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Lecture 4
Mechanical Properties of Solid Materials

Objectives
➢ Explain mechanical properties of solid materials;
➢ Understand E, G, and .

Starting Music (Bad Romance):

https://youtu.be/qrO4YZeyl0I 1
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Mechanical Properties of Solid Materials

Review

➢ What is stress? What is strain?

➢ How to calculate stress?
➢ How to calculate strain?

How to correlate stress and strain?

Depending on properties of materials.

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CIV ENG 2210 Mechanics of Materials

Chapter 2
Mechanical Properties and
Design Concept

Hongyan Ma, mahon@mst.edu

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Chapter 2 Mechanical Properties and Design Concept

Section 2.1
Mechanical Properties of Materials

Hongyan Ma, mahon@mst.edu

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Stress-Strain Relation
There are ductile and brittle materials. The stress-strain
relations of a typical ductile material (e.g., steel) and a
typical brittle material (e.g., ceramic and concrete) are
shown below:

Ductile Material: warning before failure Brittle Material: no warning before failure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8U4G5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZINeaDjisY 2:30
cpcM 2:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LDgJjbQeEo5 1:20
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Normal Stress
Tension Test
Moduli
Modulus of Elasticity (E): slope of the initial straight-
line portion of the stress-strain diagram obtained in
tension or compression test.
It is also called Young’s Modulus or Elastic Modulus.

Normal Strain

Shear Stress
Direct Shear Test
Modulus of Rigidity (G): slope of the initial straight-
line portion of the stress-strain diagram obtained in
direct shear test.
It is also called Shear Modulus.

Shear Strain
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Hooke’s Law

Normal Stress
The stress is proportional to strain in a solid body
with a linear behavior.

Normal Stress – Normal Strain:

Shear Stress – Shear Strain:

Normal Strain

Note: The Hooke’s Law is valid only if the material remains in linear region of
the stress-strain curve. Such materials are called linear materials in mechanics.
If load is so high that the induced stress passes the yield point, the Hooke’s law
is no longer valid.
In Mechanics of Materials, we assume all materials are linear.
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Poisson’s ratio ( )
o If a solid body is subjected to an axial tension,
it contracts in the lateral directions.
o If a solid body is compressed, it expands in
the lateral direction.

Poisson’s ratio ( ) is a ratio between lateral and

longitudinal strains. Such a ratio is constant for a
certain material.

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Poisson’s ratio ( )
To correlate mechanical properties/constants:

Derivation:
https://www.hkdive
di.com/2017/02/rela
tionship-between-
young-modulus.html

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Mechanical Properties: Example 1
Normal Stress – Normal Strain

Ans: 0.00674 in Watch Example #1:

https://youtu.be/2gpeBvlb6iw 10
Mechanical Properties: Example 2
Shear Stress – Shear Strain

Ans: 0.855 MPa 11

Mechanical Properties: Example 2

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Mechanical Properties: Example 2

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Mechanical Properties: Example 3
E and 

Ans: E = 8960 ksi Watch Example #3:

 = 0.258 https://youtu.be/QbW_LMNhiuw 14
Mechanical Properties: Example 4
2D deformation

Ans: AD 0.0108 in
AB 0.0192 in.
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AC 0.0221 in
Mechanical Properties: Example 4

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Mechanical Properties: Example 4

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