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flow stress

flow stress noun: the instantaneous value of stress (pressure) required to continue plastically deforming a material past the yield point, typically denoted as Y_f or σ_f.

Noun

flow stress (plural flow stresses)

  1. (materials science) The instantaneous value of stress (pressure) required to continue plastically deforming a material past the yield point, typically denoted as Y_f or σ_f.

Forms of flow stress

pluralflow stresses

Questions about flow stress

What does flow stress mean?
Flow stress means the instantaneous value of stress (pressure) required to continue plastically deforming a material past the yield point, typically denoted as Y_f or σ_f.
What part of speech is flow stress?
Flow stress is a noun.
What is the plural of flow stress?
The plural of flow stress is flow stresses.

Words near flow stress in the dictionary

  1. flow rates
  2. flow sheet
  3. flow sheets
  4. flow state
  5. flow states
  6. flow stress
  7. flow stresses
  8. flow tracer
  9. flow tracers
  10. flow variable
  11. flow variables

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