Property

Tensile strength
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Definition

The maximum uniaxial pulling stress a solid material can endure before experiencing permanent plastic deformation or total structural yield.

Description

The foundational mechanical property utilized by engineers to size load-bearing elevator cables, structural steel fasteners, and life-safety fall harnesses.

Example

15

Technical definition

Data type

Float

Unit

Kilopascal (kPa)

Quantity Kind

Force Per Area

Usage

Property groups (1)

References

Reference documents (2)

  • EN ISO 6892-1 Tensile Testing of Metals v1.0
  • ISO 527 Plastics Tensile Testing v1.0

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