Recent content by Lyszko

For simple purposes, how about if you assume that you increase the force but don't change the area? This happens when the material elastically deforms under Hooke's Law after all.

So a stress-strain curve: σ on the x-axis and ε on the y axis. σ = F / A and ε = ΔL / L of course, L is a constant, and A is a constant if the material can be assumed to not-deform. Can a stress-strain curve therefore be thought of as a force-extension curve? i.e. essentially F on the x-axis and...