Dictionary definition: normal stress

Article: Influence of normal stress difference on polymer ...
Polymer Engineering and Science;  June 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... device suitable for monitoring of polymer drop deformation. When very viscous drops, such as polymers, are sheared viewing the plane of symmetry parallel to the flow becomes critical, since deformation along [x.sub.2] and [x.sub.3] is different ...

Article: Normal stress echo good for 18 months in patients ...
Internal Medicine News;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... ORLEANS -- The "warranty time" of a normal stress echocardiogram in patients with a history ... the reliability and durability of a normal stress echo exam in the high-risk setting ... classified as low-risk on the basis of a normal stress echo exam free of reversible ischemic ...

Article: The effect of constraint-induced normal stress on ...
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... equivalent plastic strain or the maximum normal stress). The material tested is a Ti-47 ... reductions in failure loads due to elevated normal stress, compared to those predicted by finite ... TiAl alloy has some sensitivity to normal stress and that a combined failure criterion ...

Article: Bending under conditions of plane stress.(Technical ...
Annals of DAAAM & Proceedings;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... parallel longitudinal planes. The sections of the longitudinal planes with the transversal planes determine the direction ... STRESSES Under conditions of plane stress, component stresses ... expressed through the middle normal stress [sigma], the maximum ...

Article: A note on start-up, plane Couette flow involving ...
Mathematical Problems in Engineering;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... infinite solid plates that occupy the planes y = 0, h. Initially, both the fluid ... translational invariance in the xz-plane, the velocity vector has the form v ... sub.1] and n denote the first normal stress moduli and the density, respectively ...

Encyclopedia entry: stress analysis
The Oxford Companion to the Earth;      700+ words ... ... application of a tensile normal stress—one that tends ... usually act on any chosen plane in a mass of material. One of these is the normal stress, as described above ... at right-angles to the plane; the other is the shear ...

Article: Modified shear box test apparatus for measuring shear strength of ...
American Journal of Applied Sciences;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... u.sub.a]) = net normal stress state on failure plane at failure [phi]' = angle ... friction associated with the net normal stress state variable ([sigma ... matric suction on the failure plane at failure [[phi].sup ...