imagine a horizontal shaft for example...now take any section in it...now when the forces r such that they act away from each other in that particular section then the shaft is said to be in tension and the forces r called tensile or simply tension forces...
and compression forces r vice...
Hi veryone this is my first post...
i am given with 2 datas-they r load capacity=250 kg; Dry wt of vehicle=150kg...I have a doubt...when we r calculating the power of an automotive engine, which wt. shud be taken for calculation...or should we takje the sum of them?:confused: