Tangent Modulus: Steel

E := 200000 MPa

Fy := 2600

kgf
cm

Defining the modulus as the slope in the strain-stress diagram, one formulation can be taken

ET ( ) := E 4

1
if > 0.5 Fy
Fy
Fy

1 otherwise

j 1
j := Fy

200

j := 1 .. 200

Etan1 := ET ( j )
j

Tangent Modulus as a Function of Stress level

1

E tan1
E

0.5

0
0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

Fy

:= 0.8 Fy

= 2080

kgf
cm

ET ( ) = 0.64 E

ET ( ) = 128000 MPa

Reduced modulus sometimes used to ascertain the effects of material inelasticity while adhering to
the use of elastic buckling formulations
Eroot ( ) :=

ER := Eroot ( j )
j

E ET ( )

Reduced modulus to mimick inelastic effects

ER
E

0.5

0
0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

Fy

Eroot ( ) = 0.8 E

Eroot ( ) = 160000 MPa

Comment: Although the root of the product of initial and tangent Young modulus is used much times to model inelastic effects in buckling, in
other cases the tangent modulus itself (without modification) is used to such purpose

Strain-Stress Diagram for this steel

Now let be y represent the stress corresponding to the strain x, this in order to obtain the stress-strain diagram by ODESOLVE from what above obtained.
We have one initial value problem, where initial value and slope are known, and the differential equation is to equate slope to the value calculable from stress.

y will be the stress and x the strain

ET ( ratio) :=

4 ratio ( 1 ratio) if ratio > 0.5

kgf

1 otherwise

cm

b := 0.003

Given

d
dx

y ( x) = E T

y ( x)
Fy
kgf
cm

y ( 0) = 0

y := Odesolve ( x , b , 1000)

310

y ( x)

kgf

210

cm
kgf
cm

110

0
0

110

210
x

310

 := 0.002

y ( ) = 2564.33

implied kgf/cm2 in our solution as reduced to unitless