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Mechanical Strength of Materials

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The response of materials to applied forces concerns a field of material properties which has been of prime interest to human beings since the emergence of mankind. Even as a child, already, one gathers experiences about what we vaguely call the “strength” of a material, by feeling with our fingers how “hard” or “soft” a specific material is.

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Institute for Materials Science, University of Stuttgart, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany

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Mittemeijer, E.J. (2010). Mechanical Strength of Materials. In: Fundamentals of Materials Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10500-5_11

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