| 单词 | principal stress |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprincipal stress principal stress n. Mechanics and Geology each of the three purely tensile or compressive stresses acting in mutually perpendicular directions into which any combination of stresses acting at a point can be resolved. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > mutually perpendicular principal stress1858 1858 W. J. M. Rankine Man. Appl. Mech. i. v. 94 The three conjugate normal stresses are called principal stresses, and their directions, principal axes of stress. 1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. vi. 78 The various types of faults depend on the relationships between the three principal stresses. 1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics viii. 147 The principal stress directions show that the descending plate is thrown into either downdip compression or extension. < as lemmas |
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