Advanced Structural Analysis/Part I - Theory/Materials/Properties/Elasticity/Tensile Testing

Tensile Testing

Young's modulus can be measured by tensile testing of specimens such as the one in the picture below.

Tensile testing.

Equation (1) gives

$E={\frac {\Delta \sigma }{\Delta \epsilon }}$

Although, the procedure may seem perfectly straight forward at a glimpse, there are certain things that should be noted.