contrainte de tension

Traductions

• anglais

  Auteur : Comité conjoint FAO-IUFRO de bibliographie et terminologie forestières, 1975

  Définition

  Stress in a body subjected to lengthen it in that direction.

  Note :

  Contrast with compressive stress. (1) Such forces if external are termed tensile loading. (2) Parts of structures so stressed are tension members, e.g. the horizontal members, e.g. the horizontal member of a A-frame, termed a tie-beam.

  Terme :

  1. tensile stress