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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: normal stress
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Symbol: σ
Definition: scalar quantity equal to the normal component dFn of a force acting on a surface element divided by the area dA of the element, thus σ = dFn / dA

NOTE The coherent SI unit of normal stress is pascal, Pa.


Publication date:2011-04
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