Explore: Mechanical Stress

that change. Elastic and viscous stresses are usually combined under the name mechanical stress. Significant stress may exist even when deformation is

with "mechanical pressure" and is also known as confining stress, particularly in the field of geomechanics.[citation needed] Hydrostatic stress is equivalent

while subject to persistent mechanical stresses. It can occur as a result of long-term exposure to high levels of stress that are still below the yield

and thermodynamics, thermal stress is mechanical stress created by any change in temperature of a material. These stresses can lead to fracturing or plastic

to a mechanical member will induce internal forces within the member called stresses when those forces are expressed on a unit basis. The stresses acting

extracellular matrix senses elevated mechanical stress loading, tissue will scar, and scars can be limited by stress shielding wounds. Small full thickness

Crystals are sensitive to shock. The mechanical stress causes a short-term change in the oscillator frequency due to the stress-sensitivity of the crystal, and

response to applied mechanical stress. The piezoelectric effect results from the linear electromechanical interaction between the mechanical and electrical

understood, recent research has examined the role of inflammation and mechanical stress. Inflammation, such as that caused by sepsis, causes endothelial cell

particularly susceptible to failures induced by thermal shock due to the mechanical stresses exerted on solder joints during rapid temperature changes. Research