Practice questions for Materials Science interviews
• If I place a cube in water, what shape does it make on the surface?
• Can you think of a logical reason why stress concentrates on the bottom of a crack when you
stretch a material?
• If a human being was doubled in size would he jump higher or less high?
• Can you think of a logical reason why stress concentrates on the bottom of a crack when you
stretch a material?
• How do isostress lines in a crack develop and how would you locate them mathematically?
• If a human being was doubled in dimension would he jump higher or less high?
• What structure can prevent cracks in carbon fibre?
• If the world’s surface temperature were to rise by 20 degrees what would be the initial and then
subsequent long-term effects?
Please see Physics and Chemistry questions for further practice.