Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Stress and strain

Stress and strain — practice question

The graph illustrates how the strain of a material changes with stress as it is stretched elastically. Why is the strain energy per unit volume of the material not equal to the area beneath the graph?

  • AThe axes are the wrong way round.
  • BThe graph is not a straight line.
  • CThe graph is strain-stress instead of extension-force.
  • DThe material is polymeric.

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