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LIMITE PROPORTIONNALITE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Plastic Materials
  • Strength of Materials
DEF

Greatest stress that a material is capable of developing without any deviation from proportionality of stress to strain.

OBS

For most practical purposes the elastic limit is essentially the same as the proportional limit although it cannot be as easily determined.

Key term(s)
  • limit of proportionality

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Matières plastiques
  • Résistance des matériaux
DEF

Contrainte la plus grande qu'une matière est capable de supporter sans s'éloigner de la proportionnalité contrainte-déformation (loi de Hooke).

OBS

La limite d'élasticité est confondue avec la limite de proportionnalité [sur le diagramme de traction] dans le cas des courbes à partie rectiligne.

Spanish

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