https://www.mechead.com/discussions/experimental/ Mechead.com Discussion Board en-GB Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:59:37 +0000 wpForo 60 https://www.mechead.com/discussions/experimental/true-and-engineering-stress/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:08:40 +0000 I am a student  in mechanical engineering and we graph a stress strain curve. I know what these values are and I even know how to calculate it given the engineering stress and strain, but I just don't understand why it is necessary in the first place to calculate the true stress and strain. Can anyone help?

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