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A 200-mm-long strip of metal is stretched in two steps, first to 300 mm and then to 400 mm. Show that the total true strain is the sum of the true strains in each step; in other words, the true strains are additive.

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Step-by-step explanation:

For true Strain:

step 1:

E true = Ln(1 + 0.5 ) = 0.40

Step 2:

E true = Ln(1 + 0.33 ) = 0.29

By single step process:

E true = Ln(1 + 1 ) = 0.69

total strain of step process = 0.40 + 0.29 = 0.69 units

SO TRUE STRAIN IS ADDITIVE.

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