Normal stress (force component perpendicular to a surface element divided by the area of that surface element)

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dimensional quantity

quantity

ISQ dimension: ${𝖫}^{-1}𝖬{𝖳}^{-2}$

Available identifiers

WikidataQ11425837 ScholiaQ11425837QUDT quantity kind IDNormalStressMaRDI QIDQ6674058 FDOQ6674058

Defining Formula: $\sigma \equiv \frac{\mathrm{d}{F}_{\mathrm{n}}}{\mathrm{d}A}$

$\sigma$ symbol represents normal stress

$F_{\mathrm{n}}$ symbol represents normal force

$A$ symbol represents area

Further links

Item	Property
mechanical stress	specialized by
normal stress	symbol represents
Young's modulus	symbol represents

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