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serverxeon
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I am asked by my student this seemingly easy question.
I searched on the net on got two answers.
1) tension is the pulling force exerted by a string, cable, chain, or similar solid object on another object
2) tension is the pulling force in a material under stretchingPicture a rope suspending a weight...
My personal opinion is that,
Tension is defined as the 'Force on rope by weight'
and because 'Force on weight by rope' equals numerically to 'Force on rope by weight', we loosely call both 'tension'.
Is that right?
I searched on the net on got two answers.
1) tension is the pulling force exerted by a string, cable, chain, or similar solid object on another object
2) tension is the pulling force in a material under stretchingPicture a rope suspending a weight...
My personal opinion is that,
Tension is defined as the 'Force on rope by weight'
and because 'Force on weight by rope' equals numerically to 'Force on rope by weight', we loosely call both 'tension'.
Is that right?