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Solid mechanics

Liability of breakage from stress without significant plastic deformation

Measure of how incompressible / resistant to compressibility a substance is

Cauchy stress tensor

Representation of mechanical stress at every point within a deformed 3D object

Compression (physics)

Application of inward ("pushing") forces to a material or structure

Contact mechanics

Study of the deformation of solids that touch each other

Small crystal which forms under certain conditions

Deformation (engineering)

In engineering, any changes in the shape or size of an object

Material ability to undergo significant plastic deformation before rupture

Elastic modulus

Physical property that measures stiffness of material

Elasticity (physics)

Physical property when materials or objects return to original shape after deformation

Fatigue (material)

The initiation and propagation of cracks in a material due to cyclic loading

Finite strain theory

Fracture toughness

Stress intensity factor at which a crack's propagation increases drastically

Physical law: force needed to deform a spring scales linearly with distance

Piezoelectricity

Electric charge that accumulates in certain solids

Plasticity (physics)

The deformation of a solid material undergoing non-reversible changes of shape in response to applied forces

Poisson's ratio

Parameter of elastic materials: ratio of transverse strain to axial strain

Physical object which does not deform when forces or moments are exerted on it

Rigid body dynamics

Study of the effects of forces on undeformable bodies

Ratio of shear stress to the shear strain

Component of stress coplanar with a material cross section

Shearing (physics)

Solid mechanics

Branch of mechanics concerned with solid materials and their behaviors

Resistance to deformation in response to force

Strength of materials

Behavior of solid objects subject to stresses and strains

Stress (mechanics)

Physical quantity that expresses internal forces in a continuous material

Tension (physics)

Pulling force transmitted axially – Opposite of compression

Torsion (mechanics)

Twisting of an object due to an applied torque

Material ability to absorb energy and plastically deform without fracturing

Young's modulus

Mechanical property that measures stiffness of a solid material