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Grade 12th passMagnetism

plz tell me....
what is the unit of this expression?
area under stress-strain curve/slope of stress strain curve?
here “/” represents ratio of both.........

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7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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7 Years ago
The area under the stress-strain curve represents the mechanical energy per unitvolume consumed by the material. ... Area under the stress strain curve depicts the energy absorbed by the material prior to failure. In a sense it is the energy needed to fail the material.