M AT E R I A L S

BRITTLE materials breaks

Without plastic deformation
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PLASTIC materials does not return to its original

Shape after being deformed.

MALLEABLE materials can be reshaped

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ELASTIC materials return to its original shape after being

deformed

HARD materials can scratch or indent, and withstand

Being scratched
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COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH force used to compress a sample

at any time.

TENSILE STRENGTH force used to stretch a sample

at any time.
Hooke’s law states that for certain elastic materials,
Force is proportional to extension, when a sample
Is stretched.
What is the magnitude of the force required to stretch a 20
cm-long spring, with a spring constant of 100 N/m, to a
length of 21 cm?

What is the spring constant of a spring that needs a force

of 3 N to be compressed from 40 cm to 35 cm?

What is the magnitude of the force required to stretch two

springs of constants k1 = 100 N / m and k2 = 200 N / m by
6 cm if they are in parallel?
What is the magnitude of the force required to stretch two
springs of constants 100 N / m and 200 N / m by 6 cm if they
are in series?
How much energy W is needed to compress a spring from 15
cm to 10 cm if the constant of the spring is 150 N / m?
YOUNG’S MODULUS (E)
A nylon string has a diameter of 2 mm, pulled by a force of 100
N. Determine the stress!
A cord has original length of 100 cm is pulled by a force. The
change in length of the cord is 2 mm. Determine the strain!
A string 4 mm in diameter has original length 2 m. The string is
pulled by a force of 200 N. If the final length of the spring is
2.02 m, determine : (a) stress (b) strain (c) Young’s modulus
A string has a diameter of 1 cm and the original length of 2 m.
The string is pulled by a force of 200 N. Determine the change
in length of the string! Young’s modulus of the string = 5 x
109 N/m2