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  2. Stretched exponential function - Wikipedia

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    With a stretching exponent β between 0 and 1, the graph of log f versus t is characteristically stretched, hence the name of the function. The compressed exponential function (with β > 1) has less practical importance, with the notable exception of β = 2, which gives the normal distribution.

  3. Shear mapping - Wikipedia

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    The vertical shear displaces points to the right of the y-axis up or down, depending on the sign of m. It leaves vertical lines invariant, but tilts all other lines about the point where they meet the y-axis. Horizontal lines, in particular, get tilted by the shear angle to become lines with slope m.

  4. Deflection (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the equation governing the beam's deflection can be approximated as: = () where the second derivative of its deflected shape with respect to (being the horizontal position along the length of the beam) is interpreted as its curvature, is the Young's modulus, is the area moment of inertia of the cross-section, and is the internal ...

  5. Catenary - Wikipedia

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    Three catenaries through the same two points, depending on the horizontal force T H. In general the parameter a is the position of the axis. The equation can be determined in this case as follows: [56] Relabel if necessary so that P 1 is to the left of P 2 and let H be the horizontal and v be the vertical distance from P 1 to P 2.

  6. Stress (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    Then the differential equations reduce to a finite set of equations (usually linear) with finitely many unknowns. In other contexts one may be able to reduce the three-dimensional problem to a two-dimensional one, and/or replace the general stress and strain tensors by simpler models like uniaxial tension/compression, simple shear, etc.

  7. Stiffness - Wikipedia

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    Under such a condition, the above equation can obtain the direct-related stiffness for the degree of unconstrained freedom. The ratios between the reaction forces (or moments) and the produced deflection are the coupling stiffnesses. The elasticity tensor is a generalization that describes all possible stretch and shear parameters.

  8. Frontogenesis - Wikipedia

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    The horizontal shear and horizontal deformation direct to concentrate the polar equatorial temperature gradient over a large synoptic scale (1000 km). The quasi-geostrophic equations fail in the dynamics of frontogenesis because this weather society is of smaller scale compared to the Rossby radius; so semigeostrophic theory is used.

  9. Tension (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Tension is the pulling or stretching force transmitted axially along an object such as a string, rope, chain, rod, truss member, or other object, so as to stretch or pull apart the object. In terms of force, it is the opposite of compression. Tension might also be described as the action-reaction pair of forces acting at each end of an object.