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Chapter 13 -- Elasticity

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Stress and Strain<br />

Stress refers to the cause of a deformation, and<br />

strain refers to the effect of the deformation.<br />

The downward force F<br />

causes the displacement x.<br />

x<br />

F<br />

Thus, the stress is the force;<br />

the strain is the elongation.

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