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  2. Traction (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    Traction can also refer to the maximum tractive force between a body and a surface, as limited by available friction; when this is the case, traction is often expressed as the ratio of the maximum tractive force to the normal force and is termed the coefficient of traction (similar to coefficient of friction).

  3. Traction - Wikipedia

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    Traction (mechanics), adhesive friction or force; Traction vector, in mechanics, the force per unit area on a surface, including normal and shear components; Traction motor, an electric motor used for propulsion of a vehicle, for example a car or a locomotive; Railway electric traction, the use of electric motors to propel rail cars

  4. Contact mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Contact mechanics is the study of the deformation of solids that touch each other at one or more points. [1] [2] A central distinction in contact mechanics is between stresses acting perpendicular to the contacting bodies' surfaces (known as normal stress) and frictional stresses acting tangentially between the surfaces (shear stress).

  5. Tractive effort - Wikipedia

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    The term tractive effort is often qualified as starting tractive effort, continuous tractive effort and maximum tractive effort.These terms apply to different operating conditions, but are related by common mechanical factors: input torque to the driving wheels, the wheel diameter, coefficient of friction (μ) between the driving wheels and supporting surface, and the weight applied to the ...

  6. Alternative stress measures - Wikipedia

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    In continuum mechanics, ... is the traction and is the normal to the ... also called engineering stress) and is defined via = = = or ...

  7. Cauchy stress tensor - Wikipedia

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    In continuum mechanics, the Cauchy stress tensor (symbol , named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy), also called true stress tensor [1] or simply stress tensor, completely defines the state of stress at a point inside a material in the deformed state, placement, or configuration.

  8. Category:Mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Mechanics is the branch of science concerned with the behavior of physical bodies when subjected to ... Traction (mechanics) Trajectory; ... (engineering) Yield ...

  9. Frictional contact mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Solid mechanics – Branch of mechanics concerned with solid materials and their behaviors; Toroidal or roller-based CVT (Extroid CVT) – Automotive transmission technology; Tribology – Science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion; Vehicle dynamics – The study of vehicle motion and how it changes