Tensile Stress Is

question 38

Multiple Choice

Tensile stress is

• A) the strain per unit length.
• B) the same as force.
• C) the ratio of the change in length to the original length.
• D) the applied force per cross-sectional area.
• E) the ratio of elastic modulus to strain.

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