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  2. Stress–strain curve - Wikipedia

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    Definition. Generally speaking, curves representing the relationship between stress and strain in any form of deformation can be regarded as stressstrain curves. The stress and strain can be normal, shear, or mixture, and can also can be uniaxial, biaxial, or multiaxial, even change with time. The form of deformation can be compression ...

  3. Stress–strain analysis - Wikipedia

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    Stressstrain analysis (or stress analysis) is an engineering discipline that uses many methods to determine the stresses and strains in materials and structures subjected to forces. In continuum mechanics, stress is a physical quantity that expresses the internal forces that neighboring particles of a continuous material exert on each other ...

  4. Stress (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    In continuum mechanics, stress is a physical quantity that describes forces present during deformation. For example, an object being pulled apart, such as a stretched elastic band, is subject to tensile stress and may undergo elongation. An object being pushed together, such as a crumpled sponge, is subject to compressive stress and may undergo ...

  5. Viscoelasticity - Wikipedia

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    The relationship between stress and strain can be simplified for specific stress or strain rates. For high stress or strain rates/short time periods, the time derivative components of the stressstrain relationship dominate. In these conditions it can be approximated as a rigid rod capable of sustaining high loads without deforming.

  6. Psychological stress - Wikipedia

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    Psychological stress. In psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. [1] Stress is a type of psychological pain. Small amounts of stress may be beneficial, as it can improve athletic performance, motivation and reaction to the environment. Excessive amounts of stress, however, can increase the risk of strokes, heart ...

  7. Young's modulus - Wikipedia

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    Young's modulus is defined as the ratio of the stress (force per unit area) applied to the object and the resulting axial strain (displacement or deformation) in the linear elastic region of the material. Although Young's modulus is named after the 19th-century British scientist Thomas Young, the concept was developed in 1727 by Leonhard Euler.

  8. Linear elasticity - Wikipedia

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    where is the Cauchy stress tensor, is the infinitesimal strain tensor, is the displacement vector, is the fourth-order stiffness tensor, is the body force per unit volume, is the mass density, represents the nabla operator, () represents a transpose, () ¨ represents the second material derivative with respect to time, and : = is the inner product of two second-order tensors (summation over ...

  9. Yield (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Yield (engineering) In materials science and engineering, the yield point is the point on a stress-strain curve that indicates the limit of elastic behavior and the beginning of plastic behavior. Below the yield point, a material will deform elastically and will return to its original shape when the applied stress is removed.