The Young modulus is often regarded as the quintessential material property, and students can learn to measure it. It is a...

Lesson 16-19

A stretched or compressed material will experience strain. If the material is of uniform cross-sectional area, strain...

Glossary Definition 16-19

Food scientists study the mechanical properties of food and have calculated the Young’s moduli of a range of foods.

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Whilst macroscopic diamonds cannot undergo large strains without breaking, researchers have manufactured diamond nanoneedles...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Richard Feynman famously demonstrated the role of brittleness in the failure of a rubber O-ring in the Challenger Space...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Typically, materials become thinner when they are stretched and thicker when they are squashed. However, auxetic materials, or...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16