Properties of Engineering Materials

Question 1

Description of physical behavior:
Density
Specific Gravity
Porosity
Water absorption

Answer 1

Physical Properties

Question 2

2 Types of Density

Answer 2

Mass per unit volume:
bulk density
dry density

Question 3

The ratio of the density of the material to the density of water.

Answer 3

Specific gravity

Question 4

The ratio of the volume of spaces to the overall volume

Answer 4

Porosity

Question 5

Ratio of volume of voids to volume of solid materials

Answer 5

Void

Question 6

Ability of material to absorb and retain water

Answer 6

Water absorption

Question 7

Amount of water in the soil

Answer 7

Total moisture content

Question 8

Relates to its behavior in a chemical reaction:
Corrosion
Alloying
Compound formation

Answer 8

Chemical Properties

Question 9

Properties in terms of strength, tension, compression, shear, bending, torsion

Answer 9

Mechanical Properties

Question 10

How materials do not suffer from permanent change

Answer 10

Elasticity

Question 11

How materials suffer from a permanent change of form

Answer 11

Plasticity

Question 12

Materials withstand but with great deformation, high-stress w/o fracture

Answer 12

Toughness

Question 13

Can be practically compressed

Answer 13

Malleability

Question 14

Material that resists abrasion or resistant pressure

Answer 14

Hardness

Question 15

The ability of a material to resist failure under actions of stress

Answer 15

Strength

Question 16

Types of Stress

Answer 16

Compression
Tension
Shear
Bending
Torsion
Strain

Question 17

Applied force divided by original area

Answer 17

Stress

Question 18

The quantity used to provide a measure of the intensity of deformation

Answer 18

Strain

Question 19

The stress beyond which a material deforms by a relatively large amount

Answer 19

Yield point