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:

  1. 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:
\[\sigma = E e\]