In article ,
"Dick" wrote:

okay, got pounds per Square Inch and elongation differences and the failure
sequence in my noodle.

For simplicity, let's use 120,000 and 80,000 psi numbers.

So if the 120,000 # piece is .667 square inches
and the 80,000# piece is 1.0 square inch,,,are the elongations the same???

Thanks, Dick

Ummm...

Think about it for a moment. To be different strengths, the two steels
must differ in chemical composition, right? Do you think that that
wouldn't also lead to different elongation under the same load?

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