23 Tensile Strength
Tensile strength (TS) or Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before breaking.
Video about Yield Point
Watch this 2:22 video Metals 101-10 The Yield Point, by ToolNotes, 6 March 2019.
In brittle materials, the ultimate tensile strength is close to the yield point, whereas in ductile materials, the ultimate tensile strength can be higher.
The ultimate tensile strength is usually found by performing a tensile test and recording the engineering stress versus strain.
Video about Tensile Test
Watch this 5:49 video Metals 101-7 Tensile Testing and the Stress Strain Diagram by ToolNotes, 27 December 2018.
The highest point of the stress–strain curve is the ultimate tensile strength and has units of stress. The equivalent point for the case of compression, instead of tension, is called the compressive strength.
Tensile strengths are rarely of any consequence in the design of ductile members, but they are important with brittle members. They are tabulated for common materials such as alloys, composite materials, ceramics, plastics, and wood.
Derived from Ultimate tensile strength – Wikipedia accessed and available online 30 November 2024.