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Cauchy stress tensor, an Uncommon card
In continuum mechanics, the Cauchy stress tensor, also called true stress tensor or simply stress tensor, completely defines the state of stress at a point inside a material in the deformed state, placement, or configuration.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 147
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 87,000
Power 147 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Cauchy stress tensor quiz: 3 questions
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Find the missing word
The unit vector is ______.
Answer
dimensionless. The unit vector is dimensionless. From the Cauchy stress tensor article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cauchy stress tensor. Cauchy stress tensor 78 · Alcuin 75 · Vladimir-Suzdal 72 · Bertha Benz 69 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The second order tensor consists of nine components σ i j and relates a unit-length direction vector e to the traction vector T across a surface perpendicular to e: T = e ⋅ σ or T j = ∑ i σ i j e i. The SI unit of both stress tensor and traction vector is the newton per square metre or pascal, corresponding to the stress scalar.
- The unit vector is dimensionless.
- The Cauchy stress tensor obeys the tensor transformation law under a change in the system of coordinates.
Why it is Uncommon
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Text : Wikipedia, Cauchy stress tensor (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Sanpaz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

