Category:Breaking Stress

This category contains results about Breaking Stress.
Definitions specific to this category can be found in Definitions/Breaking Stress.

The breaking stress is the stress at which $\BB$ eventually fractures.

This breaking stress is indicated on the stress-strain diagram as point $E$.

Note that the breaking stress in this case is actually less than the stress needed to take $\BB$ to the end of the plastic region.

At this point $\BB$ has already started to break down internally, and it is no longer able to sustain that level of stress placed upon it.