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Old 7th November 2009, 18:51   #1 (permalink)
 
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querie about abbreviations

I have been given the following information and i am trying to find out what the abbreviation stand for.

FTU = 38 KSI
FTY = 28 KSI
FSU = 24 KSI
E = 10.4 x 106 PSI
G = 3.9 x 106 PSI

any asisstance would be helpful.

many thanks R Barker
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Old 7th November 2009, 21:31   #2 (permalink)
 
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Its all to do with tensile strenght of and failure analysis of structures and materials like aluminium.
KSI stands for kilo-pound per square inch,
FTU is the Tensile Ultimate Strenght,
FTY is the Tensile Yield Strenght,
FSU is the Ultimate Shear Strenght,
E is the symbol for the Youngs Modulus (of elasticity) of a material....
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