Tensile stress

Tensile stress is like pulling apart a rubber band or a piece of taffy. When you pull on a rubber band or taffy, it stretches, and you can feel the force that is pulling on it. This force is called tensile stress.

When you pull on something, you are trying to stretch it out, like making it longer. The tensile stress is the strength of that pulling force.

Everything has a limit to how much tensile stress it can handle before it breaks. Imagine a toy car that you can pull apart. If you pull too hard, the car will break, and you won't be able to put it back together. This is because the tensile stress was too much for the toy car to handle.

In the real world, things like bridges, buildings, cars, and airplanes all have to be designed to handle tensile stress. Engineers need to make sure that these structures can withstand pulling forces like the wind or the weight of people and things that use them.

So remember, tensile stress is the force of pulling on something like a rubber band, and it's important to make sure things can handle it without breaking.