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Steel has a "Poisson ratio" μ of 0.29 (in my book of problems at least). Am I understanding the meaning of this ratio correctly: if a steel cylinder is stretched along its symmetry axis by a factor p (something like 1.01 or 0.99) then the radius will change by a factor 1-μ(p-1)?
[So then the volume will go like p(1-μ(p-1))2 and the density inversely?]
[So then the volume will go like p(1-μ(p-1))2 and the density inversely?]