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Strengthofmaterials,alsocalledmechanicsofmaterials,isasubjectwhichdealswiththebehaviorofsolid
objectssubjecttostressesandstrains.Thecompletetheorybeganwiththeconsiderationofthebehaviorofoneand
twodimensionalmembersofstructures,whosestatesofstresscanbeapproximatedastwodimensional,andwas
thengeneralizedtothreedimensionstodevelopamorecompletetheoryoftheelasticandplasticbehaviorof
materials.AnimportantfoundingpioneerinmechanicsofmaterialswasStephenTimoshenko.
Thestudyofstrengthofmaterialsoftenreferstovariousmethodsofcalculatingthestressesandstrainsin
structuralmembers,suchasbeams,columns,andshafts.Themethodsemployedtopredicttheresponseofa
structureunderloadinganditssusceptibilitytovariousfailuremodestakesintoaccountthepropertiesofthe
materialssuchasitsyieldstrength,ultimatestrength,Young'smodulus,andPoisson'sratioinadditionthe
mechanicalelement'smacroscopicproperties(geometricproperties),suchasitslength,width,thickness,boundary
constraintsandabruptchangesingeometrysuchasholesareconsidered.

Contents
1 Definition
1.1 Typesofloadings
1.2 Stressterms
1.3 Strengthterms
1.4 Strain(deformation)terms
1.5 Stressstrainrelations
2 Designterms
2.1 Failuretheories
3 Seealso
4 References
5 Furtherreading
6 Externallinks

Definition
Inmaterialsscience,thestrengthofamaterialisitsabilitytowithstandanappliedloadwithoutfailureorplastic
deformation.Thefieldofstrengthofmaterialsdealswithforcesanddeformationsthatresultfromtheiractingona
material.Aloadappliedtoamechanicalmemberwillinduceinternalforceswithinthemembercalledstresses
whenthoseforcesareexpressedonaunitbasis.Thestressesactingonthematerialcausedeformationofthe
materialinvariousmanner.Deformationofthematerialiscalledstrainwhenthosedeformationstooareplacedon
aunitbasis.Theappliedloadsmaybeaxial(tensileorcompressive),orshear.Thestressesandstrainsthatdevelop
withinamechanicalmembermustbecalculatedinordertoassesstheloadcapacityofthatmember.Thisrequiresa
completedescriptionofthegeometryofthemember,itsconstraints,theloadsappliedtothememberandthe
propertiesofthematerialofwhichthememberiscomposed.Withacompletedescriptionoftheloadingandthe
geometryofthemember,thestateofstressandofstateofstrainatanypointwithinthemembercanbecalculated.
Oncethestateofstressandstrainwithinthememberisknown,thestrength(loadcarryingcapacity)ofthat
member,itsdeformations(stiffnessqualities),anditsstability(abilitytomaintainitsoriginalconfiguration)canbe
calculated.Thecalculatedstressesmaythenbecomparedtosomemeasureofthestrengthofthemembersuchas
itsmaterialyieldorultimatestrength.Thecalculateddeflectionofthemembermaybecomparedtoadeflection
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criteriathatisbasedonthemember'suse.Thecalculatedbucklingloadofthemembermaybecomparedtothe
appliedload.Thecalculatedstiffnessandmassdistributionofthemembermaybeusedtocalculatethemember's
dynamicresponseandthencomparedtotheacousticenvironmentinwhichitwillbeused.
Materialstrengthreferstothepointontheengineeringstressstraincurve(yieldstress)beyondwhichthematerial
experiencesdeformationsthatwillnotbecompletelyreverseduponremovaloftheloadingandasaresultthe
memberwillhaveapermanentdeflection.Theultimatestrengthreferstothepointontheengineeringstressstrain
curvecorrespondingtothestressthatproducesfracture.

Typesofloadings
TransverseloadingForcesappliedperpendiculartothelongitudinalaxisofamember.Transverseloading
causesthemembertobendanddeflectfromitsoriginalposition,withinternaltensileandcompressive
strainsaccompanyingthechangeincurvatureofthemember.[1]Transverseloadingalsoinducesshearforces
thatcausesheardeformationofthematerialandincreasethetransversedeflectionofthemember.
AxialloadingTheappliedforcesarecollinearwiththelongitudinalaxisofthemember.Theforcescause
themembertoeitherstretchorshorten.[2]
TorsionalloadingTwistingactioncausedbyapairofexternallyappliedequalandoppositelydirectedforce
couplesactingonparallelplanesorbyasingleexternalcoupleappliedtoamemberthathasoneendfixed
againstrotation.

