Discussion

1. From the experiment result, how is the shape of obtained creep rate curves?

Figure 1:Creep curve graph for plastic

Following the loading strain εο, the creep rate (slope of strain vs time curve), is high
but decreases as the material deforms during the primary creep stage. At sufficiently large
strains,the material creeps at a constant rate.This is called the secondary or steady-state
creep stage. Ordinarily this is the most important stage of creep since the time to failure tf
is determined primarily by the secondary creep rate. In the case oftension creep, the
secondary creep stage is eventually interrupted by the on set of tertiary creep, which is
characterized by internal fracturing of the material, creep acceleration, and finally failure.

2. How is the results compared to the theory?

A typical creep curve for a plastic specimen is shown in Figure 1. The initial part
of the characteristic shows the three stages of creep. The strain has been calculated by
dividing the different in length (40.1mm) over original length (25mm), which gives an
elastic strain of 7.43. For the theory calculation which is 669.6E (E=Modulus of
elasticity), there might be a slight different from the result obtained from the experiment.
The higher the load being applied to the specimen the faster the time taken for the
 specimen to reach fracture period. However, this result is for a higher stress and very
much shorter creep time than would normally be used for mate

3. How do you summarize the occurred errors, and discuss the factors affected to the
experimental results?

One of the error occurred when doing the experiment is that the size measure and
the real size of the specimen is not precise, thus making the error happen. Another factor
that most likely to cause the experiment to has an error from the theory result is that the
specimen is not carefully cut from its required shape. It make the specimen have a small
unnecessary cut that make the specimen comes to fracture stage faster than usual.
Moreover, temperature of the surrounding also affects the experimental result. This is
because at high temperatures the entire creep process can occur in a matter of seconds.The
last error that might occurred is the apparatus or equipment used showed error before the
experiment or the placing of the specimen onto the universal testing machine is not correct
or slightly misplace.