Flashcards
AS Physics (Materials)
Cards in this deck (9)
- 1Breaking StressThe lowest stress required to break a material
- 2BrittleDoesn't deform plastically, snaps under stress
- 3Brittle FractureWhen stress is applied, cracks form in the material increasing in size until the material breaks.
- 4Compressive ForceCompression (squashing)
- 5DensityMass per unit volume of a material.
- 6ElasticWhen a material is able to return to it's original shape after forces are applied.
- 7Elastic LimitPoint at which the material is no longer acting elastically but now plastically.
- 8Hooke's LawExtension of a material is directly proportional to the load applied until the limit of proportionality.
- 9Hooke's Law LimitLimit of proportionality, point at which a material stops acting elastically.