An aluminum bar with a 1.75-in. gage length, 0.220-in. width…
An aluminum bar with a 1.75-in. gage length, 0.220-in. width, and 0.085-in. thickness is loaded in tension. At the proportional limit, a load of 650 lb elongates the gage length by 0.00583 in. and reduces the width by 0.0002 in. Determine the Poisson’s ratio.