Open AccessMeasuring Young’s modulus with a tensile tester
Author(s) -
Hollis Williams
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
physics education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.343
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1361-6552
pISSN - 0031-9120
DOI - 10.1088/1361-6552/ac3f75
Subject(s) - modulus , ultimate tensile strength , young's modulus , tensile testing , strain (injury) , materials science , composite material , stress–strain curve , stress (linguistics) , tensile strain , deformation (meteorology) , medicine , linguistics , philosophy
We use a tensile testing machine to create stress-strain plots and determine Young’s modulus for some ductile and plastic materials. Supplementary videos are also provided.