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2 - Mechanical Properties of Materials
2 - Mechanical Properties of Materials
Xingbo Liu
Tensile Test
Hooks Law: E= E E
=G
Tensile Test
Linear Nonlinear
Material Toughness: The area under the elastic and the plastic
portion of the stress-strain curve. It is the
total energy required to stress the material to
the point of fracture
At Maximum Load:
E Fmax / A0 T Fmax / A
A0
T ln( )
A
Eliminating Fmax yields
A0 T
T E Ee
A
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A0
T uniform ln( )
Au