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Homework Statement
1) Why, in general, do brittle materials not achieve their theoretical tensile strengths?
2) Why, in general, do ductile materials not achieve their theoretical shear strengths?
Homework Equations
None needed. Wordy answer.
The Attempt at a Solution
Something to do with the stress intensity factor / defects for brittle materials??
Thanks.