WorksheetsENG1001 Tutorial 2
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Stress is...
an external force
an internal resistive force
an axial force
a radial force
Which of these is not a type of stress?
Tensile stress
Shear stress
Volumetric stress
Compressive stress
Strain has units of...
metres, m
Newtons, N
Pascals, Pa
nothing
Stress has units of...
metres, m
Newtons, N
Pascals, Pa
nothing
Hooke's law is valid for (a) elastic materials.
Stainless steel has a Young's modulus of 210 GPa. This is equivalent to:
210×106 Pa
210×109 Pa
2.1×1011 Pa
2.1×1012 Pa
The equation to find a change in length for a linear-elastic material is given by:
Δl = EA0Fl0
Δl = EFAl0
Δl = FA0El0
Δl = A0l0EF
The maximum stress that a material can withstand without breaking is called the (a) tensile stress.
Dog bone shapes for specimens are used in tensile testing because they are... (select all that apply)
easy to mount and manufacture
guarantee that fracture doesn't occur at the ends of the sample
reduce the chance of slippage whilst testing
confine deformation in the uniformly-thick centre region
On this diagram, which letter shows the section where the material is undergoing plastic deformation?
A
B
C
D
Consider a metal beam bending under a load. What are the labels for A and B shown in the figure that describe the stress in the beam at these points?
A: Tension, B: Compression
A: Compression, B: Tension
A: Tension, B: Tension
A: Compression, B: Compression
