REBUSTILLO, NOVELLE E.

Poisson’s Ratio
It refers to the transverse shrinkage stress to longitudinal extension stress in the direction
of the stretching force. Furthermore, we consider the tensile deformation positive and
compressive deformation negative. In addition, the Poisson’s Ratio contains a negative sign
(minus sign) so that the normal materials have a positive ratio.  It is also called Poisson
coefficient or coefficient de Poisson. In addition, it is usually represented by the lowercase
Greek letter nu, ν.
ν = – ε trans / ε longitudinal
In this, the strain or stress ε is defined in elementary form. Also, the original length divides
the change in length.

−d ε trans −d ε y −d ε z
v= = =
d ε axial d εx d εx

Where

v Is the resulting Poisson's ratio

ε trans Is transverse strain (negative for axial tension (stretching), positive for axial
compression).
ε axial Is axial strain (positive for axial tension, negative for axial compression).