Stressterms
Uniaxialstressisexpressedby

whereFistheforce[N]actingonanareaA[m2].[3]Theareacanbethe
undeformedareaorthedeformedarea,dependingonwhetherengineering
stressortruestressisofinterest.
Amaterialbeingloadedina)

Compressivestress(orcompression)isthestressstatecausedbyan
compression,b)tension,c)shear.
appliedloadthatactstoreducethelengthofthematerial
(compressionmember)alongtheaxisoftheappliedload,itisin
otherwordsastressstatethatcausesasqueezingofthematerial.Asimplecaseofcompressionisthe
uniaxialcompressioninducedbytheactionofopposite,pushingforces.Compressivestrengthformaterials
isgenerallyhigherthantheirtensilestrength.However,structuresloadedincompressionaresubjectto
additionalfailuremodes,suchasbuckling,thataredependentonthemember'sgeometry.
Tensilestressisthestressstatecausedbyanappliedloadthattendstoelongatethematerialalongtheaxisof
theappliedload,inotherwordsthestresscausedbypullingthematerial.Thestrengthofstructuresofequal
crosssectionalarealoadedintensionisindependentofshapeofthecrosssection.Materialsloadedin
tensionaresusceptibletostressconcentrationssuchasmaterialdefectsorabruptchangesingeometry.
However,materialsexhibitingductilebehavior(mostmetalsforexample)cantoleratesomedefectswhile
brittlematerials(suchasceramics)canfailwellbelowtheirultimatematerialstrength.
Shearstressisthestressstatecausedbythecombinedenergyofapairofopposingforcesactingalong
parallellinesofactionthroughthematerial,inotherwordsthestresscausedbyfacesofthematerialsliding
relativetooneanother.Anexampleiscuttingpaperwithscissors[4]orstressesduetotorsionalloading.

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Mechanicalpropertiesofmaterialsincludetheyieldstrength,tensilestrength,fatiguestrength,crackresistance,
andothercharacteristics.[5]
Yieldstrengthistheloweststressthatproducesapermanentdeformationinamaterial.Insomematerials,
likealuminiumalloys,thepointofyieldingisdifficulttoidentify,thusitisusuallydefinedasthestress
requiredtocause0.2%plasticstrain.Thisiscalleda0.2%proofstress.[6]
Compressivestrengthisalimitstateofcompressivestressthatleadstofailureinamaterialinthemannerof
ductilefailure(infinitetheoreticalyield)orbrittlefailure(ruptureastheresultofcrackpropagation,or
slidingalongaweakplaneseeshearstrength).
Tensilestrengthorultimatetensilestrengthisalimitstateoftensilestressthatleadstotensilefailureinthe
mannerofductilefailure(yieldasthefirststageofthatfailure,somehardeninginthesecondstageand
breakageafterapossible"neck"formation)orbrittlefailure(suddenbreakingintwoormorepiecesatalow
stressstate).Tensilestrengthcanbequotedaseithertruestressorengineeringstress,butengineeringstress
isthemostcommonlyused.
Fatiguestrengthisameasureofthestrengthofamaterialoracomponentundercyclicloading,[7]andis
usuallymoredifficulttoassessthanthestaticstrengthmeasures.Fatiguestrengthisquotedasstress
amplitudeorstressrange(
),usuallyatzeromeanstress,alongwiththenumberofcycles
tofailureunderthatconditionofstress.
Impactstrength,isthecapabilityofthematerialtowithstandasuddenlyappliedloadandisexpressedin
termsofenergy.OftenmeasuredwiththeIzodimpactstrengthtestorCharpyimpacttest,bothofwhich
measuretheimpactenergyrequiredtofractureasample.Volume,modulusofelasticity,distributionof
forces,andyieldstrengthaffecttheimpactstrengthofamaterial.Inorderforamaterialorobjecttohavea
highimpactstrengththestressesmustbedistributedevenlythroughouttheobject.Italsomusthavealarge
volumewithalowmodulusofelasticityandahighmaterialyieldstrength.[8]

Strain(deformation)terms
Deformationofthematerialisthechangeingeometrycreatedwhenstressisapplied(asaresultofapplied
forces,gravitationalfields,accelerations,thermalexpansion,etc.).Deformationisexpressedbythe
displacementfieldofthematerial.[9]
Strainorreduceddeformationisamathematicaltermthatexpressesthetrendofthedeformationchange
amongthematerialfield.Strainisthedeformationperunitlength.[10]Inthecaseofuniaxialloadingthe
displacementsofaspecimen(forexampleabarelement)leadtoacalculationofstrainexpressedasthe
quotientofthedisplacementandtheoriginallengthofthespecimen.For3Ddisplacementfieldsitis
expressedasderivativesofdisplacementfunctionsintermsofasecondordertensor(with6independent
elements).
Deflectionisatermtodescribethemagnitudetowhichastructuralelementisdisplacedwhensubjecttoan
appliedload.[11]

