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### Young's modulus

Rubber, a material with an extremely low Young's modulus

Young's modulus, which is also known as the elastic modulus, is a mechanical property of linear elastic solid materials. It defines the relationship between stress (force per unit area) and strain (proportional deformation) in a material.

Young's modulus is named after the 19th-century British scientist Thomas Young. However, the concept was developed in 1727 by Leonhard Euler, and the first experiments that used the concept of Young's modulus in its current form were performed by the Italian scientist Giordano Riccati in 1782, pre-dating Young's work by 25 years.[1] The term modulus is the diminutive of the Latin term modus which means measure.

A solid body deforms when a load is applied to it. If the material is elastic, the body returns to its original shape after the load is removed. The material is linear if the ratio of load to deformation remains constant during the loading process. Not many materials are linear and elastic beyond a small amount of deformation. A constant Young's modulus applies only to linear elastic materials. A perfectly rigid material has an infinite Young's modulus because an infinite force is needed to deform such a material. A material whose Young's modulus is very high can be approximated as rigid.[2]

A stiff material needs more force to deform compared to a soft material. Therefore, the Young's modulus is a measure of the stiffness of a solid material. Do not confuse:

• stiffness and strength: the strength of material is the amount of force it can withstand and still recover its original shape;
• material stiffness and geometric stiffness: the geometric stiffness depends on shape, e.g. the stiffness of an I beam is much higher than that of a spring made of the same steel thus having the same rigidity;
• stiffness and hardness: the hardness of a material defines the relative resistance that its surface imposes against the penetration of a harder body;
• stiffness and toughness: toughness is the amount of energy that a material can absorb before fracturing.

## Contents

• Technical 1
• Units 1.1
• Usage 2
• Linear versus non-linear 2.1
• Directional materials 2.2
• Calculation 3
• Force exerted by stretched or contracted material 3.1
• Elastic potential energy 3.2
• Relation among elastic constants 3.3
• Approximate values 4
• References 6

## Technical

The technical definition is: the ratio of the stress (force per unit area) along an axis to the strain (ratio of deformation over initial length) along that axis in the range of stress in which Hooke's law holds.[3]

Young's modulus is the most common elastic modulus, sometimes called the modulus of elasticity, but there are other elastic moduli such as the bulk modulus and the shear modulus.

### Units

Young's modulus is the ratio of stress (which has units of pressure) to strain (which is dimensionless), and so Young's modulus has units of pressure. Its SI unit is therefore the pascal (Pa or N/m2 or m−1·kg·s−2). The practical units used are megapascals (MPa or N/mm2) or gigapascals (GPa or kN/mm2). In United States customary units, it is expressed as pounds (force) per square inch (psi). The abbreviation ksi refers to "kpsi", or thousands of pounds per square inch.

## Usage

The Young's modulus enables the calculation of the change in the dimension of a bar made of an isotropic elastic material under tensile or compressive loads. For instance, it predicts how much a material sample extends under tension or shortens under compression. The Young's modulus directly applies to cases of uniaxial stress, that is tensile or compressive stress in one direction and no stress in the other directions. Young's modulus is also used in order to predict the deflection that will occur in a statically determinate beam when a load is applied at a point in between the beam's supports. Other elastic calculations usually require the use of one additional elastic property, such as the shear modulus, bulk modulus or Poisson's ratio. Any two of these parameters are sufficient to fully describe elasticity in an isotropic material.

### Linear versus non-linear

Young's modulus represents the factor of proportionality in Hooke's law, which relates the stress and the strain. However, Hooke's law is only valid under the assumption of an elastic and linear response. Any real material will eventually fail and break when stretched over a very large distance or with a very large force; however all solid materials exhibit nearly Hookean behavior for small enough strains or stresses. If the range over which Hooke's law is valid is large enough compared to the typical stress that one expects to apply to the material, the material is said to be linear. Otherwise (if the typical stress one would apply is outside the linear range) the material is said to be non-linear.

Steel, carbon fiber and glass among others are usually considered linear materials, while other materials such as rubber and soils are non-linear. However, this is not an absolute classification: if very small stresses or strains are applied to a non-linear material, the response will be linear, but if very high stress or strain is applied to a linear material, the linear theory will not be enough. For example, as the linear theory implies reversibility, it would be absurd to use the linear theory to describe the failure of a steel bridge under a high load; although steel is a linear material for most applications, it is not in such a case of catastrophic failure.

In solid mechanics, the slope of the stress–strain curve at any point is called the tangent modulus. It can be experimentally determined from the slope of a stress–strain curve created during tensile tests conducted on a sample of the material. The tangent modulus of the initial, linear portion of a stress–strain curve is called Young's modulus.

### Directional materials

Young's modulus is not always the same in all orientations of a material. Most metals and ceramics, along with many other materials, are isotropic, and their mechanical properties are the same in all orientations. However, metals and ceramics can be treated with certain impurities, and metals can be mechanically worked to make their grain structures directional. These materials then become anisotropic, and Young's modulus will change depending on the direction of the force vector. Anisotropy can be seen in many composites as well. For example, carbon fiber has much higher Young's modulus (is much stiffer) when force is loaded parallel to the fibers (along the grain). Other such materials include wood and reinforced concrete. Engineers can use this directional phenomenon to their advantage in creating structures.

