Compressive strength or compression strength is the capacity of a material or structure to withstand loads tending to reduce size, as opposed to Tensile strength which withstands loads tending to elongate. In other words, compressive strength resists being pushed together, whereas tensile strength resists tension (being pulled apart). In the study of strength of materials, tensile strength, compressive strength, and shear strength can be analyzed independently.
Some materials fracture at their compressive strength limit; others deform irreversibly, so a given amount of deformation may be considered as the limit for compressive load. Compressive strength is a key value for design of structures.
Compressive strength is often measured on a universal testing machine. Measurements of compressive strength are affected by the specific test method and conditions of measurement. Compressive strengths are usually reported in relationship to a specific technical standard.
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Okay so, we weren't given much of a question other than "Prove the Earth's GFS is 9.81 N/KG"
So what I'm asking is, with the data that I have collected, is how I go about doing this?
As it stand we set up an experiment with the ticker tape machine, rolled the little buggy...
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Three point charges are located at the corner of an equilateral triangle. The Coulomb constant is 8.98755 X 109 N*m2 / C2
What is the strength of the electrostatic force on the top charge? Answer in units of N.
Length of each side is .19m
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A chain always breaks ath the weakest link. Right?
Hypothetical:
Where would a chain break if all the links were of equal strength, shape, shape, size... equal in every way. Ignore all tolerance rules, this is hypothetical!
Thanks!
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The microwaves in a microwave oven are produced in a special tube called a magnetron. The electrons orbit the magnetic field at 2.4 GHz, and as they do so they emit 2.4 GHz electromagnetic waves.
a) what is the magnetic field strength?
b) if the maximum diameter of...
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What is the approximate electric field strength of the electromagnetic waves radiated by a 100-W light bulb, measured 3.0m from the bulb?
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$$\vec{E}=\frac{kq}{d^{2}}$$
$$P=\frac{2kq^{2}a^{2}}{3c^{3}}$$
The Attempt at a Solution
I solved for...
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q=4.0x10^-6C, 8.0x10^-6C
d=2m
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Two charges of +4.0x10^-6 C and +8.0x10^-6C are placed 2.0m apart. What is the field strength halfway between them?
The Attempt at a Solution
netEa= (9.0x10^9)(4.0x10^-6C) + (9.0x10^9)(8.0x10^-6C)...
The electric field strength is 1.70×104 inside a parallel-plate capacitor with a 1.40 spacing. An electron is released from rest at the negative plate.
What is the electron's speed when it reaches the positive plate?
Help please...
Knowing the portion of the link BD has a uniform cross-sectional area of 800mm^2, determine the magnitude of the load P for which the normal stress in that portion of BD is 50 Mpa. (Hint draw a free body diagram of the link ABC)
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1. A 0.180g plastic bead is charged by the addition of 0.700 x 10^10 excess electrons. What electric field strength will cause the bead to hang suspended in the air?
2. Is amount of excess electrons the exact same as the charge of the bead??
3. I am sure you use F=qE. But I am...
Heres my given problem:
Gauge Length = 2 in.
Area = 0.5 in^2
The specimen yields under a load of 32,000 lb
The corresponding gauge length is 2.0083 (the 0.2 yield point)
Max load = 60,000 lb @ gage length = 2.60 in
I need to determine the yield strength, modulus of elasticity, and...
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An electron moving to the right at 3% the speed of light enters a uniform electric field parallel to its direction of motion. The electron is to be brought to rest in the space of 6.0cm.
What is the strength of the field?______N/C
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F = q * E
The...
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A. What is the strength of the electric field at the position indicated by the dot? (X=2.84 cm, s=5.37 cm, q=5.5 nC.)
B. What is the direction of the electric field at the position indicated by the dot? Specify the direction as an angle (in degrees) above or below...
I am trying to repair my 1920s pier and beam house and have a situation where I need to slide under two butted beams on top of a post the thinnest steel I can that will support the two beams. What would help me determine this would be a general idea of how to compare the strength of a flat...
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A 10-cm-diameter parallel-plate capacitor has a 1.0 mm spacing. The electric field between the plates is increasing at the rate 1*10^6V/m/s.
What is the magnetic field strength 3.0 cm from the axis?
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B= uo/(2*pi) *r/R^2*(Chang in Q/ change in...
Well I have this lab on electric field lab and what I did was measure the voltage from different distances on a parallel plate. So when I plotted the graph Voltae vs. Distance, I got a linear line and the equation was y = 85x (somewhat like that disregarding the y-intercept). My concern is what...
Hi, folks,
I'm an aspiring Mechanical Engineer, & as such am very new to the subject of stress, strain, etc. I'm designing an assembly using a hi-performance polymer that has the following characteristics:
Tensile Strength, 73°F 10.1 kpsi (10,100 psi)
Tensile Modulus (E) 340 kpsi...
Calculate the ionic strength of Ca2+ in a 0.01M CaCO3 solution.
equation to use is:
u=0.5 sum(Mi)(zi)^2
where M is the concentration and z is the charge of the species
my question is when I am calculating the ionic strength of Ca2+, do I have to include
CO3^2- that is in that...
This is a strange one:
1. The problem statement
It is known that the strength of the muscles is proportional to the area of their section.
In other words, if the muscles are two times more thick, they have four times greater strength.Explain why people cannot grow indefinitely tall...
what are the magnitude and direction of the electrical field strength at point Z in the situation below?
negatively charged sphere, x(-2.0*10-5C) is left most, 60 cm to the right of it is a positively charged sphere,Y (8.0*10-6C). Point Z is 30 cm to the right of Y.
What I did:
First i...
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What is the ultimate tensile strength if necking begins at a true strain = 0.25 in a material whose stress strain curve obeys the relation:
sigma=120000(epsilon)^1/2 psi?