Stressstrainrelations
Elasticityistheabilityofamaterialtoreturntoitspreviousshapeafterstressisreleased.Inmanymaterials,
therelationbetweenappliedstressisdirectlyproportionaltotheresultingstrain(uptoacertainlimit),anda
graphrepresentingthosetwoquantitiesisastraightline.
TheslopeofthislineisknownasYoung'smodulus,orthe"modulusofelasticity."Themodulusofelasticitycan
beusedtodeterminethestressstrainrelationshipinthelinearelasticportionofthestressstraincurve.Thelinear
elasticregioniseitherbelowtheyieldpoint,orifayieldpointisnoteasilyidentifiedonthestressstrainplotitis
definedtobebetween0and0.2%strain,andisdefinedastheregionofstraininwhichnoyielding(permanent
deformation)occurs.[12]
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Plasticityorplasticdeformationistheoppositeofelastic
deformationandisdefinedasunrecoverablestrain.
Plasticdeformationisretainedafterthereleaseofthe
appliedstress.Mostmaterialsinthelinearelastic
categoryareusuallycapableofplasticdeformation.
Brittlematerials,likeceramics,donotexperienceany
plasticdeformationandwillfractureunderrelativelylow
strain,whileductilematerialssuchasmetallics,lead,or
polymerswillplasticlydeformmuchmorebeforea
fractureinitiation.
Considerthedifferencebetweenacarrotandchewedbubble
gum.Thecarrotwillstretchverylittlebeforebreaking.The
chewedbubblegum,ontheotherhand,willplasticallydeform
enormouslybeforefinallybreaking.

Basicstaticresponseofaspecimenundertension

Designterms
Ultimatestrengthisanattributerelatedtoamaterial,ratherthanjustaspecificspecimenmadeofthematerial,and
assuchitisquotedastheforceperunitofcrosssectionarea(N/m2).Theultimatestrengthisthemaximumstress
thatamaterialcanwithstandbeforeitbreaksorweakens.[13]Forexample,theultimatetensilestrength(UTS)of
AISI1018Steelis440MN/m2.Ingeneral,theSIunitofstressisthepascal,where1Pa=1N/m2.InImperial
units,theunitofstressisgivenaslbf/inorpoundsforcepersquareinch.Thisunitisoftenabbreviatedaspsi.One
thousandpsiisabbreviatedksi.
AFactorofsafetyisadesigncriteriathatanengineeredcomponentorstructuremustachieve.

whereFS:thefactorofsafety,R:Theappliedstress,andUTS:ultimatestress(psiorN/m2)[14]
MarginofSafetyisalsosometimesusedtoasdesigncriteria.ItisdefinedMS=FailureLoad/(FactorofSafety*
PredictedLoad)1
Forexample,toachieveafactorofsafetyof4,theallowablestressinanAISI1018steelcomponentcanbe
calculatedtobe
=440/4=110MPa,or =110106N/m2.Suchallowablestressesarealso
knownas"designstresses"or"workingstresses."
Designstressesthathavebeendeterminedfromtheultimateoryieldpointvaluesofthematerialsgivesafeand
reliableresultsonlyforthecaseofstaticloading.Manymachinepartsfailwhensubjectedtoanonsteadyand
continuouslyvaryingloadseventhoughthedevelopedstressesarebelowtheyieldpoint.Suchfailuresarecalled
fatiguefailure.Thefailureisbyafracturethatappearstobebrittlewithlittleornovisibleevidenceofyielding.
However,whenthestressiskeptbelow"fatiguestress"or"endurancelimitstress",thepartwillendure
indefinitely.Apurelyreversingorcyclicstressisonethatalternatesbetweenequalpositiveandnegativepeak
stressesduringeachcycleofoperation.Inapurelycyclicstress,theaveragestressiszero.Whenapartissubjected
toacyclicstress,alsoknownasstressrange(Sr),ithasbeenobservedthatthefailureofthepartoccursaftera
numberofstressreversals(N)evenifthemagnitudeofthestressrangeisbelowthematerialsyieldstrength.
Generally,highertherangestress,thefewerthenumberofreversalsneededforfailure.

