l.b!ehones? There- 1:5 Bothing to ide.'ltify
them, ~l:d !lovalues are given that can be identified
f~oo th~ data. '
spec1menswere ~j tt~l,~\.1::d6;~i:"~1"~ec~~:M:xpensivetha.n the hollow f.Wlln.. .\~
drlca1spe.($nen~l however, -.3 .~",were u$$din te..s.ting three gl'lldes efsteeJ, ~.ll. "
, 1M , ,.,1 , ,,"c!~4'"
These tub'\Jlar' specinlens ,,"Jere ~ ~.Aou.t'Sided;tame'ter witt) a1n~ wall tMekne.ss. h.t>J t.t_~. ,~
Va/ue.s 9/~" ,'11
itt!dd,eI 746/(._
So/,-rI Ollrlf!O//4 W
70,:/0'" UJ';s.
T,~nsi.Qn mid sl1earing t.-ests 'We're' a2ao made' on i'- aud l.;.m... dlamew:lt bars
machtned £romS. .roU'ad li...iu~, baro+,structural at/eel" t9 dei{erroi!.l,e any effect of
,.f
used by Seely andPutnamti).. The illat~~tt 1i"hi¢fl.-i~Ulu$trated 'in Fig,., 1, eon~
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siats ~r t;'>'K)' 'steel eol1tU~ attac.hedto, the speaim.9l1and soco:ns't,rucwd that ·the:ir
relati'V0 rot..~tion m~y be 'meas\U'ed by anA,ut(1s dial graduated to: O.~lU.. The'
inst1'1i1tl@t ¥ia,8 calibratedagaine:t. opservatj,ona by tnil·l~O.rS..and te1esCop(la •. '
The. slotted platespeClmen" first used byr;t~~and.Wilson .{5},. is 41n..
i~c i~~",t~.J t:9 U ' I te. ;\'Gf of MIl,teti81. .. " .. '.: ...' ""-1
wide 'by 9 In.'' lonll~ i"In.. t~ick" and i$ prepared by cut:ting·twoparalle1, m-in·..
slota, at,~ ap.~e of 45 (leg,. to the long!tudinal &.aus, ~tendingfromp'ointe on
that Uist1n'~,apart tooppos1teedges of the' spae$m~. \'¥hen :aucn 'aspecitaenis
p1a(\edunder teusion_ as shown in. Fj"g. 2 (to be supplied) ,1'h~ .she"'i .. ~
S1\,use£ ~'rt. ti'sh,b .. \ed .f'~il":3 ,"IIe",,:\, 0\1"'- -t"t '/a. ,~. sectl"lJ ..... (Su, ~t+c1d1C'
p\..tl\~-l(.\asil'c. prc;,.\",'r<' !lot c... ~iVl'\ .. hr SlbH("Jp\arc. SpeciWlt''''',)>>\)~,t"bl/'''H tttl.rOM"tt')oJ
wf\o't vltd f,,, de+t""i~h" -1~~ Jield pOl"w,t "u~ cl 1~e "",.d"I,,! of""~~ Silliif'd p.lG~e-
Sped\lhUts. -rRct I1lt,'Mtlfc. SfWMOH o~ ;he sloi'feJ rJ'fc. 3r(lciWlC'''''~ wlI,i 4 1.o
obtal~ed .
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! N9te~Insert bare. a descriptiOl1of. nature.. ofstress
11n t 1».. sectlol't, howdet-ormat1on is' measured by Huggenberger
\ t.~som..eter.,cmd. ViM.t gage 1..·.ent:th1S used..... Th1..' ". s laplace to.',Ibring out that tensometer \iI1l.S used Qll.1y to measure deformationI £0.1: yield point,.. and nat f.·or modulus.. Apparentlyalotted
""specimen was used for ultimata ahearingBtrength..
Tensile·dei.ormation wasmea'sured by a Ewing ~ensometer. Indetermining
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PoisaonJ;sra.tio. lateral deformation was measured by meaneof nug~~nberger,N(ten.-.
Bamsters attached to aspeeially constructed circular collar-of' spt-:1ng steel. As
shown in Fig. ~;; the c~r was attached to the specimen. by two· .scrEnVS plaeeddi...
metrietU.1Ye, The pressure exmedby the screws was sufficient to a~ow the lateral
deformation to take place ldthout loosening the collar. The multipJJ,eatlon ratio
Githa collar as determined by d1rect ealibrationW&s 2.16. Th1ssimplerigproV'ed
very successful in the 'measurement of lateral deformations both below and above the
(1.0 0000$
yield point. Le.teraletrtdns were measured directly with. this apparatus to 'jio m!i io.-
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'Many. of the st.ress...strain diagrams, both 1n&h~1" and·wnslol1. par....
ti¢Ularlyf'or the alloy steels (see Fig.. 51. dldnot show· a sharp break at the
yield point. In such cases, the yield point was determined as the stress at which
the tan~~tress....strain eurve has a slope (ratio of stress to strain)
one....~rl\~Of the ltlitial straight-line portion.. .
