Elasticity bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Restoring force per unit area.

   Item

   Stress

2. Clue

   Fractional change in dimension, with no units.

   Item

   Strain

3. Clue

   Stress proportional to strain for small deformations.

   Item

   Hooke's law

4. Clue

   Point B, beyond which strain grows fast.

   Item

   Yield point

5. Clue

   Rubber-like solid that does not obey Hooke's law.

   Item

   Elastomer

6. Clue

   Tensile stress over longitudinal strain.

   Item

   Young modulus

7. Clue

   Another name for the shear modulus.

   Item

   Rigidity

8. Clue

   A deep thin beam bending sideways under load.

   Item

   Buckling

9. Clue

   Lateral strain divided by longitudinal strain.

   Item

   Poisson ratio

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation