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The maximum stress on an engineering stress–strain curve is the:

1. Yield strength
2. Proportional limit
3. Fracture strength
4. Ultimate tensile strength

Answer

D. Ultimate tensile strength

Solution

After the UTS, necking begins in ductile materials.

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