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Stress

Defined as the force per unit area of cross-section.

where
σ = stress [Nm-2]
F = force [N]
A = cross-sectional area [m2]
See also: Bending Stress, Breaking Stress, Compressive Stress, Creep, Critical Resolved Shear Stress, Elasticity, Elongation, Fatigue, Hookes Law, Local Stress Relieving, Neutral Plane, Normal Stress, Peierls Stress, Proportional Limit, Shear Stress, Step Stressing, Strain, Stress Resultant, Tensile Stress, True Stress, Viscous Force, Viscous Stresses, Working Stress, Young′s Modulus.

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