Toughness
In materials science and metallurgy, toughness is the ability of a material to absorb energy and plastically deform without fracturing;[1] […]
Engineering Design, Materials
Plasticity
Stress-strain curve showing typical yield behavior for nonferrous alloys. Stress (σ) is shown as a function of strain (ε) 1:
Engineering Design, Machining, Manufacturing, Materials
Deformation
In materials science, deformation is a change in the shape or size of an object due to an applied force
Engineering Design
Elasticity
In physics, elasticity is the physical property of a material that returns to its original shape after the stress (e.g.
Engineering Design, Materials
Stress-Strain Diagram
Stress-strain relations Basic static response of a specimen under tension Elasticity is the ability of a material to return to
Materials
Lattice Structure Videos
Body Center Cubic (BCC) Face Center Cubic (FCC) Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIeRqoWaGg4
Materials
Hexagonal Crystal System
An example of the hexagonal crystals, beryl Hexagonal Hanksite crystal Hexagonal lattice cell In crystallography, the hexagonal crystal system is
Materials
Cubic Crystal System
A rock containing three crystals of pyrite (FeS2). The crystal structure of pyrite is simple cubic, and this is
Materials
Metallic Bonding
Metallic bonding is the electrostatic attractive forces between the delocalized electrons, called conduction electrons, gathered in an “electron sea”, and
Materials
Covalent Bonding
A covalent bond forming H2 (right) where two hydrogen atoms share the two electrons. A covalent bond is a form