Tensile strength
capacity of a material or structure to withstand loads tending to elongate; resists tension (being pulled apart); measured by the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before breaking / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tensile strength is a measurement of the force required to pull something such as rope, wire, or a structural beam to the point where it breaks.
The tensile strength of a material is the maximum amount of tensile stress that it can take before failure, for example breaking.
There are three typical definitions of tensile strength:
- Yield strength - The stress a material can withstand without permanent deformation. This is not a sharply defined point. Yield strength is the stress which will cause a permanent deformation of 0.2% of the original dimension.
- Ultimate strength - The maximum stress a material can withstand.
- Breaking strength - The stress coordinate on the stress-strain curve at the point of rupture.