3.4.6 Work Coefficient Work or sometimes referred to as Energy is used to determine the resilience of a material. Work is calculated as the area under the graph. The area may be calculated for the entire test range or to a scope range you specify. See page 13 for the units of measure available for Work. Select the Work graph analysis tool. Next, select below the graph. Arrange the scope handles to the range you are interested. The area is displayed in blue. NOTE 1 joule equals 1000 newtons millimeter
WORK Tool
Work is expressed in joules - 0.01 mJ/mm 3 . It does not display with a unit in the graph views. See the unit is Results or Data views.
The scope range begins at the test run START and completes at the σ brk point marker.
L3 Tensile test Finding the Energy from the Start of the test to D@Lmin expressed as 0.61 joules
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