We will look at a very easy experiment that provides lots of information about the strength or the mechanical behavior of a material, called the tensile test. The basic idea of a tensile test is to ...

Ultimate tensile strength (UTS), often shortened to tensile strength (TS), ultimate strength, or Ftu within equations, is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or ...

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The tonnage necessary to bend 1 ft. does not double at 2 ft. but instead may increase by two-and-a-half to three times. As ...

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Experience has taught us the necessity of thoroughly examining the elasticity, extensibihty, and tensile strength of iron and steel intended for the construction of railway plant. In England ...

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The tensile creep stress in these experiments was imposed by means of a mechanical spring system. The fatigue stress (also tensile) was applied by an electromagnetic vibrator and was detected and ...

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The stream of liquid silk quickly turns to a strong fiber that sticks to and lifts objects - although not yet villains.