Estimated Specimen Usage Per Semester
for 10 lab sections with 21 students divided into 7 groups of 3 students each

Experiment	Specimens Needed (this includes enough for the TAs to practice with)
Tension Test	(75) 0.25"-diameter x 10"-long A36-steel specimens (50) 0.25"-diameter x 10"-long 2024-aluminum specimens (75) 0.625"-diameter x 12"-long A36-steel specimens (50) 0.625"-diameter x 12"-long 2024-aluminum specimens (50) 0.25"-thick x 1"-wide x 12"-long 2024-aluminum specimens an assort of other items
Torsion Testing & Fully-Plastic Action	(70) 0.625"-diameter x 22"-long specimens
Fastener Testing	(100) 3/8"-diameter x 2.5"-long bolts (grade-2, 16-thread-per-inch, boxes of 50 available at Lowes) misc. nuts, bolts, washers
Strain Transformation	120 specimens (40 sheets of overhead projector transparencies)

~200' of 5/8" A36 per semester, ordered 800' on 6/7/2011 for $640, Bill's Welding (Kathy) 364-5738

Experiment	Total Specimen Usage
Tension Test	(100) 12" specimens φ0.24" to 0.7" cylindrical 0" to 0.79" x 0" to 3" rectangular (100) 10" specimens φ0.24" to 0.7" cylindrical 0" to 0.25" x 0" to 1" rectangular
Hardness Testing	(150) φ5/8"x1.5" specimens (can be used for 3 semesters)
Torsion Testing & Fully-Plastic Action	(70) φ5/8"x22" specimens
Wood Connections	(4) 1"x2"x48" pine (3) 1"x3"x72" pine (25) MP14 mending plates (30) MP24 mending plates 2x4s for dowel bearing tests
Fastener Testing	(100) 3/8"x2.5" bolts (boxes of 50) misc. nuts, bolts, washers
Strain Transformation	40 sheets of overhead projector transparencies (120 specimens)
Compression Testing	2x4s