Why direct tension test specimens break flexing to the side

Physics

• Plastic Deformation 100%
• Flexing 100%
• Sides 80%
• Bifurcation 40%
• Deflection 20%
• Strength of Materials 20%
• Region 20%
• Failure 20%
• Behavior 20%
• Responses 20%
• Geometry 20%
• Rotation 20%
• Thermodynamics 20%
• Fracture 20%
• View 20%

INIS

• strain softening 100%
• bifurcation 40%
• stability 20%
• beams 20%
• size 20%
• thermodynamics 20%
• length 20%
• geometry 20%
• failures 20%
• peaks 20%
• yields 20%
• equilibrium 20%
• loading 20%
• cross sections 20%
• zones 20%
• rotation 20%
• fractures 20%
• energy absorption 20%
• restraints 20%
• unloading 20%
• peak load 20%

Engineering

• Test Specimen 40%
• Quasi-Brittle Material 40%
• Deflection 20%
• Thermodynamics 20%
• Cross Sections 20%
• Stability Analysis 20%
• Tensiles 20%
• Simple Model 20%
• Peak Load 20%
• Axial Force 20%
• Centroid 20%
• Energy Absorption Capability 20%
• Elastic Beam 20%
• Straightening 20%
• Failure (Mechanical) 20%
• Properties 20%
• Yields 20%
• Fracture 20%
• Columns (Structural) 20%
• Maximum Load 20%