Dictionary definition: stress

Article: Normal stress echo good for 18 months in patients ...
Internal Medicine News;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... The "warranty time" of a normal stress echocardiogram in patients with ... reliability and durability of a normal stress echo exam in the high-risk setting ... 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 ... ... the maximum normal stress). The material ... elevated normal stresses in their interiors ... to elevated normal stress, compared ... combination of normal stress and plastic ... its role at stress concentrations ... maximum normal stresses and plastic ...

Dictionary definition: normal stress
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences;      266 words ...normal stress (σ) The stress which acts perpendicularly to the plane to which a force has been applied. Normal compressive stresses (with positive values) inhibit sliding along a plane; normal tensile stresses (with negative values) separate rocks along a plane.

Article: Influence of normal stress difference on polymer ...
Polymer Engineering and Science;  June 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION When two immiscible polymers are blended together one material usually forms the major phase, and the other one forms the minor, discontinuous phase. The minor phase undergoes fast size reduction during mixing, which leads to the formation of drops. This paper is concerned with shear

Encyclopedia entry: stress analysis
The Oxford Companion to the Earth;      700+ words ... ... is the application of a tensile normal stress—one that tends to pull ... cylinder. The customary units for stresses are newtons per square millimetre ... of material. One of these is the normal stress, as described above, which acts ...

Article: Stress test with Cardiolite is effective in predicting ...
Heart Disease Weekly;  May 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... regardless of race, patients with a normal stress test with Cardiolite (Kit for ... suspected coronary artery disease, a normal stress Cardiolite study is associated ... months. "We've known that a normal stress test is associated with a very ...

Article: - First-Time Findings Reveal that a Stress Cardiolite(R) ...
PR Newswire;  April 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... regardless of race, patients with a normal stress test with Cardiolite(R) (Kit ... suspected coronary artery disease, a normal stress Cardiolite study is associated ... months. "We've known that a normal stress test is associated with a very ...