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What is poissons ratio?

When a wire is loaded there will be a change in wire diameter and length, where length is increases but
the wire diameter will be decrease and the strain is produced is longitudinal strain and that produced
perpendicular direction is called strain is lateral strain

Fixed Beam

Wie

(D) Length (l)

Length (Δl)

D-ΔD

Poissons ratio = lateral strain / longitudinal strain

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