Mechanical Properties
- Compressive strength : Maximum stress a material can withstand before compressive failure (MPa)
- Density : Mass per unit volume (kg/m^3)
- Ductility : Ability of a material to deform under tensile load (% elongation)
- Fatigue limit : Maximum stress a material can withstand under repeated loading (MPa)
- Flexural modulus
- Flexural strength
- Fracture toughness : Energy absorbed by unit area before the fracture of material (J/m^2)
- Hardness : Ability to withstand surface indentation (e.g. Brinell hardness number)
- Plasticity (physics) : Ability of a material to undergo irreversible deformations (-)
- Poisson's ratio : Ratio of lateral strain to axial strain (no units)
- Shear modulus : Ratio of shear stress to shear strain (MPa)
- Shear strain : Change in the angle between two perpendicular lines in a plane
- Shear strength : Maximum shear stress a material can withstand
- Specific modulus : Modulus per unit volume (MPa/ m^3)
- Specific weight : Weight per unit volume (N/m^3)
- Tensile strength : Maximum tensile stress a material can withstand before failure (MPa)
- Yield strength : The stress at which a material starts to yield (MPa)
- Young's modulus : Ratio of linear stress to linear strain (MPa)
- Coefficient of friction (also depends on surface finish)
- Coefficient of restitution
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