19 - Surface Forces and Stress Tensors
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What is a stress tensor?
💡 Hint: Think of it as a way to capture various stress directions.
Define normal stress.
💡 Hint: Consider how pressure works on surfaces.
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What does the stress tensor indicate?
💡 Hint: Think of how forces interact within materials.
True or False: Shear stress acts perpendicular to the surface.
💡 Hint: Remember the definitions of shear and normal stress.
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Given a fluid with known shear and normal stresses, calculate the resultant stress acting on a surface and describe the effects.
💡 Hint: Visualize the forces acting at intersections.
An engineering scenario involves calculating the pressures exerted on a control volume. How would you set up your integrals and why?
💡 Hint: Remember to consider atmospheric pressure's cancellation.
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