A steel specimen is tested in tension. The specimen is 1.0 in. wide by 0.25 in. thick in the test region. By monitoring the load dial of the testing machine, it was found that the specimen yielded at a load of 12.5 kips and fractured at 17.5 kips.
a. Determine the tensile stresses at yield and at fracture.
b. Estimate how much increase in length would occur at 60% of the yield stress in a 2-in. gauge length.