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