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.

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Wikipedia.

stress¶: stress on the object.

Symbol:: sigma
Latex:: \(\sigma\)
Dimension:: pressure

young_modulus¶: young_modulus of the material of the object.

Symbol:: E
Latex:: \(E\)
Dimension:: pressure

engineering_normal_strain¶: engineering_normal_strain of the deformed body.

Symbol:: e
Latex:: \(e\)
Dimension:: dimensionless

law¶

sigma = E * e

Latex:: \[\sigma = E e\]