Tuesday 7 November 2023

When you go beyond the elastic limit

Springs in Series, Springs in Parallel and Hookes Law. Seeing what happens when we go above the limit of proportionality and then beyond the elastic limit to the UTS and the breaking point. It's a lot more fun than stretching a couple of wires for Young's Modulus.
 


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