Beaults of Wests
The results of the tests on 13tructuralsteels are given in Table 1-, and
those on alloy steels in Tables :tI, nI aad :tV. 'lypiealS1:a'!'ess...stra1nc'!U"Ves are
shown in Figs. 4 and 5.
Effe~ofSbap!'and Sise()f.'•.T~§t$PAAimm\l
Comparativeetress-straincurve.s in ahsuocbtained with slotted plate
specimens a.nds.ol1d 07Undl'ical specimens from the same .materiu areshoW!l in Fig. 4.
It is noted that these tw() types ofapecimena,gavs "1f3r"J nea.r~ the· same yleldpoint
in shear. However;, at a givEltlstress the measured str$s of the slotted plate speci-
mens were "lesstban those for the solid torsion bars. The slotted' plate specimens
gave a more dtilfiz;d·te yield point than did the tor~d.on bars, and btgeneral the re...
sults were maTe 'consistent.. Th$ ultimate she~1ng strength Wli13 less when determined
on a plata specimen than when determined on a '001"8100 bar" and the traeture of the
former indiQated a pure shear feUure.
'lheaverc.ge yield point 1n shear determined on the hollow cylindrical
specimens ~es no.t reported }lara) averaged abou:~90 per' cellt of that determined
on solid bars. C~C.\b~(~ "'\alo\~ ')iYf!-V4\o.,t-l P..... b\)\~ ~Q\ICl"'-l -.d h\"'\ to''f$IQ~ tesh. O~I'o
'O1~\4' ~O\'o'I~ \1I\4U,·trMO\e. 'l.'hus ~hYlNllY\tA 011\ hollow Sf(~\'\IIo\el1 s. UtI\vu";" 11'b4, (c-... c.l~~l!'~)
O~( AlIlvl,' of- -:l. 0"" ~oy~ .SI~'i'1'l(!""\. . . .
.~lote",-A:re any data at all given ~or 0011.01'1 eylin-
dricalspecimen.s? Was i deteminedi.'or any hollow specimens?
There 1a so Uttle given for hollo1i1$pecimens that one ques-
tions ineturling thea at ell.
Tbe tests to determine effect of size of BPec1men show that. the smaller
specimens (i and l1n. in diameter) machined from 1t-.1n.• bars gave J.cnverstrengths
in bothtenaton andsbear t~ did the It--1n. spec1~~, d~e probably to the effects
/l1l.L. ~oru~"'$ ~t(Cl
of rolling dlJrlng mat1ufac(mre. The moduli of elastid.ty, however, were VfSrY nearly
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the same for the several sizes of spec1ntena.(5ee Table I.)
frgnert!es .of·StrueturalStee1sl
R&ferring to Tabla It. the shearing yield point for ord.1.na1'ystructural
steels varied from 1$,.500 to 29,200 lb. per sq. in.,; they-ield point-in tension va.,
ned from 26j19OO tt;) 51;,500 1b<l:' per sq. .bi'!'.' for the Game materlSls~:" Steals con~
taining nickel gavashearing yield. point as lligh 'as' 41.,700 lb. per sq. 1u~.
Tll.ers.tl~betweentbeyield points in shear and in tension~ given
. in the laat«>lumn of tll~ble,Varygreatly_ For ~led.1~11i$·the ratio ?a,.
riedfrom 0.,505: to O.654V\tatUt steel pI.stes, .from 0.509 .J:O.5~;.for roll.ed
. . .' . to .."'"
sort steolpl&·t~s. .from O~527 am:t 0.671; and for rolled It-in..~a'the average
ratio WllS :()...629. It should be noted that anumbaroi' the. stl'Uetura1..grade$~
bad shearug~lel:.d:poi.nta~hen determined on slott~late.~pec1mens, eons1der'ablq
lass than 60 ·pe;-cont oftha yiel.dpoiut. in tension,., If .thestress developed bye
•hQ.u.owt'l)rs~specimen is considered· tobeeor:ract, these ratios would becorre~
~glYJ:.ower.., . I ~ I \ 0 0. QJ (:l t-.t, l l ~ 01 .... ~/)
.(, \-... ~u\ll I ai VI t II. t>V\ '~ • ", II) ""'Y .) '1.· c,.~"\\~~ = ~~ G Q . b4
'The:. addition ,jrD.1ekal· raised the ratio of' yield .pOin'ts in shear end
. ~..-af\ . ...... :' .
tension to asmuehas ,0.889.
