tensile stress

American  

[ten-suhl stres, ten-sahyl] / ˈtɛn səl ˈstrɛs, ˈtɛnˌsaɪl /

noun

1. Physics. the internal force per unit area within a material that results from a pulling or stretching force.

2. a pulling or stretching force.

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tensile stress Scientific  

1. See under axial stress

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tensile stress

The tensile stress on the steel may be 16,000 lb per sq. in.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

The steel can take just as much tensile stress if its amount is determined in this way as it can if any other method is used.

From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward

In some portable machinery, an intermittent tensile stress is applied of 15,000 pounds, sometimes rising to 20,000 pounds per square inch of section, without any evidence of weakness.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 by Various

The assumption of an imaginary plain concrete chimney and determinations of tensile stresses in the concrete are merely simplified methods of finding the tensile stress.

From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward

It is a simple matter to find the tensile stress in that part of a plain concrete chimney between two radii on the windward side.

From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward