Typical Values of Young's Modulus of Materials What is the Young's Modulus of Steel? The Young's modulus of steel (also referred to as modulus of elasticity of steel) is between…

Enineering Fundamentals: Stress strain curve What is the stress strain curve? The stress strain curve of a material shows the relationship between its stress and strain. It is obtained through…

Density of Steel What is the density of Steel? The density of steel ranges between 7850 kg/m3 to 8050 kg/m3 (484 and 503 Ib/ft3) and this depends on its alloying…

Densities of Metals and Alloys Typical Densities of Metals and Alloys The density (specific mass) of a substance is its mass per unit volume. Metal and Alloy densities vary significantly…

Engineering Fundamentals: Young's Modulus of Materials What is Young's Modulus? The Young's modulus of a material, E is also referred to as the Modulus of Elasticity or Tensile Modulus.  It…

Water Properties What is the Specific Heat of Water The specific heat of water is 4182 J/kg°C, which is a high specific heat capacity and is sometimes taken as 4,200…

Water Properties: Specific weight Specific Weight of Water The specific weight is the weight per unit volume of a material. The specific weight of water is 9.81 kN/m3 or 62.43…

Water Density What is the density of water? The density (specific mass) of a substance is its mass per unit volume. The density of water is approximately 1g/m3 (1 gram…

Concrete Properties What is Concrete Density and Unit Bulk Weight? Concrete density or bulk density or unit weight of concrete is the mass or weight of concrete that is required…

Concrete Foundation Design Procedure What is a Pile cap? A pile cap is a substructure foundation which supports internal columns and walls of a building or bridge supports. The purpose…