+material strength
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+jeremiah s. queddeng center for the designed environment professions Strength resist forces imposed on it, ability to sustain a high stress w/o yielding or
fracturing
Toughness enables it to absorb energy before rupturing;
-ability of material to resist repeated bending or twisting;
-ability to resist shock or impact
Hardness enables to resist deformation by compression, or penetration
Brittleness causes material to rapture suddenly under stress without little evident
deformation
-fractures under low stress w/o appreciable deformation;
- gives no advance warning of failure
Ductility enables it to undergo plastic deformation after being stressed beyond elastic
limit & before rupturing
-capable of being stretched or deformed w/o fracturing;
-ability to be drawn to fine wire (tension) w/o breaking;
-shows sign of yielding before actual rapture
Stiffness resistance to deformation when stressed within elastic range
*ratio of force applied to a structure to the corresponding displacement* (Harris)
stress strain Modulus of Elasticity or strain
Elasticity enables it to deform & to recover its original size & shape upon removal of
force or after deformation (as stretching, compression or tension)
Resilience capacity to recover its original size & shape after deformation Elasticity
Malleability ability of metal that permits mechanical deformation by extrusion, forging,
rolling, etc. w/o fracturing;
-ability of material to be compressed into thin sheets w/o breaking