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adabistanesoophia
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Hi,
I know that strain is a unit less quantity (Tensile Strain) but whether Strain is a scalar quantity or not? If it is a scalar quantity then why?
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Muhammad Rizwan Khalil
adabistanesoophia said:I have coated the defination and in defination there is nothing like this. When we consider its types and solve problem then no unit is there and we have a defination of a scalar quantity is "quantities with unit and magnitude".
But no unit when we solve the problem. SO it can be scalar?
adabistanesoophia said:I have coated the defination and in defination there is nothing like this. When we consider its types and solve problem then no unit is there and we have a defination of a scalar quantity is "quantities with unit and magnitude".
But no unit when we solve the problem. SO it can be scalar?
adabistanesoophia said:Strain is defined as "Measurement of deformation of a solid when stress is applied 2 it".
So where direction is invlved?
So can v say it is a scalar quantity or not?
Muhammad Rizwan Khalil
Strain is a measure of the deformation or change in shape of an object in response to an applied force or stress.
Strain is a scalar quantity, meaning it has only magnitude and no direction. This is because it is defined as the ratio of the change in length or shape of an object to its original length or shape, which does not have a specific direction.
Stress and strain are related but different concepts. Stress is the force per unit area applied to an object, while strain is the resulting deformation or change in shape of the object. In other words, stress causes strain.
There are several types of strain, including tensile strain, compressive strain, shear strain, and volumetric strain. Tensile strain is when an object stretches in response to an applied force, compressive strain is when an object contracts, shear strain is when an object experiences a change in shape without changing in volume, and volumetric strain is when an object changes in volume without changing in shape.
Strain is typically measured using the strain gauge, a device that detects changes in length or shape of an object. It works by converting mechanical displacement into an electrical signal, which can then be measured and used to calculate the strain.