Research Article

Spring Deformation Gauge for Measuring Local Deformations in Triaxial Apparatus

Table 3

Ratio of yield strength/Young’s modulus for various metals [14].

Metalσy/Es

Aluminium0.714
Beryllium0.147
Brass0.058
Copper0.378
Lead0.206
Nickel0.500
Stainless steel0.114
Titanium0.910
Spring steel0.571