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According to Hooke’s law of elasticity, if stress is increased, the ratio of stress to strain
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Mechanical Properties of Solids
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Solution:
According to Hooke’s law, within the elastic limit, stress is directly proportional to the strain i.e.
Stress ∝ Strain
or Stress = k strain StrainStress=k
where k is the proportionality constant and is known as modulus of elasticity.