halosh, can u explain to me please for Q4a, how do we know from graph if brittle, ductile or polymeric?
and also Q4c.
Q4a
brittle: when the ultimate tensile stress occurs at the elastic limit ( thats when it breaks)
ductile: it can stretch after the elastic limit ( it becomes plastically deformed) then it some point it breaks
plastic: they usually have a low stress value and a large area under the graph , in the begiinng they are ductile but as stress increases they become plastically deformed
Q4c: stress= force/area
first find the minimum area of the tube from the graph , the highest stress is 9.5 * 10^8
area= (1.9 × 103) / (9.5 × 108)
= 2 * 10^-6
maximum area is given in the question
so subtract the minimum area from the maximum