This [emphasize] dimensionless quantity is one of the two main quantities measured by the SMARTS (“smarts”) neutron diffractometer. By using a camera to track specific points of a sample, this dimensionless quantity can be measured over a large area using digital image correlation. A device that measures this dimensionless quantity, whose namesake factor depends on the resistivity of alloys like constantan (“constant-tan”), can be used in theories named for this quantity being “finite” or “infinitesimal.” Increasing this dimensionless quantity leads to an increase in a Wheatstone bridge’s resistance in a common design for their namesake gauges. The negative ratio of two values of this quantity, respectively measured transversely and axially, is denoted nu and is named for Poisson (“pwah-SAWN”). For 10 points, what ratio of extension to original length is often plotted alongside stress? ■END■
ANSWER: strain [accept engineering strain or axial strain or transverse strain; accept strain gauges; accept finite strain theory or infinitesimal strain theory; prompt on epsilon]
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