Engineering Dictionary

The stress at which a specific amount of plastic deformation is produced, marking the transition from elastic to plastic behavior.

A measure of the force that can cause an object to rotate about an axis.

A measure of a fluid's resistance to gradual deformation by shear stress or tensile stress.

The branch of physics that deals with the relationships between heat and other forms of energy.

A principle stating that an increase in the speed of a fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in static pressure or a decrease in the fluid's potential energy.

The reaction induced in a structural element when an external force or moment is applied to the element, causing the element to bend.