MSE 250 Quiz 1 Study Guide, Practice Questions and Review 2026
Proportional/Elastic limit - ✔✔Stress and strain values at the end of the linear elastic region
(straight part on curve)
Yield Strength - ✔✔Stress at plastic strain offset of 0.002
Tensile strength - ✔✔Maximum stress of the engineering curve (Maximum point on graph)
(where necking starts to appear)
Ductility - ✔✔Measure for deformation of the plastic (end point on the curve)
Resistance to fracture - ✔✔High to low
1. Metals
2. Composites
3. Ceramics
4. Polymers
Elastic: Resilience - ✔✔what energy can be stored
Elastic and plastic: Toughness - ✔✔what energy can be stored in elastic and plastic
True stress - ✔✔force/current area
True strain - ✔✔natural log of L sub i over L sub o
Hardness - ✔✔• Resistance to localized plastic deformation
Proportional/Elastic limit - ✔✔Stress and strain values at the end of the linear elastic region
(straight part on curve)
Yield Strength - ✔✔Stress at plastic strain offset of 0.002
Tensile strength - ✔✔Maximum stress of the engineering curve (Maximum point on graph)
(where necking starts to appear)
Ductility - ✔✔Measure for deformation of the plastic (end point on the curve)
Resistance to fracture - ✔✔High to low
1. Metals
2. Composites
3. Ceramics
4. Polymers
Elastic: Resilience - ✔✔what energy can be stored
Elastic and plastic: Toughness - ✔✔what energy can be stored in elastic and plastic
True stress - ✔✔force/current area
True strain - ✔✔natural log of L sub i over L sub o
Hardness - ✔✔• Resistance to localized plastic deformation