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The Attempt at a Solution
I'm kind of stumped on this. I really...
Hi there, I am currently looking to measure the tensile strength using Young’s Modulus for steel and brass.
My results I have obtained are comparable with published values of E. My question is regarding the formulae, the one I used was: E = F/x X l/a
Where a is the original cross section...
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With the Earth's electric field the strength of the field at the Earth's surface is 100 V/m.
Now I think that means 100 volts per vertical meter height. My question is what is the strength of the Earth's electric field per meter^2 on horizontal Earth's surface...
[SOLVED] Tension: Force + Velocity. Breaking Strength.
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The tension at which a fishing line breaks is commonly called the ``breaking strength''. What minimum breaking strength is needed for a fishing line to stop a salmon that weighs 90.0 N in 18.0 cm if the fish is moving...
Hey, I'm doing my science fair project on how much force can an egg withstand from one direction without cracking and i want to know if the color has anything to do with it. My mom says that she has heard that it is just the breed and i have looked up the question on the internet and it says...
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(a) Find the altitude above the Earth's surface where Earth's gravitational field strength would be two-thirds of its value at the surface. Assume re = 6.371 103 km.
km
(b) Find the altitude above the Earth's surface where Earth's gravitational field strength would be...
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a) Find the altitude above the Earth's surface where Earth's gravitational field strength would be two-thirds of its value at the surface. Assume re = 6.371 103 km.
__________ km
(b) Find the altitude above the Earth's surface where Earth's gravitational field strength...
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The strength of gravity on the moon is 1/6 of that on earth. If a ball is thrown straight upward on the moon with initial velocity Vo the ratio of the height it reaches to the height it would reach on earth, if also thrown upward with velocity Vo is:
2
1/6
6
depends on Vo...
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Charges at three corners of a square are shown in Figure P26.34, in which n = 9. To answer the following questions, use the letters k, Q, q, L, and m.
IMAGE IS LOCATED HERE: http://www.webassign.net/knight/p26-34.gif
a) Write the electric field at point P in component form.
b)A...
Ionic Strength...help
I am taking Biochemistry. However, the prof talked about Inoic Strength in class.
This is the example,
u = 1/2 (Molarity) (ionic charge )^2
Example... .10M CaCl2
u = 1/2 (.10)(+2)^2 + (.20)(-1) ^2
u = 1/2 ( .40 + .20 ) = .30
I opened my Chemistry...
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What are the magnetic field strength and direction at the dot in Figure Ex32.8, in which v = 3.0*10^7 m/s?
Figure Ex.32.8 is attached to the this post.
r = 0.02828 m
m0/4pi = 10^-7 T
v = 3.0*10^7 m/s
q = 1.60217653*10^-19 C
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Biot-Savart Law...
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A magnetron is a microwave source in which a "bunch" of electrons travel on a circular orbit in a uniform magnetic field. As the electrons pass the electrodes, a high-frequency alternating voltage difference occurs. Suppose the resonant frequency is f = 2.82×10^10 s-1...
I have investigation on measuring the factors the signal strength from the transmitting antenna. I have some idea about measuring the signal strength.
Is it true to use field intensity meter to measure signal strength with the unit of volts per metre? Thank you for helping out.
Hello everybody, I'm having difficulty understanding the rationalization behind the strengths of Bronstend Lowry acids and bases and my textbook isn't too helpful. Can someone please expalin to me: (1) What exactly is effective negative charge density? (2) how does electronegativiy correspond to...
why does magnetic field strength decrease much faster than the inverse square of the distance like gravity? Is it because the force lines have to curve back to the source? Is magnetism also carried by an "imaginary" particle?
Thanks.
Mr Beh
Hi, Kinda new here so here goes.
I have been asked to drawn a graph B(magnetic field) vs Tan theata and find its slope, ok no problem there. The next question has asked me to use the value of the slope to obtain the value of the strength of the Earth's magnetic field in the region :eek...
There is this characteristic time associated with the decay of particles; ~10^-16s for electromagnetic decay, ~10^-23s for strong decay and >10^-13s for weak decay. Now I know that the decay time is to first order inversely proportional to the coupling constant squared (from a first order...
Tensile Strength of 4" square RV Bumper
I'm building a Class II style hitch for mounting on a 4" square RV Bumper. The RV bumper wall thickness is around .090 thousands. The bumper is welded perpendicular to a couple box frames on 60" centers. I intend to mount the hitch directly to the center...
Hello. This is my first time here, so let me know if I'm doing anything wrong "posting-wise."
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The electric potential in a region of space is V= (260 x^2 - 180 y^2) V, where x and y are in meters.
What is the strength of the electric field at (2.00 m, 3.00 m) ?
x =...
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Methods/equipment for radioactivity detection.
For my high-school Chemistry studies, needs clarification.
Geiger counter:
A small chamber contains a high voltage electric field inside filled with inert gas. When ionizing particles/radiation enters the chamber, it will ionise the...
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The Attempt at a Solution
I have been solving this question for quite some time but I can't get the answer yet.
I offset all the forces to point C and I get the following values:
Moment at y-axis, M(y) = 10Nm
Moment at...
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The figure shows a vertically polarized radio wave of frequency 1.0 times 10^6 traveling into the page. The maximum electric field strength is 1000V/m.
What is the maximum magnetic field strength?
What is the magnetic field strength at a point where E=500V/m down
What is...
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Two very long parallel wires which are 20cm apart ,carry currents of 1.5A and 2.0A respectively, flowing in opposite directions. Calculate the magnetic field strength at following points in plane of two wires
(i) midway between wires
(ii)at a point 10cm from the wire...