Here’s a useful way to rewrite Hooke’s law for an object under tension or compression. This will also help us define \(\textit{stress}\) and \(\textit{strain}\) more precisely. First we substitute \(k\) from Equation 9-2 into Equation 9-1.
\(F = \left(Y\frac{A}{L_0}\right)\Delta{L}\)
Then we divide both sides by the cross-sectional area A: