Mechanical Properties of Engineering Materials

In general these materials have high electrical and thermal conductivity, can be ductile and thus allows products to be bent into shape and have high stiffness and strength.

• Polymers & Elastomers

• Metals

• Ceramics

• Composites

In general these materials are hard and brittle, have high compressive and low tensile strengths, low electrical and thermal conductivity and are chemically inert.

• Polymers & Elastomers

• Metals

• Ceramics

• Composites

In general these materials have low electrical and thermal conductivity, are softer, less dense, can be transparent and are more corrosion resistant than most metals.

• Polymers & Elastomers

• Metals

• Ceramics

• Composites

In general these materials are made by bonding together two or more materials so that the final material has a combination of the desirable properties of the bonded materials.

• Polymers & Elastomers

• Metals

• Ceramics

• Composites

Hardness, toughness and ductility belong to which property class of materials?

• Physical

• Mechanical

• Chemical

• Thermal

The measure of the maximum amount of crushing stress a material can endure before failure is called:

• Compressive strength

• Tensile strength

• Brittleness

• Hardness

The maximum amount of pull a material will withstand before failure is called:

• Compressive strength

• Tensile strength

• Brittleness

• Hardness

The ability of a material to withstand indentation or scratching is called:

• Compressive strength

• Tensile strength

• Toughness

• Hardness

The property of a material to be permanently deformed without breaking is called:

• Brittleness

• Ductility

• Toughness

• Hardness

The property of a material that permits no permanent deformation before fracturing is called:

• Brittleness

• Shear Strength

• Toughness

• Malleability