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STRESS REVERSAL [2 records]

Record 1 1983-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Strength of Materials
OBS

[Cyclic loads or stresses are] those which, once in each period or stress cycle fluctuate relatively to zero in one of the following ways: alternating load (or) stress, repeating load (or) stress, pulsating load (or) stress (...)

Key term(s)
  • reversal stress
  • stress reversal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Résistance des matériaux
OBS

le sens de la contrainte alternée change alternativement par exemple la contrainte de traction devient une contrainte de compression (...)

Spanish

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Record 2 1982-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Strength of Materials
OBS

when a material is subjected to many cycles of stress reversal or fluctuation (...) failure may occur, even though the maximum stress (...) is (...) less than (...) if the stress were constant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Résistance des matériaux
OBS

le sens de la contrainte alternée change alternativement par exemple la contrainte de traction devient une contrainte de compression.

Spanish

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