stress function

English

Noun

stress function (plural stress functions)

  1. (physics) A function that finds a more tractable method for the elastic equations that describe the deformation of an elastic body subject only to boundary surface forces.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms
  • Airy stress function
  • Maxwell's stress function
  • Morera's stress function

Further reading
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