axial stress

1. A stress that tends to change the length of a body.
2. ◆ Compressive stress is axial stress that tends to cause a body to become shorter along the direction of applied force.
3. Tensile stress is axial stress that tends to cause a body to become longer along the direction of applied force.
4. Compare shear stressSee also torsion

Example Sentences

The trussing rods, subjected to tension, were of wrought iron inasmuch as the sectional area had only to be sufficient to resist the primary axial stress.

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