Mechanical Properties of Solids

Defines normal stress, longitudinal strain, and Hooke's law of proportionality within the elastic limit.

Relates longitudinal stress to longitudinal strain and gives the elongation of a uniform wire under tension.

Gives the ratio of tangential shearing stress to shear strain angle in a solid.

Relates excess hydraulic pressure to fractional volume compression, with compressibility as its reciprocal.

Gives the ratio of fractional lateral contraction to fractional longitudinal extension in a stretched body.

Gives the work stored as elastic potential energy in a deformed wire and the energy per unit volume.