How is a materials tensile strength measured?
This is an odd question because the answers are so similar. Case in point, different people use different words to describe things. I have to assume they mean the MAXIMUM tensile strength. So, you really have to weed things out. A is right out, the load alone doesn’t tell you anything. B looks good. C doesn’t make any sense. D Remember yield force isn’t QUITE the same as maximum force. When the material begins to yield, it can still take more. It’s very close to breaking, but it hasn’t broken quite yet. E Basically says you get stress from stress, that’s completely ridiculous. So, go with B, since stress always was and ALWAYS WILL BE Force divided by area.
