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The K-factor is the bending capacity of sheet metal, and by extension the forumulae used to calculate this. [1] [2] [3] Mathematically it is an engineering aspect of geometry. [4] Such is its intricacy in precision sheet metal bending [5] (with press brakes in particular) that its proper application in engineering has been termed an art. [4] [5]
In fracture mechanics, the stress intensity factor (K) is used to predict the stress state ("stress intensity") near the tip of a crack or notch caused by a remote load or residual stresses. [1] It is a theoretical construct usually applied to a homogeneous, linear elastic material and is useful for providing a failure criterion for brittle ...
K-factor (Elo rating system), a constant used in Elo rating system; K-factor (marketing), the growth rate of websites, apps, or a customer base; K-factor (sheet metal), the ratio of location of the neutral line to the material thickness; The K Factor, a fictional TV show within Harry Hill's TV Burp; Bondi k-factor, the "k" in Bondi k-calculus
A geometry factor is used to relate the far field stress to the crack tip stress intensity using K = β σ π a {\displaystyle K=\beta \sigma {\sqrt {\pi a}}} . There are standard references containing the geometry factors for many different configurations.
In centrifugation the clearing factor or k factor represents the relative pelleting efficiency of a given centrifuge rotor at maximum rotation speed. It can be used to estimate the time t {\displaystyle t} (in hours) required for sedimentation of a fraction with a known sedimentation coefficient s {\displaystyle s} (in svedbergs ):
The steady-state wear equation was proposed as: [2] = where is the Brinell hardness expressed as Pascals, is the volumetric loss, is the normal load, and is the sliding distance.
Sheet metal is available in flat pieces or coiled strips. The coils are formed by running a continuous sheet of metal through a roll slitter. In most of the world, sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters. In the U.S., the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional, non-linear measure known as its ...
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.