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  2. Pressure - Wikipedia

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    Other units of pressure, such as pounds per square inch (lbf/in 2) and bar, are also in common use. The CGS unit of pressure is the barye (Ba), equal to 1 dyn·cm −2, or 0.1 Pa. Pressure is sometimes expressed in grams-force or kilograms-force per square centimetre ("g/cm 2" or "kg/cm 2") and the like without properly identifying the force ...

  3. Shear stress - Wikipedia

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    The formula to calculate average shear stress τ or force per unit area is: [1] =, where F is the force applied and A is the cross-sectional area.. The area involved corresponds to the material face parallel to the applied force vector, i.e., with surface normal vector perpendicular to the force.

  4. Stress (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    Stress is defined as the force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary, for all orientations of the boundary. [7] Derived from a physical quantity (force) and a purely geometrical quantity (area), stress is also a physical quantity, like velocity, torque or energy , that can be quantified and analyzed without explicit ...

  5. Derjaguin approximation - Wikipedia

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    Conversely, when the force profile is known, one can evaluate the interaction energy as = (′) ′. When one considers two planar walls, the corresponding quantities are expressed per unit area. The disjoining pressure is the force per unit area and can be expressed by the derivative

  6. Pressure-gradient force - Wikipedia

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    In general, a pressure is a force per unit area across a surface. A difference in pressure across a surface then implies a difference in force, which can result in an acceleration according to Newton's second law of motion, if there is no additional force to balance it. The resulting force is always directed from the region of higher-pressure ...

  7. Elastic energy - Wikipedia

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    The simple thermodynamic formula: = , where dU is an infinitesimal change in recoverable internal energy U, P is the uniform pressure (a force per unit area) applied to the material sample of interest, and dV is the infinitesimal change in volume that corresponds to the change in internal energy.

  8. List of physical quantities - Wikipedia

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    Area density: ρ A: Mass per unit area kg⋅m −2: L −2 M: intensive Capacitance: C: Stored charge per unit electric potential farad (F = C/V) L −2 M −1 T 4 I 2: scalar Catalytic activity concentration: Change in reaction rate due to presence of a catalyst per unit volume of the system kat⋅m −3: L −3 T −1 N: intensive Chemical ...

  9. Compressive stress - Wikipedia

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    Consequently, compressive stress is expressed in units of force per unit area. Axial Stress. Thus, the formula for compressive stress is, = (/) Where: σ is the compressive stress, F is the force applied on the object, and A is its cross-sectional area.