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Is there a formula to measure this?

If you know please share, thanks.

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Hi Nick1o2 - there may be a decent question in there somewhere, but in its current form this is not a good question because you haven't included any detail about the physical situation you want to measure, and also it looks like you haven't made any effort to find it yourself using a textbook, Wikipedia, or some other reference. – David Zaslavsky♦ Oct 24 '12 at 23:53
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There are, in fact, quite a few formulas that might answer this question depending on the configuration of the load and the bearing structure. Details are called for, as a complete exposition of on the subject of stress and strain is at least half a semester course at the university level. – dmckee♦ Oct 25 '12 at 1:43

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See these websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young's_modulus (not really useful...)

http://iiith.vlab.co.in/?sub=19&brch=45&sim=544&cnt=914

Using Young's modulus to measure how much something would bend with force applied on it.

Image from "Young's Modulus (Objective) : Physical sciences : Physical Sciences : IIIT Hyderabad Virtual Lab ." IIIT Hyderabad Virtual Lab . N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2012. http://iiith.vlab.co.in/?sub=19&brch=45&sim=544&cnt=914.

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