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

It means to reinforce for the stretch in the concrete and not for 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 Edward Godfrey

When a tensile stress of 2,174 lb., equivalent to 2,860 lb. per square inch of section, was applied, the leather gave way, leaving the joint intact.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 by Various

When external forces act upon a bar in a direction away from its ends or a direct pull, the stress is a tensile stress; when toward the ends or a direct push, compressive stress.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Samuel J. Record

The twisted steel used for the column reinforcement was made at the local steel plant, but for the beams, etc., a twisted lug bar, of higher quality and greater permissible tensile stress, was used.

From ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. by George Robert Graham Conway

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 Edward Godfrey

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