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Stress / Strain

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The ratio of stress and strain gives the Modulus of Elasticity.

Stress

Stress is a measure of the internal forces in a object per unit area and is given by the following formula.

Strain

Strain is a measure of the change in length of an object due to an applied stress. The units of strain is length/length (% elongation).

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