What is the unit of strain

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Alvin Weaver

Physics

5 March, 10:53

What is the unit of strain

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Howard Reese · Answer 1

Strain has no units due to simply being the ratio between the extension and original length of a material, so Young's Modulus is measured by the same units as stress ... like newtons per square meter (Nm-2) or Pascals (Pa).

Keaton Dyer · Answer 2

Strain has no units due to simply being the ratio between the extension and original length of a material, so Young's Modulus is measured by the same units as stress ... like newtons per square meter (Nm-2) or Pascals (Pa).