[MUSIC] Hello, this is module eight of

Mechanics of Materials Part I. Today's learning outcome is to define and discuss

something which we're
gonna call normal strain. And so again, here's that axial
test that I showed before of a specimen being stretched
by an axial force. The length becomes longer,
it's sum L plus delta, and so we talk about strain as being
the elongation per unit length and it's given the symbol epsilon and so it's
that delta, that stretch over the length. And it's dimensionless. We often talk
about it being
as millimeters per millimeter. Or maybe inches per inch in
the English unit system, but it's actually dimensionless because the
millimeters per millimeter cancels out. The sign convention again, a positive te
nsion force
causes a positive elongation. And a negative or a compressive force causes a sho
rtening
and that's a negative strain. And so that's our sign convention. And here we go
again. Similar to stresses now, we talk about
normal strain, or engineering strain. That's what we use in most
problems that we're gonna solve. It's based on the initial
length of our specimen. The specimen will get slightly larger. For most material
s it's
quite a small amount. And so if we were to use the actual
length as it stretches out, that would be true strain, and therefore
the strain would be a little bit smaller because the length would be larger. And
so now we have the basic
concepts of stress and strain fundamental to the understanding
of mechanics and materials. I've got another worksheet for you, we're
gonna take another flat steel alloy bar. It's got an initial length of 900 mm. W
e're gonna subject it
to a tensile load and we're gonna say that the bar
elongates by 0.5 mm and I want you to determine the nominal, or
engineering axial strain in the bar. And again I've included
the solution in the worksheet. And when you finish it, you'll be
all set and I'll see you next time. [SOUND]