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How to test stiffness of material??

Thread starter grayada1
Start date Jul 19, 2005

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Jul 19, 2005

grayada1

Chemical

Im looking to test the different stiffness of a couple materials. Ive been told to use a secant modulus test. IM just wondering if that make sense or not. I dont really know what a secant modulus test will show but im wondering if it will test the stiffness