Mechanical Properties of Metals - Concepts of Stress and Strain

7 important questions on Mechanical Properties of Metals - Concepts of Stress and Strain

Which three principal ways are there to apply the load for a stress-strain test?

Tension, compression and shear or torsion.

How is the output of a tensile test recorded?

As the load or force versus the elongation.

How is the tensile test normalized for geometrical factors?

By the parameters engineering stress and engineering strain.
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How is the engineering stress defined?


Where F is the load applied and A0 the original cross-sectional area befor the load is applied.

How is engineering strain defined?


Where l0 is the original length and li is the instantaneous length.

What is the unit of engineering stress?

The unit of engineering stress are megapascals (1 MPa = 106 N/m2).

What is the unit of engineering strain?

Engineering strain is unitless but sometimes denoted as m/m.

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