Material Properties and Behavior
Wood Mechanics and Performance
Composites and Materials
Mechanical Testing
Impact, Hardness, and NDT
100

This property describes how much a material stretches before breaking.

What is ductility?
100

Hardwood and softwood

What are the classifications of wood?

100

A structural material which consists of combining two or more constituents.

What is a composite?

100

The force applied to a material during testing.

What is load?

100

Charpy and Izod

What are some impact tests?

200

This type of behavior is fully reversibile (materials return to their original shape).

What is elasticity?

200

The protective layer between the bark and the wood.

What is the cambium?

200

Wood and bones

What are some examples of composites?

200

It states that a force exerted on or by a spring is directly proportional to the amount it is stretched or compressed, to the elastic limit.

What is Hooke's Law?

200

Measures the resistance of a material to penetration by a sharp object.

What is hardness test?

300

This value measures the slope of the elastic region.

What is Young's modulus?

300

Oak, ash, elm, maple, walnut, aspen

What are some hardwood species?

300

Composite materials which were traditionally used in aerospace industries.

What are advances composites?

300

 It is the maximum stress that an object can take before the stress strain curve is no longer linear.

What is proportional limit?

300

 Brinell, Rockwell, Shore.

What are some types of hardness tests?

400

This is the change in guage length divided by the original guage length.

What is percent elongation?

400

Parallel to the grain.

When is the tension is strongest?

400

Fiber and matrix.

What makes up a fiberous composite?

400

Raising the yield strength by permanently straining the material.

What is strain hardening?

400

Magnaflux, Radiography, Ultrasound, Liquid Penatrant

What are some types of NDT?

500

This property represents the total energy a material absorbs before fracture.

What is toughness?

500

A process by which lumber is sorted into classes.

What is stress grading?

500

Specific strength and stiffness

What is an advantage of composties?

500

 

 The strain calculated using actual and not original dimensions, given by εt ln(l/l0).

What is true strain?

500

Hardness of materials typically measured using loads less than 2 N using such test as Knoop.

What is macrohardness?