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Which material would you take, steel or bricks/stone to design a bridge. Why? ( Question related to poisson's ratio)​

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i would choose steel because the steel used for normal construction have several hundred Mega Pascal strength. one of the special feature of steel is its ductility. it is the deformation capability before the final breakage.

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