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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 stressSee also torsion
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