>Hi,
>
>Basically Young's modulus is a proportionality constant
>between stress and strain induced in a material under
>loading. ie; E(youngs' Modulus) = Stress / Strain.
>
>As stress is the ration of applied force to the area of
cross-
>section and Strain is the ratio of change in length to the
>original length we have
>
>E = F.L / (A.l)
>
>Thus Young's Modulus depends on the applied force, length,.
>area of c.s and the change in length. But this might seem
>very generic as the this is an extrinsic property. A more
>intrinsic approach is E determines the resilence of the
>material, that's the amount of energy that can be stored in
>the material ie; the area under stress vs strain graph.
>
>Regards,
>Aditya Belwadi
>