An aluminum bar with a 1.50-in. gage length, 0.130-in. width…
An aluminum bar with a 1.50-in. gage length, 0.130-in. width, and 0.100-in. thickness is loaded in tension. At the proportional limit, a load of 350 lb elongates the gage length by 0.00372 in. and reduces the width by 0.000084 in. Determine the Poisson’s ratio.