TOUGHNESS


In materials science and metallurgy, 'toughness' is the resistance to fracture of a material when stressed. It is defined as the amount of energy that a material can absorb before rupturing, and can be found by taking the area (i.e., by taking the integral) underneath the stress-strain curve.
Toughness is measured in units of joules per cubic meter (J/m3) in the SI system and pound-force per square inch (sometimes expressed as in-lbf/in3) in US customary units.

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Fracture toughness

Tensile strength

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Engineering Stress-strain Curve

Super Fibers: Nanotubes make tough threads

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