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bending stress

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bending stress [′ben·diŋ ‚stres]
(mechanics)
An internal tensile or compressive longitudinal stress developed in a beam in response to curvature induced by an external load.

bending stress
The tensile or compressive stress resulting from the application of a non-axial force on a structural member.


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This imposes bending stress in the shafts, which is particularly troublesome because it's a reversing stress; every rotation of the shaft bends it in the opposite direction.
PREFERRED TEST METHOD The bent-strip test is a constant-strain test and the initial bending stress decays with time due to relaxation.
 
 
 
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