ELASTICITY

ELASTICITY
The ability of a strained body to recover its
size and shape after deformation.

stress – characterizes the strength of forces

causing the deformation.

strain – the resulting deformation.

Hooke’s Law:
3 Types of Stress
tensile or compressive
stress – changes the length
of a strained body.
tensile stress

bulk stress – changes the

volume of a strained body.
bulk stress

shear stress – opposite

forces act at different points
in the body.
shear stress
Tensile and Compressive Stress
Consider a body of initial length lo acted upon by a
tensile or compressive force of F⊥.
Young’s Modulus (Y)
Example 1
Bulk Stress
When uniform pressure p acts on a body, the
volume of the body decreases.
Bulk Modulus (B)
Example 2
Shear Stress and Strain
When equal and opposite forces act tangent to the
opposite sides of a body, a shear strain is produced.

hφ
Shear Modulus (S)
Example 3

F// = 9.0 x 105 N A = 5.0 x 1-4 m2 Ssteel = 7.5 x 1010 Pa

F
Example 4
Example 5