It is a failure caused by a load in tension; that is, a force that stretches the material. For example, if you pull a beam along its axis and stetch it until it breaks, that is a tensile failure.
rod tensile failure
Tensile strength is the minimum force that the specimen withstands without suffering a failure. Breaking strength is that force which is required to break the specimen.
A Tensile testing machine also called as tension testing is used as a fundamental material in science in which a sample or specimen is subjected to a certain amount of tension until its failure. This is commonly used in quality control testing.
no iron has any tensile strength
Liquids do not have tensile strength. The equivalent property is viscosity.
rod tensile failure
A sample is tested using a tensile test machine by loading it in a direction along its axis. The load is measured with a load cell, and when the sample breaks its tensile strength is determined by dividing the failure load by its area.
The splitting tensile test specimen is subjected to a compressive load. For brittle matrixes such as cementitious products, the compressive strength is typically around an order of magnitude higher than tensile strength. On a microstructure scale, the compressive forces are trying to crush the individual crystallites while the tensile forces only have to fracture the connections between crystallites. The splitting tensile test specimen fails due to the tensile forces generated as it distorts perpendicular to the applied compressive load. In practice, a loading cap on the loading faces of the specimen generates a compressive column in the sample and the true failure is in shear along this compressive column due to the tensile forces. In practicality, this test is also useful for flexural testing of weak composite materials where in both cases a compressive load generates tensile forces that initiate a failure that travels to the neutral axis resulting in shear as well.
Tensile strength is the minimum force that the specimen withstands without suffering a failure. Breaking strength is that force which is required to break the specimen.
The correct term is "shear tensile strength." This term refers to the material's ability to withstand shear stresses before failure, particularly in situations where tensile forces are also acting. "Tensile shear strength" is less commonly used and may cause confusion, as it implies a different relationship between tensile and shear stresses.
Tensile strength is one of the basic and important properties of the concrete. The concrete is not usually expected to resist the direct tension because of its low tensile strength and brittle nature. However, the determination of tensile strength of concrete is necessary to determine the load at which the concrete members may crack. The cracking is a form of tension failure.
load drops verticcally due to failure of theads etc...
building will collapse due to steel failure
When the axial loads(Tensile/Compressive) will rise above the strength of specially designed socket , spigot and cotter. The failure may be of anyone component or together.
B. Walter Rosen has written: 'Tensile failure criteria for fiber composite materials'
Not really. There may be some relationships that work narrowly within very similar materials, but they really are different physical properties.There is no formulae to calculate yield strength from tensile strength...
a coupon is placed in tensile test machine and pulled on along its axis with a known load; when it breaks that is its tensile load strength; divide by coupon cross sectional area to get ultimate stress. Usually the coupon is shaped as a dog bone to provide grip at the ends and failure in the middle