Never comes back to its original shape

Drawn into thin sheets and wire

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shape. It has no dimensions, it is just a number.
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 Questions
1. State Hooke’s law.
2. What are ductile and brittle materials?
3. Define modulus of elasticity and write its various types
4.Figure shows the strain-stress curve for a given material. What are (a) Young’s
modulus and (b) approximate yield strength for this material?
5. Mention a situation where the restoring force is not equal and opposite to the applied force.

6. A wire is suspended from a roof but no weight is attached to the wire. Is the wire under stress?
7. Why strain has no units?

8.Define tangential or shearing stress.

9.Define deforming force.

10.Describe the stress strain curve given in the figure.

Which conclusions will you draw from the given
curve.