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[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 84 points 6 months ago
[-] einlander@lemmy.world 62 points 6 months ago
[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 47 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 20 points 6 months ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

Under pressure that burns a building down

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 12 points 6 months ago
[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

puts people on streets

[-] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 18 points 6 months ago

Welcome to engineering, where we have MPa as a unit of stress and mm/mm as a unit of strain!

[-] azi@mander.xyz 5 points 6 months ago

mm/mm?? why not call it m/m?

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Because we’re precise!

[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago

Why km/h (or mph) and not ft/year? Because the numbers have a nicer magnitude then.

[-] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 7 points 6 months ago

Doesn't apply here, say for example i have a piece of steel with length 100mm and it stretches 10mm, is mm/mm the strain would be 0.1 mm/mm, in meters it would be 0.1m/m

Really strain is dimensionless but occasionally people add units

[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago

I feel like I should’ve spotted that… they’re the same units. 🤦

[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

Because practicality. Strain generally occurs across mm scales at most for most traditional tensile tests and relevant materials. Normally it's actually much less than mm. Occasionally you see micrometers/micrometers.

[-] azi@mander.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

How is it more practical when 1 m/m = 1 mm/mm = 1 μm/μm?

[-] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

The original specimens and data are usually in mm, not meters so mm/mm makes more sense than m/m, although you do have a point

[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

Because excel doesn't have built in unit handling so when you enter in readings from the strain gauge you'll probably enter them in what's being reported.

You can write the units of strain however you like, I often say ul for unitless.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I was told that you also sometimes have four basis vectors in 3D

[-] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 13 points 6 months ago

Agreed. Perhaps it was based on tensile stress? Tensile stress = deforming force / cross-sectional area

[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 6 points 6 months ago

Yes. Stress is a measure of an object's internal pressure.

[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago

So what you are saying is, I have to eat more, get fatter, widen my area and therefore reduce the stress?

Got it.

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 months ago

That will just increase the force (gravity).

You need to lie down. That increases area but not force.

[-] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 1 points 6 months ago

This is amazing and really deserves more updoots

[-] fossphi@lemm.ee 18 points 6 months ago

Latex math mode text without \text{}

Pathetic

this post was submitted on 07 May 2024
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