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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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 Conway, George Robert Graham

This combination thus became a truss in that the timber portion was no longer subject to a bending stress but to a simple one of compression, the rod absorbing the tensile stress of the combination.

From The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman by Vogel, Robert M.

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

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

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