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  2. Poisson's ratio - Wikipedia

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    Poisson's ratio of a material defines the ratio of transverse strain (x direction) to the axial strain (y direction)In materials science and solid mechanics, Poisson's ratio (symbol: ν ()) is a measure of the Poisson effect, the deformation (expansion or contraction) of a material in directions perpendicular to the specific direction of loading.

  3. Bulk Richardson number - Wikipedia

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    The Bulk Richardson Number (BRN) is an approximation of the Gradient Richardson number. [1] The BRN is a dimensionless ratio in meteorology related to the consumption of turbulence divided by the shear production (the generation of turbulence kinetic energy caused by wind shear) of turbulence.

  4. Creep (deformation) - Wikipedia

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    The phenomenological equation which describes Harper–Dorn creep is = where ρ 0 is dislocation density (constant for Harper–Dorn creep), D v is the diffusivity through the volume of the material, G is the shear modulus and b is the Burgers vector, σ s, and n is the stress exponent which varies between 1 and 3.

  5. von Mises yield criterion - Wikipedia

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    As shown in the equations above, the use of the von Mises criterion as a yield criterion is only exactly applicable when the following material properties are isotropic, and the ratio of the shear yield strength to the tensile yield strength has the following value: [10]

  6. Strain (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    The extension ratio λ is related to the engineering strain e by = This equation implies that when the normal strain is zero, so that there is no deformation, the stretch ratio is equal to unity. The stretch ratio is used in the analysis of materials that exhibit large deformations, such as elastomers , which can sustain stretch ratios of 3 or ...

  7. Structural engineering theory - Wikipedia

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    Strength depends upon material properties. The strength of a material depends on its capacity to withstand axial stress, shear stress, bending, and torsion.The strength of a material is measured in force per unit area (newtons per square millimetre or N/mm², or the equivalent megapascals or MPa in the SI system and often pounds per square inch psi in the United States Customary Units system).

  8. Bulk modulus - Wikipedia

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    It is defined as the ratio of the infinitesimal pressure increase to the resulting relative decrease of the volume. [ 1 ] Other moduli describe the material's response ( strain ) to other kinds of stress : the shear modulus describes the response to shear stress , and Young's modulus describes the response to normal (lengthwise stretching) stress.

  9. Segregation (materials science) - Wikipedia

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    In materials science, segregation is the enrichment of atoms, ions, or molecules at a microscopic region in a materials system. While the terms segregation and adsorption are essentially synonymous, in practice, segregation is often used to describe the partitioning of molecular constituents to defects from solid solutions, [1] whereas adsorption is generally used to describe such partitioning ...