engineering stresses

A form of engineering stress — In a tensile test, the ratio of the applied force to the initial cross-sectional area of the tensile specimen (ignoring the gradual decrease in area resulting from Poisson's ratio).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of engineering stress
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