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  2. Physical property - Wikipedia

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    Properties may also be classified with respect to the directionality of their nature. For example, isotropic properties do not change with the direction of observation, and anisotropic properties do have spatial variance. It may be difficult to determine whether a given property is a material property or not.

  3. List of materials properties - Wikipedia

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    A material property is an intensive property of a material, i.e., a physical property or chemical property that does not depend on the amount of the material. These quantitative properties may be used as a metric by which the benefits of one material versus another can be compared, thereby aiding in materials selection.

  4. Stiffness - Wikipedia

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    Elasticity (physics) – Physical property when materials or objects return to original shape after deformation; Elastic modulus – Physical property that measures stiffness of material; Elastography – Set of imaging methods for determining soft-tissue hardness; Hardness – Measure of a material's resistance to localized plastic deformation

  5. Mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Mechanics (from Ancient Greek μηχανική (mēkhanikḗ) 'of machines') [1] [2] is the area of physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter, and motion among physical objects. [3]

  6. Strength of materials - Wikipedia

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    The strength of materials is determined using various methods of calculating the stresses and strains in structural members, such as beams, columns, and shafts. The methods employed to predict the response of a structure under loading and its susceptibility to various failure modes takes into account the properties of the materials such as its yield strength, ultimate strength, Young's modulus ...

  7. Young's modulus - Wikipedia

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    Young's modulus is the slope of the linear part of the stress–strain curve for a material under tension or compression.. Young's modulus (or Young modulus) is a mechanical property of solid materials that measures the tensile or compressive stiffness when the force is applied lengthwise.

  8. Stress (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    Stress analysis is a branch of applied physics that covers the determination of the internal distribution of internal forces in solid objects. It is an essential tool in engineering for the study and design of structures such as tunnels, dams, mechanical parts, and structural frames, under prescribed or expected loads.

  9. Elasticity (physics) - Wikipedia

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    In physics and materials science, elasticity is the ability of a body to resist a distorting influence and to return to its original size and shape when that influence or force is removed. Solid objects will deform when adequate loads are applied to them; if the material is elastic, the object will return to its initial shape and size after ...