Calculate Tension

[erth777@yahoo.com]

Can someone help calculate:

1. Tension required to snap a steel cable of various diameter.
2. Tension required to break a round bar of various diameter.
3. Tension required to break a square bar.

All using A36 steel with yield strength of 36ksi.

Thanks.

[Kelly_Bramble]

Stress = Force/Area

or

Force = Stress x Area

You need to determine the yield properties of the selected materials, area in tension and then you can estimate failure.

Here is a typical stress - strain curve.

Metal_yield.svg.png

[PinkertonD]

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