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fiber stress

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fiber stress [′fī·bər ‚stres]
(mechanics)
The tensile or compressive stress on the fibers of a fiber metal or other fibrous material, especially when fiber orientation is parallel with the neutral axis.
Local stress through a small area (a point or line) on a section where the stress is not uniform, as in a beam under bending load.

fiber stress
The longitudinal compressive or tensile stress in a member, such as a beam.


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In a dilute or semidilute suspension, the fiber stress due to an ensemble of rigid particles can be obtained by integrating over the stress fields generated by single particles [35].
Much like a drinking straw, this tube has little resistance to collapsing when it is bent sharply or kinked, again leading to fiber stress and breakage.
NOMENCLATURE A: coefficient in fiber stress definition a2: second-order fiber orientation tensor a4: fourth-order fiber orientation tensor B: polymer configuration tensor b: maximum extensibility of the polymer chain C: coefficient in fiber stress definition [C.
 
 
 
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