PoissotiJe ratio for thedlfferent types of structtJral. ,steel varied only
between 0.271 and O.~02.. For desig,o; purpose.til, the Us& of a value ofO.5seemft to
be just-iried..
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.'n.1esbearing moduluso! ,elasticity abOwA'~ high' degre~.or 'Wliformity
when calculated from the obs-eJ:\ted longitUdit)~and 1.a.te-ral.strairW.. However., the
modulus ob~ed l::W dtract measurem:enta on the torsionspe~showedconsid-or.
able variation..
':1p1cEdatres~train diagrams f-or longitudinal, lateral and torsional'
deformations of structural .steel are showni.n Fig. 5.. It1,s noted that the lateral
defG'rmationj,ndteated ashal"p yiold .poilltat the same stress· as did the longitudinal
Pwtmrtie:e ·gf. AUgr,sWglat,
.T~ hardness and dttctiUty of theaUoy steels are given in Table In,.
together with a descri.ption or the t0i1S1on test fracture. Att-ention is oalled to
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'l'ab~e IV. The yield pQb't 1n tension varied from 51.SOO to· 53_000 lb. per s~-. in.
for the steels in the annealed condition. and f1'oa55,000. to 124,000 lb•. per sq,.,
in. for those 1n tbe quenched condition. The ,y1eldpoint in shear as determined.
OD soUd torsion~c1mensvarledtrom 3.5,50(} to 45~750 lb. per -it..in. for ~,
.8.nneued condition and ·from 44):1:00 to9S...tlOO· lb. per sq. U,., £ol',.fquenched: con....
d1ti01l. In general. the ratios between the yield points in .shear aD.d in tension
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were greater for theannEtaled than for the quenched Sl'iecimens-, ranf':1ng from 0.174
to 0.894 tor the former $nd from 0.662 to 0..809 for the latter. The alloys~,.J...... .
bothlnaransaled and Q,l1enehed condi.tiona, ehoWl\cana1derablygrea:tler rat10s betwe•
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yield points inahear 811<1 tension than the structux;al steels-o
A nUl',D.bet" of the ~ealedsolld torsion speci:mel1s' gave ultimata strengths
in shear in exc~s of theeorrespondiug tensUe strengths. T1ns' is due to tl16US.$
of 1'.00 ordinary torsion fo1:lm11a to deterndue ultimate strength.. l1otrtdthS.tanding tl'la~
the foX'lllU1a does not hold a.f'terthe stress has exceeded the proport4.onal limit of
the material.
Poisson's ratio varied £1'0$ 0.272 to 0.320 £'or these ten alloysteellh
With the exeept1~ of the tun,gsteu -stee1(Bo. 7) there was little differenee between
Poisson's ratio tor the· steel in the .QUnGued and quenched conditions..
stt"es/il....stra!n
Typical/diagrams. tor longitUdint.tl t lateral and torsional deforraations at
one of the alloy stee~s are shown in Fig. 5. Atten11onls' called to the gradud
transition from a straight line to a .'~ in ill three eases. After the propor...
tiona! 11mlt was reached -tiltl rel.ati:v-e rate of lateral deformation inoreased over
that of the l~tud.inaldeformationso thatPoJ.SSOll:'s ratio 8.pproaehedO.5.
vestigatioat.
1. The. apparatus developed formeasur1ng latem and torslo~stratna
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against other instruments..
2.. S~ottedtplate ·a~s and solid torsion ;specimans g~ve ~ppr<»d.ma,tely
the same Yield point. in shear.•
5",. Steel ofstruetural· .grade. sOQweda wide vantltlon in the'ra~ or
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yield point inshe!:U"~toy:1eld point 1n tension.. In gErneral .th& nt1() waG· be....
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lo~ '0.•60 for spec1mensfroT4 rolled plat.es and structural ".e.tlOns.
e.p.oissotl's rati.o f~rr structural steel. vartedfrQl1l o..m to 0":502.
1. For~ steels the rat10 .of yield paints. insheal" and 1n ten...
slon varied "(wjtvteen 0.774 ·and 0.894 fol' annealed condltiOJilwd betfifin; 0.662 and
o.aoo tor Clllsnob.ed-and-..drawncondition.
8,. Poi{Jlson.'s ratio. for alloy steels varled betw~ Q:.2"n end 0.'520.·
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