Engineering stress

Noun

Definitions

1.NounIn a tensile test, the ratio of the applied force to the initial cross-sectional area of the tensile specimen (ignoring the gradual decrease in area resulting from Poisson's ratio).

Synonyms

engineering strain true stress tensile strain ultimate tensile strength strain tensile strength safety factor stress true strain eigenstress tension shear stress

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