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Therearefourimportantfailuretheories:maximumshearstresstheory,maximumnormalstresstheory,maximum
strainenergytheory,andmaximumdistortionenergytheory.Outofthesefourtheoriesoffailure,themaximum
normalstresstheoryisonlyapplicableforbrittlematerials,andtheremainingthreetheoriesareapplicablefor
ductilematerials.Ofthelatterthree,thedistortionenergytheoryprovidesmostaccurateresultsinmajorityofthe
stressconditions.ThestrainenergytheoryneedsthevalueofPoissonsratioofthepartmaterial,whichisoftennot
readilyavailable.Themaximumshearstresstheoryisconservative.Forsimpleunidirectionalnormalstressesall
theoriesareequivalent,whichmeansalltheorieswillgivethesameresult.
MaximumShearstressTheoryThistheorypostulatesthatfailurewilloccurifthemagnitudeofthe
maximumshearstressinthepartexceedstheshearstrengthofthematerialdeterminedfromuniaxialtesting.
MaximumnormalstresstheoryThistheorypostulatesthatfailurewilloccurifthemaximumnormalstress
inthepartexceedstheultimatetensilestressofthematerialasdeterminedfromuniaxialtesting.Thistheory
dealswithbrittlematerialsonly.Themaximumtensilestressshouldbelessthanorequaltoultimatetensile
stressdividedbyfactorofsafety.Themagnitudeofthemaximumcompressivestressshouldbelessthan
ultimatecompressivestressdividedbyfactorofsafety.
MaximumstrainenergytheoryThistheorypostulatesthatfailurewilloccurwhenthestrainenergyperunit
volumeduetotheappliedstressesinapartequalsthestrainenergyperunitvolumeattheyieldpointin
uniaxialtesting.
MaximumdistortionenergytheoryThistheoryisalsoknownasshearenergytheoryorvonMisesHencky
theory.Thistheorypostulatesthatfailurewilloccurwhenthedistortionenergyperunitvolumeduetothe
appliedstressesinapartequalsthedistortionenergyperunitvolumeattheyieldpointinuniaxialtesting.
Thetotalelasticenergyduetostraincanbedividedintotwoparts:onepartcauseschangeinvolume,and
theotherpartcauseschangeinshape.Distortionenergyistheamountofenergythatisneededtochangethe
shape.
FracturemechanicswasestablishedbyAlanArnoldGriffithandGeorgeRankineIrwin.Thisimportant
theoryisalsoknownasnumericconversionoftoughnessofmaterialinthecaseofcrackexistence.
FractologywasproposedbyTakeoYokoboribecauseeachfracturelawsincludingcreeprupturecriterion
mustbecombinednonlinearly.
Amaterial'sstrengthisdependentonitsmicrostructure.Theengineeringprocessestowhichamaterialissubjected
canalterthismicrostructure.Thevarietyofstrengtheningmechanismsthatalterthestrengthofamaterialincludes
workhardening,solidsolutionstrengthening,precipitationhardeningandgrainboundarystrengtheningandcanbe
quantitativelyandqualitativelyexplained.Strengtheningmechanismsareaccompaniedbythecaveatthatsome
othermechanicalpropertiesofthematerialmaydegenerateinanattempttomakethematerialstronger.For
example,ingrainboundarystrengthening,althoughyieldstrengthismaximizedwithdecreasinggrainsize,
ultimately,verysmallgrainsizesmakethematerialbrittle.Ingeneral,theyieldstrengthofamaterialisan
adequateindicatorofthematerial'smechanicalstrength.Consideredintandemwiththefactthattheyieldstrength
istheparameterthatpredictsplasticdeformationinthematerial,onecanmakeinformeddecisionsonhowto
increasethestrengthofamaterialdependingitsmicrostructuralpropertiesandthedesiredendeffect.Strengthis
expressedintermsofthelimitingvaluesofthecompressivestress,tensilestress,andshearstressesthatwould
causefailure.Theeffectsofdynamicloadingareprobablythemostimportantpracticalconsiderationofthe
strengthofmaterials,especiallytheproblemoffatigue.Repeatedloadingofteninitiatesbrittlecracks,whichgrow
untilfailureoccurs.Thecracksalwaysstartatstressconcentrations,especiallychangesincrosssectionofthe
product,nearholesandcornersatnominalstresslevelsfarlowerthanthosequotedforthestrengthofthematerial.

Seealso
Creepofmaterials
Deformationmechanism
maps
Diffusioninmaterials
Dynamics
Fatigueofmaterials

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Fatigueofmaterials
Forensicengineering
Fracturemechanics
Fracturetoughness
Materialselection
Specificstrength
Statics

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