A statement of a natural law that in an elastic material, strain is proportional to stress. The value of stress at which a material ceases to obey Hooke’s Law is known as the proportional limit. See ELASTICITY.
A statement of a natural law that in an elastic material, strain is proportional to stress. The value of stress at which a material ceases to obey Hooke’s Law is known as the proportional limit. See ELASTICITY.