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Record 1 1978-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

(...) in stress analysis by the photoelastic method these appear as colored streaks which are lines of equal difference of principal stress.

OBS

they are also lines of constant intensity of maximum shear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

(...) en photoélasticité, lieux géométriques de tous les points où la différence entre les contraintes principales a une même valeur. Ce sont aussi les lignes du même cisaillement maximal.

Spanish

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