isostatics

isostatics

[¦ī·sə′stad·iks]

(mechanics)

In photoelasticity studies of stress analyses, those curves, the tangents to which represent the progressive change in principal-plane directions. Also known as stress trajectories. Also known as stress lines.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.