16 | Materials

At the end of this section you should be able to:

  1. Identify key values on a stress-strain curve

  2. Know Hooke’s Law and where it applies

  3. Relate deformation along one axis with deformation along another

  4. Relate deformation of object to forces in that object

Tensile test of metal alloy

Tensile test of polymer

Demonstration of Poisson’s Ratio

Hibbeler 9e 3.26: Determine material properties of an axially-loaded object

Hibbeler 9e 3.36: Determine the change in dimensions of an axially-loaded object

Hibbeler 9e 3.33:

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