Tensile stress property

This test gives the tensile stress property of the material, which can be represented by the following equation 1 1... 

Fig. 9. Variation of tensile properties and grain stmcture with cold working and annealing A, elongation B, yield stress and C, ultimate tensile stress.

Definitions of the commonly measured tensile properties are as follows Unear density (tex) is the weight in grams of 1000 m of yam. Tenacity is the tensile stress at break and is expressed in force-per-unit linear density of unstrained specimen, N /tex. Knot tenacity is the tensile stress required to mpture a single strand of yam with an overhand knot tied in the segment of sample between the testing clamps. It is expressed as force-per-unit linear density and is an approximate measure of the britdeness of the yam. Toop tenacity is the tensile stress required to mpture yam when one strand of yam is looped through... 

The effect of temperature on PSF tensile stress—strain behavior is depicted in Figure 4. The resin continues to exhibit useful mechanical properties at temperatures up to 160°C under prolonged or repeated thermal exposure. PES and PPSF extend this temperature limit to about 180°C. The dependence of flexural moduli on temperature for polysulfones is shown in Figure 5 with comparison to other engineering thermoplastics. 

Extensional Viscosity. In addition to the shear viscosity Tj, two other rheological constants can be defined for fluids the bulk viscosity, iC, and the extensional or elongational viscosity, Tj (34,49,100—107). The bulk viscosity relates the hydrostatic pressure to the rate of deformation of volume, whereas the extensional viscosity relates the tensile stress to the rate of extensional deformation of the fluid. Extensional viscosity is important in a number of industrial processes and problems (34,100,108—110). Shear properties alone are insufficient for the characterization of many fluids, particularly polymer melts (101,107,111,112). 

Alloys of antimony, tin, and arsenic offer hmited improvement in mechanical properties, but the usefulness of lead is limited primarily because of its poor structural qualities. It has a low melting point and a high coefficient of expansion, and it is a veiy ductile material that will creep under a tensile stress as low as 1 MPa (145 IbFin"). 

There is considerable literature on material imperfections and their relation to the failure process. Typically, these theories are material dependent flaws are idealized as penny-shaped cracks, spherical pores, or other regular geometries, and their distribution in size, orientation, and spatial extent is specified. The tensile stress at which fracture initiates at a flaw depends on material properties and geometry of the flaw, and scales with the size of the flaw (Carroll and Holt, 1972a, b Curran et al., 1977 Davison et al., 1977). In thermally activated fracture processes, one or more specific mechanisms are considered, and the fracture activation rate at a specified tensile-stress level follows from the stress dependence of the Boltzmann factor (Zlatin and Ioffe, 1973). 

For values of Ild less than l/d)c, the tensile stress in the fiber is always less than that in the matrix. The transfer of load from the matrix to the fiber is poor and the mechanical properties of the fiber are not fully utilized. If lid > l/d)c, the tensile stress at the interface remains at a maximum over a greater proportion of fiber length. Here, the transfer of stress from the matrix to the fiber is very efficient, but the average tensile stress in the fiber is always less than that in the matrix because of reduced tensile stress at the end of the fiber. 

Calculations for the minimum performance properties of drill pipe are based on formulas given in Appendix A of API RP 7G. It must be remembered that numbers in Tables 4-80-4-83 have been obtained for the uniaxial state of stress, e.g., torsion only or tension only, etc. The tensile stress resistance is decreased when the drill string is subjected to both axial tension and torque a collapse... 

The mechanical properties of plastics materials may often be considerably enhanced by embedding fibrous materials in the polymer matrix. Whilst such techniques have been applied to thermoplastics the greatest developents have taken place with the thermosetting plastics. The most common reinforcing materials are glass and cotton fibres but many other materials ranging from paper to carbon fibre are used. The fibres normally have moduli of elasticity substantially greater than shown by the resin so that under tensile stress much of the load is borne by the fibre. The modulus of the composite is intermediate to that of the fibre and that of the resin. 

Test rate and property The test rate or cross-head rate is the speed at which the movable cross-member of a testing machine moves in relation to the fixed cross-member. The speed of such tests is typically reported in cm/min. (in./min.). An increase in strain rate typically results in an increase yield point and ultimate strength. Figure 2-14 provides examples of the different test rates and temperatures on basic tensile stress-strain behaviors of plastics where (a) is at different testing rates per ASTM D 638 for a polycarbonate, (b) is the effects of tensile test-... 

Higher extent of silica generation with high TEOS concentration improves the mechanical properties severalfolds as illustrated by the tensile stress-strain plots on ACM-sdica hybrid nanocomposites on increasing TEOS concentrations in Figure 3.6. 

The majority of TPEs function as mbber at temperature as low as —40°C or even lower as measured by their brittle point. The upper temperature limit is determined by the maximum temperature at which it can give satisfactory retention of tensile stress-strain and hardness properties. Table 5.14a... 

The tensile strength (tensile stress) is a measure of the basic strength of a material. It is the maximum stress that the material will withstand, measured by a standard tensile test. The older name for this property, which is more descriptive of the property, was Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS). 

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