What Is Incompressible Material?

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I sent a summary about ultrasound elastography to my teacher and somehow I wrote incompressible material in my paper. now he wants me to really explain him what is Incompressible material.
I looked at internet about compressibility and Poisson ratio but doesn't still give a good understanding of incompressibility . can anyone give me a solid answer to this question.
 
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zoala001 said:
I sent a summary about ultrasound elastography to my teacher and somehow I wrote incompressible material in my paper. now he wants me to really explain him what is Incompressible material.
I looked at internet about compressibility and Poisson ratio but doesn't still give a good understanding of incompressibility . can anyone give me a solid answer to this question.
I realize you don't fully understand incompressibility, but please tell us your current understanding of this concept.

Chet
 
Chestermiller said:
I realize you don't fully understand incompressibility, but please tell us your current understanding of this concept.

Chet
this is what I have written so far and I have understood :

I have actually understood it. the materials that can not be compresses under a stress like a rubber. but I can not give a scientific definition about it
 
zoala001 said:
this is what I have written so far and I have understood :

I have actually understood it. the materials that can not be compresses under a stress like a rubber. but I can not give a scientific definition about it
The definition is: the derivative of the specific volume (volume per unit mass) with respect to the sum of the three principal stresses is equal to zero.

Chet