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Modulus of Elasticity - Young Modulus for some common Materials

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Modulus of Elasticity - Young Modulus for some common Materials

Young Modulus (Tensile Modulus) - Elastic Properties - for some common materials - steel, glass, wood and more
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To describe elastic properties of linear objects like wires, rods, or columns which are stretched or compressed, a convenient parameter is the ratio of the stress to the strain, a parameter called the " Young's modulus" or " Modulus of Elasticity" of the material. Young's modulus can be used to predict the elongation or compression of an object as long as the stress is less than the yield strength of the material Young's Modulus (Modulus of Elasticity) -E(10 6 psi) ABS plastics Acrylic Aluminum Aluminium Bronze Antimony Aramid Beryllium (Be) Bismuth Bone, compact Bone, spongy Boron Brass Brass, Naval Bronze Cadmium Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Carbon nanotube, single-walled Cast Iron 4.5% C, ASTM A-48 Chromium Cobalt Concrete Concrete, High Strength (compression) Copper Diamond (C) Douglas fir Wood Fiberboard, Medium Density Flax fiber Glass Glass reinforced polyester matrix Graphene Grey Cast Iron Gold Granite Hemp fiber Iridium Iron Lead Magnesium metal (Mg) Manganese Marble MDF - Medium-density fiberboard Mercury Molybdenum (Mo) Nickel Niobium (Columbium) Nylon Oak Wood (along grain) Osmium (Os) Phosphor Bronze Pine Wood (along grain) 80 40 31 15 2-4 11 550 116 9 40 75 45 329 170 4 75 28.5 2.0 6.4 23 15 45 210 10.8 17 36 30 17 30 117 1220 13 4 58 50 - 90 17 1000 130 74 52 35 50 (compression) 50 (compression) 40 (compression) 220 70 4.6 150 1000+ 170 102 - 125 100 96 - 120 250 42 4.6 18 76 3100 170 (compression) 11.3 70 - 112 287 10.0 (10 9 N/m2, GPa) 2.3 3.2 69 120 Ultimate Tensile Strength - Su (10 6 N/m2, MPa) 40 70 110 95 Yield Strength - Sy (10 6 N/m2, MPa)

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Modulus of Elasticity - Young Modulus for some common Materials

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1 N/m2 = 1x10 -6 N/mm2 = 1 Pa = 1.4504x10 -4 psi 1 psi (lb/in 2) = 144 psf (lb f/ft2) = 6,894.8 Pa (N/m2) = 6.895x10 -3 N/mm2 Note! Use the pressure unit converter on this page to switch the values to other units.

Strain
Strain can be expressed as strain = dL / L where strain = (m/m) (in/in) dL = elongation or compression (offset) of the object (m) (in) L = length of the object (m) (in) (1)

Stress
Stress can be expressed as stress = F / A where stress = (N/m2) (lb/in 2, psi) F = force (N) (lb) A = area of object (m2) (in 2) (2)

Young's Modulus (Tensile Modulus)

Young's modulus or Tensile modulus can be expressed as E = stress / strain = (F / A) / (dL / L) where E = Young's modulus (N/m2) (lb/in 2, psi) (3)

Elasticity
Elasticity is a property of an object or material which will restore it to its original shape after distortion. A spring is an example of an elastic object - when stretched, it exerts a restoring force which tends to bring it back to its original length. This restoring force is in general proportional to the stretch described by Hooke's Law.

Hooke's Law
One of the properties of elasticity is that it takes about twice as much force to stretch a spring twice as far. That linear dependence of displacement upon stretching force is called Hooke's law which can be expressed as Fs = -k dL where Fs = force in the spring (N) k = spring constant (N/m) dL = elongation of the spring (m) (4)

Yield strength
Yield strength, or the yield point, is defined in engineering as the amount of stress that a material can undergo before moving from elastic deformation into plastic deformation.

Ultim ate Tensile Strength

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