#!/usr/bin/env python # coding: utf-8 # # Materials #
# ## Introduction # # # # Material properties are physical ones and in order to understand them you need to understand the physical terms they are based on. Since there are at least some of you who are currently taking Physics for the first time, I need to introduce you to some vocabulary. I am not going to be getting too deep into the meanings since that is what your Physics class is for, but I do need you to be aware prior to when it is covered elsewhere. Additionally, I will be discussing some terms that are beyond the basics Physics courses, and I will be spending a little more time with those, but it is not necessary that you fully understand them at this point in your college career. You will see them again. # # Furthermore there will be material properties that I do not discuss since they are not relevant to this course, or even the construction industry as a whole. These properties will be introduced (if at all) in your courses on Physics and Chemistry (if you take it). # # ### Units of Measure # # Just to preemptively clarify the meaning of some of the units and abbreviations, I'm going to be using I'm listing them here along with their definitions. I'm not defining many of the metric units since I'm not going to be using them frequently in examples and you will be learning all about them in Physics. # #Distance | Force | Pressure |
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