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Stress, Strain, and Their Relationships

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The concepts of stress and strain are two of the most important concepts within the subject of mechanics of materials or mechanics of deformable bodies. They are discussed in detail in this chapter, particularly as they relate to two-dimensional situations.

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Muvdi, B.B., McNabb, J.W. (1991). Stress, Strain, and Their Relationships. In: Engineering Mechanics of Materials. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3022-9_2

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