axial stress
A stress that tends to change the length of a body.♦ Compressive stress is axial stress that tends to cause a body to become shorter along the direction of applied force.
Tensile stress is axial stress that tends to cause a body to become longer along the direction of applied force. Compare shear stress strain. See also torsion.
Nearby words
axial muscle, axial plate, axial point, axial skeleton, axial strain, axial stress, axial vector, axial-flow, axial-flow compressor, axially, axifugal
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