ULTIMATE STRENGTH. The maximum conventional stress (tensile, compressive or shear) that a material can withstand.
You may also like
SCLEROSCOPE TEST. A hardness test in which the loss in kinetic energy of a falling metal “tup,” absorbed by indentation upon impact of […]
WORKING ZONE. That portion of the enclosed volume of a piece of thermal processing equipment occupied by parts or raw material during the […]
TRANSGRANULAR FRACTURE. Fracture through or across the crystals or grains of a metal. Also called transcrystalline fracture or intracrystalline fracture.
WORK HARDNESS. Hardness developed in metal resulting from cold working.