engineering stress (English, noun)
expansion: engineering stress (plural engineering stresses)
Senses:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: In a tensile test, the ratio of the applied force to the initial cross-sectional area of the tensile specimen (ignoring the gradual decrease in area resulting from Poisson's ratio).
Forms:
form: engineering stresses
tags: plural
form: nominal stress
tags: alternative