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COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
JENNIELLE RUIZ
BSAR 4B
YIELD STRENGTH
Yield strength is defined as the stress at which a material ceases elastic
deformation and begins plastic deformation. It is one of a material’s most
important mechanical properties. It helps engineers to understand how a
material deforms when subjected to stress, therefore assisting them in picking
appropriate materials for different applications. Yield strength is determined by
conducting a tensile test on a material specimen.
Yield strength is defined as the maximum stress a material will tolerate before
plastic deformation begins. The term “yield strength” is typically used in the
context of ductile materials, or materials that can deform.
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The mathematical formula for yield strength, or stress at yielding, is simply the
basic formula for determining stress: force divided by area normal to the force.
Yield strength is specifically defined as the applied force when plastic
deformation begins divided by the original cross-sectional area of the test
sample. This can also be referred to as the engineering stress at the yield point.
The formula is given below:
Where:
ULTIMATE STRENGTH
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COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
The only difference is strength is the load applied to break a material whereas
stress is an applied load without failure.
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NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
REFERENCES
Team Xometry. (2023, May 6). *Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS): Definition, How
It Works, Calculation, and Example*. Xometry X. Retrieved from
https://www.xometry.com/resources/materials/ultimate-tensile-
strength/#:~:text=The%20ultimate%20tensile%20strength%20is%20also%20kno
wn%20as%20the%20tensile,before%20the%20material%20completely%20fails.
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