Difference between revisions of "Modulus of elasticity"
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Elastizitätmodul (Deut.); module d'élasticité (Fr.); module d'Young (Fr.); módulo de Young (Port.); coefficient of elasticity; elastic modulus; Young's modulus; Hooke's modulus | Elastizitätmodul (Deut.); module d'élasticité (Fr.); module d'Young (Fr.); módulo de Young (Port.); coefficient of elasticity; elastic modulus; Young's modulus; Hooke's modulus | ||
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* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 | * G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 | ||
Revision as of 12:56, 1 May 2016
Description
The ratio of the stress applied to a material verses its strain while it is maintained within its elastic limit. The modulus of elasticity is provides a comparison of the softness or stiffness of materials.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Elastizitätmodul (Deut.); module d'élasticité (Fr.); module d'Young (Fr.); módulo de Young (Port.); coefficient of elasticity; elastic modulus; Young's modulus; Hooke's modulus
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971
- Theodore J. Reinhart, 'Glossary of Terms', Engineered Plastics, ASM International, 1988
- Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000