Properties of Metals
DOE-HDBK-1017/1-93
OBJECTIVES
TERMINAL OBJECTIVE
1.0
Without references, DESCRIBE how changes in stress, strain, and physical and chemical
properties effect the materials used in a reactor plant.
ENABLING OBJECTIVES
1.1
DEFINE the following terms:
a.
Stress
b.
Tensile stress
c.
Compressive stress
d.
Shear stress
e.
Compressibility
1.2
DISTINGUISH between the following types of stresses by the direction in which stress
is applied.
a.
Tensile
b.
Compressive
c.
Shear
1.3
DEFINE the following terms:
a.
Strain
b.
Plastic deformation
c.
Proportional limit
1.4
IDENTIFY the two common forms of strain.
1.5
DISTINGUISH between the two common forms of strain as to dimensional change.
1.6
STATE how iron crystalline lattice,
g and a, structure deforms under load.
1.7
STATE Hooke's Law.
1.8
DEFINE Young's Modulus (Elastic Modulus) as it relates to stress.
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