This document discusses stress and strain concepts including:
1. Definitions of normal stress, normal strain, Poisson's ratio, shear stress, and shear strain. It also discusses tensile testing and stress-strain curves.
2. Stress-strain curves are shown for ductile and brittle materials. An example curve for low-carbon steel is described.
3. True stress and true strain are defined based on instantaneous cross-sectional area and gage length. Different regions of stress-strain curves are identified.