Strength vs. Hardness vs. Toughness - Engineering Stack Exchange
Feb 12, 2019 · 3 for this question: "What is the difference between strength, hardness and toughness in materials?" i have searched and have found these following definitions Strength …
materials - Durometer and Shore - Engineering Stack Exchange
Sep 9, 2020 · Can someone help me understand durometer and shore hardness testing with relation to rubber hardness? My understanding is durometer measures hardness, shore is a …
mechanical engineering - How do I determine what hardness to …
Jan 14, 2020 · The steel tire could easily be any hardness you want. It would be poor judgement to mess with the rolling element bearing hardness. The heat-treatment has been developed …
What is the significance of brittle materials and why do we use …
Apr 6, 2022 · We have studied that cast iron which is a brittle material is used in automobile cylinder block, head, housing flywheel etc. If it is a brittle material then why it is used there? …
At what temperature do I risk altering the structure of steel?
If I have structural or tool steel that has been treated to some standard (ASTM, SAE, ISO -- e.g., for hardness) but I don't know the details of the treatment, is there a "safe" temperature below …
Outline of Various Heat Treatment Processes - Engineering Stack …
Oct 10, 2021 · Your first statement is misleading or wrong; Hardness=brittleness. At the same hardness there can be a wide range of "brittleness" = lack of toughness in steels. The old …
Difference between Stiffness (K) and Modulus of Elasticity (E)?
Dec 30, 2021 · In Solid Mechanics, We can relate these K=AE/L. I am confused in these. Both resist deformations when load is applied on it. Is K constant like E is constant. Another thing …
Surface Finish and Strength - Engineering Stack Exchange
Jan 11, 2019 · There are a lot of different types of strength to describe steel (Compressive, tensile, yield, ultimate, fatigue, hardness, toughness, etc). Surface finish affects some of these …
strength - What is the physical reasoning behind metal becoming ...
Sep 23, 2021 · The effects of heating-quenching a metal is explained below Transformation hardening is the heat-quench-tempering heat treatment cycle addressed earlier in this article. …
What material property (Young's modulus, HRC hardness, Max …
Feb 22, 2022 · Given similar strength and hardness spec, materials that work-harden can be much worse to work with. If milling or drilling, some materials form nasty chips compared to …