Complex sentence: In materials science and engineering the von Mises yield criterion can be also formulated in terms of the von Mises stress or equivalent tensile stress,\\ sigma_v, a scalar stress value that can be computed from the Cauchy stress tensor.
Split into simpler sentences: In materials science and engineering the von Mises yield criterion can be also formulated in terms of the von Mises stress or equivalent tensile stress,\\ sigma_v. This is a scalar value of stress that can be computed from the Cauchy stress tensor.