Question

This scientist names a ratio equal to [read slowly] “2 C-sub-4-4 over C-1-1 minus C-2-2,” which quantifies how anisotropic a material is. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this scientist who also developed a namesake diode that allows current to reliably flow backwards once a certain reverse voltage is applied.
ANSWER: Clarence Zener [accept Zener ratio or Zener diode]
[10m] Zener and J. Herbert Hollomon created a formula that measures how much this quantity’s rate depends on temperature. The “engineering” form of this value denoted epsilon equals the change in length over the total length.
ANSWER: strain [accept strain rate or engineering strain]
[10e] Zener also developed a model of viscoelastic solids that uses a combination of these devices and dashpots. These devices exhibit a restoring force proportional to their displacement according to Hooke’s law.
ANSWER: springs [prompt on simple harmonic oscillators]
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Pitt ACWRU B (UG)1001020
Kenyon A (UG)Michigan D (DII)10101030
Michigan AMichigan C (UG)001010
Ohio State A (UG)Michigan B1001020
CWRU A (UG)Michigan State A0101020
Michigan State B (UG)CWRU D (DII)001010
CWRU C (UG)Pitt B (UG)0101020