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Engineering Formulae

Tensile Strength
Tensile Strength of Metals and alloys
Name
Manganese steel, cast
Mitis iron
Aluminum Bronze
Phosphor bronze, cast
Delta metal No. 1 forged
Ditto, cast
Muntz Metal
Malleable cast iron
Copper, wire
Copper, Sheet and Bolt
Copper, cast
Gun-Metal
Brass
Zinc
Cast Lead
Aluminum, wrought, not annealed
Ditto, annealed

Tenacity Tons per sq. in.


38
27
25
15 to 16
48
48
20
15
25
15
10
12
10
3
1
14.7
6.0

Strength of Iron and Steel in Tension, Torsion, Shear and Compression

Tension
Material

Wrought
Iron
Wrought
Iron
Wrought
Iron
Wrought
Iron
Mild Steel
Mild Steel
Bessemer
Steel
Steel
Casting
Crucible
Steel
Crucible
Steel
Casting
Cast Iron
Cast Iron,
turned
Crucible
steel
forging

Torsion

Shear

Resistance
to
Crushing

Yield
Breaking
Point, Breaking
Breaking
Yield Point
Modulus
Stress, Modulus of tons Stress,
Stress, Tons. per
tons per
of
tons per Elasticity per tons per
tons per
sq. in.
sq.in.
Elasticity
sq. in.
sq.
sq. in.
sq. in.
in.
15.04

21.60

28,330,000 8.99

25.20

12,800,000

18.76

17.0

17.13

24.56

29,030,000 10.22

29.50

13,920,000

20.72

17.0

16.82

25.01

28,750,000 10.36

28.87

13,700,000

21.21

17.0

11.16

22.46

30,826,000 8.93

22.32

11,570,000

19.51

16.82
17.85

25.75
28.40

29,170,000 10.16
28,860,000 10.20

28.13
29.85

13,400,000
13,070,000

21.50
23.00

31.14

52.20

29,466,000 20.28

44.64

12,880,000

35.21

80.0

17.22
22.23

38.04
29.06

30,400,000 10.40
26,029,600 20.09

34.70
39.28

13,040,000
12,138,500

27.60
29.70

23.13

31.06

52.16

29,522,000 19.36

42.30

13,660,000

33.30

20.09

22.51

28,796,000 19.64

29.56

13,048,300

18.90

26.75

11.43

15,560,000

16.30

7,110,000

5.24

45.0

11.62

14,013,500

15.47

5,514,740

12.34

33.2

24.55

47.05

28,546,000 18.53

44.68

11,729,000

33.13

6.6

Note- Moduli of elasticity shown above are in pounds per square inch

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