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FACTEUR THEORIQUE CONCENTRATION CONTRAINTES [1 record]

Record 1 1997-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rheology
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Destructive and Non-destructive Tests (Mat.)
DEF

The ratio of the greatest stress in the region of a notch or other stress concentrator as determined by the theory of elasticity (or by experimental procedures that give equivalent values) to the corresponding nominal stress.

OBS

theoretical stress concentration factor: Term standardized by ASTM.

Key term(s)
  • factor of stress concentration
  • theoretic stress concentration factor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rhéologie
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Contrôle destructif et non destructif (Matér.)
DEF

facteur de concentration de contrainte géométrique rapporté à la section nette [de l'éprouvette] et calculé conformément à la théorie de l'élasticité.

Spanish

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