After completing today's reading, exercises, and the associated homework you should be able to:
Explain the difference between displacements possible in rigid bodies and deformable bodies.
Define and calculate strain for a member subject to axial loading.
Graphically show how stress is related to strain; in particular define what is meant by
Linearly elastic region
Elastic region
Flow region
Elastic region
Fracture
Yield point and yield stress
Use Hooke's Law to calculate unknown stresses, strains, forces, and/or displacements for members subject to axial loads
Distinguish between the terms ductile and brittle, weak and strong, and stiffer and less stiff
Note: Any term in bold is a key vocabulary term that you should be able to define, regardless of whether or not that is the specific learning objective.