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FEA Quiz

Check your FEA knowledge with this quiz:

Note: A person who knows the correct answers is not necessarily a competent FE analyst. However, knowing these answers would be really nice and would lead to greater confidence in that person's analysis work.

Question 1:

If you had one steel and one aluminum cylinder of equal cross-sectional areas (1 sq-in) and both cylinders are loaded with a force of 100 lbf, which cylinder will have the higher stress? By how much would you expect the stress values to differ?

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Answer 1:

The stress will be the same regardless of material used - since stress is F/A.