Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers (4th Edition)
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.24QP
A steel specimen is tested in tension. The specimen is 25 mm wide by 5 mm thick in the test region. By monitoring the load dial of the testing machine, it was found that the specimen yielded at a load of 55 kN and fractured at 78 kN.
- 1. Determine the tensile stresses at yield and at fracture.
- 2. Estimate how much elongation would occur at 60% of the yield stress in a 50-mm gauge length.
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