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Stress

Created by Arthur Aslanyan (Nafta College), last modified on Feb 10, 2019

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A tensor measure of internal forces that neighbouring particles of a continuum body exert on each other per unit area across which the force is applied.

Symbol

Oil metric units

Oil field units

Additional

$\begin{array}{l}\sigma\end{array}$

M L^-1 T^-2

kPa = 10³ Pa = 0.145038 psi

MPa = 10³ Pa = 145.038 psi

GPa = 10⁶ Pa = 145,038 psi

psi = 6894.76 Pa = 6.89476 kPa

bar = 10⁵ Pa = 100 kPa = 14.5038 psi

atm = 101,325 Pa = 101.325 kPa = 14.6959 psi

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See also

Physics / Mechanics / Continuum mechanics

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