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Yield stress from tensile test and yield stress from hardness tests

 
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Mar21-12, 09:48 AM   #1
 

Yield stress from tensile test and yield stress from hardness tests


Why can there sometimes be a difference observed between them?
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Because a hardness test is a highly nonlinear test which is only able to approximate yield strength of the material using some loose relationships.
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