Tensile stress is Young's modulus times strain ============================================== When an object is under tension or compression, the stress is related to the strain via the Young's modulus. **Links:** #. `Wikipedia `__. .. py:currentmodule:: symplyphysics.laws.dynamics.deformation.tensile_stress_is_youngs_modulus_times_strain .. py:data:: stress :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.classical_mechanics.stress` on the object. Symbol: :code:`sigma` Latex: :math:`\sigma` Dimension: :code:`pressure` .. py:data:: young_modulus :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.classical_mechanics.young_modulus` of the material of the object. Symbol: :code:`E` Latex: :math:`E` Dimension: :code:`pressure` .. py:data:: engineering_normal_strain :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.classical_mechanics.engineering_normal_strain` of the deformed body. Symbol: :code:`e` Latex: :math:`e` Dimension: :code:`dimensionless` .. py:data:: law :code:`sigma = E * e` Latex: .. math:: \sigma = E e