1.105 | Fall 2003 | Undergraduate

Solid Mechanics Laboratory

Labs

pasta_03.pdf

Description:

The objectives of this experiment are to determine the failure strain of a strand of spaghetti and test the validity of Euler?s theory for the large deflections of an elastic lamina. The educational objectives are to introduce the concept of uncertainty in measurement and to learn something about strain in bending.

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