0shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tumblr Digg Print Reddit Weibo Xing Blogger MySpace Tensile Testing Terms and Tensile Testing Terms Definitions Engineering stress: Engineering stress can be equated to the load applied per original cross sectional area. True stress: True stress can be equated to the load applied per instantaneous (actual) cross sectional area. Unit: […]
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Tensile properties of Textile Fibers
When an external force is applied to a fiber, it is balanced by the internal force development in the molecular structure of the fiber. By increasing the stresses, material will deform and follow the load-elongation/stress –strain curve.