I recently saw that Imperial College London is starting to offer 3 new courses from 2010 between 3 departments:
Mechanical Engineering with Nuclear Engineering
Chemical Engineering with Nuclear Engineering
Materials with Nuclear Engineering...
Well the formula for elasticity (a.k.a Young's Modulus) is E = stress / strain.
You already know E and you've calculated stress, so plug the numbers into the equation and find your strain.
If you want to go further, you can calculate the extension of the steel rod by using the formula for...
What makes some pure metals more ductile than other pure metals?
I know ductility is defined as the ability of a material to be drawn into a wire, and one measurement of it is the percentage elongation from a tensile stress test. But does anyone know what is going on at an atomic level when the...