If a new type of material that's a hybrid of plastic and wood shavings is brittle and has an ultimate compressive strength of 20 MPa, an elastic modulus of 1000 MPa, and a Poisson's ratio of 0.20, A.  Calculate the bulk modulus for plastic wood. B. Calculate the maximum strain that can be put on plastic wood. C. Assuming that plastic wood is isotropic, calculate the maximum hydrostatic pressure that can be put on plastic wood. D. If the plastic wood has a fracture toughness of 0.2 MPa-m.5, calculate the maximum crack length if the

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If a new type of material that's a hybrid of plastic and wood shavings is brittle and has an ultimate compressive strength of 20 MPa, an elastic modulus of 1000 MPa, and a Poisson's ratio of 0.20,

A.  Calculate the bulk modulus for plastic wood.

B. Calculate the maximum strain that can be put on plastic wood.

C. Assuming that plastic wood is isotropic, calculate the maximum hydrostatic pressure that can be put on plastic wood.

D. If the plastic wood has a fracture toughness of 0.2 MPa-m.5, calculate the maximum crack length if the stress on the plastic wood is 1 MPa.

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