STRESS-STRAIN

BEHAVIOR
What is STRESS
and STRAIN?
- Stress is a quantity that describes the
magnitude of forces that cause deformation.
The quantity that describes this deformation
is called strain.
 STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR
- The degree to which a structure deforms or strains depends on the
magnitude of an imposed stress.

Where,
E= Modulus of Elasticity, GPa
σ = engineering stress, 1 Pascal = 1 Pa = 1 N/m2
∈ = engineering strain, unitless
Elastic Deformation
- Deformation in which stress and strain are
proportional
- is nonpermanent
-For this nonlinear behavior, either tangent or secant modulus is normally used.
-Tangent modulus is taken as the slope of the stress–strain curve at some specified level
of stress,
-secant modulus represents the slope of a secant drawn from the
origin to some given point of the curve.
-Values of the modulus of elasticity for ceramic materials are
about the same as for metals; for polymers they are lower