## Calculation

Young's modulus, E, can be calculated by dividing the tensile stress by the extensional strain in the elastic (initial, linear) portion of the stress–strain curve:

E \equiv \frac{\mbox {tensile stress}}{\mbox {extensional strain}} = \frac{\sigma}{\varepsilon}= \frac{F/A_0}{\Delta L/L_0} = \frac{F L_0} {A_0 \Delta L}

where

E is the Young's modulus (modulus of elasticity)
F is the force exerted on an object under tension;
A0 is the original cross-sectional area through which the force is applied;
ΔL is the amount by which the length of the object changes;
L0 is the original length of the object.

### Force exerted by stretched or contracted material

The Young's modulus of a material can be used to calculate the force it exerts under specific strain.

F = \frac{E A_0 \Delta L} {L_0}

where F is the force exerted by the material when contracted or stretched by ΔL.

Hooke's law can be derived from this formula, which describes the stiffness of an ideal spring:

F = \left( \frac{E A_0} {L_0} \right) \Delta L = k x \,

where it comes in saturation

k = \begin{matrix} \frac {E A_0} {L_0} \end{matrix} \, and x = \Delta L. \,

### Elastic potential energy

The elastic potential energy stored is given by the integral of this expression with respect to L:

U_e = \int {\frac{E A_0 \Delta L} {L_0}}\, d\Delta L = \frac {E A_0} {L_0} \int { \Delta L }\, d\Delta L = \frac {E A_0 {\Delta L}^2} {2 L_0}

where U is the elastic potential energy.

The elastic potential energy per unit volume is given by:

\frac{U_e} {A_0 L_0} = \frac {E {\Delta L}^2} {2 L_0^2} = \frac {1} {2} E {\varepsilon}^2, where \varepsilon = \frac {\Delta L} {L_0} is the strain in the material.M

This formula can also be expressed as the integral of Hooke's law:

U_e = \int {k x}\, dx = \frac {1} {2} k x^2.

### Relation among elastic constants

For homogeneous isotropic materials simple relations exist between elastic constants (Young's modulus E, shear modulus G, bulk modulus K, and Poisson's ratio ν) that allow calculating them all as long as two are known:

E = 2G(1+\nu) = 3K(1-2\nu).\,

## Approximate values

Influences of selected glass component additions on Young's modulus of a specific base glass

Young's modulus can vary somewhat due to differences in sample composition and test method. The rate of deformation has the greatest impact on the data collected, especially in polymers. The values here are approximate and only meant for relative comparison.

Approximate Young's modulus for various materials
Material GPa psi
Rubber (small strain) 0.01–0.1[4] 1,450–14,503
Low density polyethylene[5] 0.11–0.86 16,000–65,000
Diatom frustules (largely silicic acid)[6] 0.35–2.77 50,000–400,999
PTFE (Teflon) 0.5 [4] 75,000
HDPE 0.8 116,000
Bacteriophage capsids[7] 1–3 150,000–435,000
Polypropylene 1.5–2[4] 218,000–290,785
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) 2–2.7[4] 290,000–390,000
Nylon 2–4 290,000–580,000
Polystyrene 3–3.5[4] 440,000–510,000
Medium-density fiberboard (MDF)[8] 4 580,000
wood (along grain) 11[4] 1.60×106
Human Cortical Bone[9] 14 2.03×106
Glass-reinforced polyester matrix [10] 17.2 2.49×106
Aromatic peptide nanotubes [11][12] 19–27 2.76×1063.92×106
High-strength concrete 30[4] 4.35×106
Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (50/50 fibre/matrix, biaxial fabric) 30–50[13] 4.35×1067.25×106
Hemp fiber [14] 35 5.08×106
Magnesium metal (Mg) 45[4] 6.53×106
Glass (see chart) 50–90[4] 7.25×1061.31×107
Flax fiber [15] 58 8.41×106
Aluminum 69[4] 1.0×107
Mother-of-pearl (nacre, largely calcium carbonate) [16] 70 1.02×107
Aramid[17] 70.5–112.4 1.02×1071.63×107
Tooth enamel (largely calcium phosphate)[18] 83 1.2×107
Stinging nettle fiber [19] 87 1.26×107
Bronze 96–120[4] 1.39×1071.74×107
Brass 100–125[4] 1.45×1071.81×107
Titanium (Ti) 110.3 1.6×107[4]
Titanium alloys 105–120[4] 1.5×1071.75×107
Copper (Cu) 117 1.7×107
Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (70/30 fibre/matrix, unidirectional, along grain)[20] 181 2.63×107
Silicon Single crystal, different directions [21][22] 130–185 1.89×1072.68×107
Wrought iron 190–210[4] 2.76×1073.05×107
Steel (ASTM-A36) 200[4] 2.9×107
polycrystalline Yttrium iron garnet (YIG)[23] 193 2.8×107
single-crystal Yttrium iron garnet (YIG)[24] 200 2.9×107
Cobalt-chrome (CoCr)[25] 220-258 2.9×107
Aromatic peptide nanospheres [26] 230–275 3.34×1073.99×107
Beryllium (Be)[27] 287 4.16×107
Molybdenum (Mo) 329 - 330 [4] [28] [29] 4.77×1074.79×107
Tungsten (W) 400 – 410 [4] 5.8×1075.9×107
Silicon carbide (SiC) 450 [4] 6.5×107
Tungsten carbide (WC) 450 – 650 [4] 6.5×1079.4×107
Osmium (Os) 525 - 562 [30] 7.61×1078.15×107
Single-walled carbon nanotube 1,000 + [31][32] 1.5×108 +
Graphene 1,050[33] 1.52×108
Diamond (C) 1,050 - 1210[34] 1.52×108 - 1.75×108
Carbyne (C)[35] 32,100[36] 4.66×109

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