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MechMat 5: Material Properties I – YouTube playlist
Mechanics of Materials – Session 5: Material Properties I
We discuss normal tensile testing, stress-strain relationships for ductile materials, stress-strain relationships for brittle materials, elastic modulus and Hooke’s Law, and yield strength.
Notes
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Su2023 Session 5: MechMat – Material Properties I – Instructional Slides
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Session 5: MechMat – Material Properties I – Semi-Complete
Session 5: MechMat- Material Properties I – Colab IPython
Additional Videos
Understanding Young’s Modulus
This video describes the tensile test, Young’s modulus (elastic modulus), elastic moduli for different materials, elastic deformation, plastic deformation, and why we care about elastic moduli.
Material Properties 101
This video describes tensile testing, elastic modulus, ductility, failure of brittle materials, and hardness.
Tensile Test
This video describes tensile testing of metal alloys and the technique of using 0.2% offset to estimate the yield strength of a material.
Understanding Material Strength, Ductility, and Toughness
The selected portion of this video describes material strength and ductility.
Online Text
Young’s modulus – Wikipedia
Stress–strain curve – Wikipedia
1.4: Stress-Strain Curves – Engineering LibreTexts
Tensile testing – Wikipedia
Yield (engineering) – Wikipedia
Elasticity (physics) – Wikipedia
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