Normal Stress
type: QuantityKind
description: Normal stress is defined as the stress resulting from a force acting normal to a body surface. Normal stress can be caused by several loading methods, the most common being axial tension and compression, bending, and hoop stress.
applicable unit: ATM
applicable unit: ATM T
applicable unit: BAR
applicable unit: BARAD
applicable unit: BARYE
applicable unit: BAR A
applicable unit: CentiBAR
applicable unit: CentiM H2O
applicable unit: CentiM H2O 4DEG C
applicable unit: CentiM HG
applicable unit: CentiM HG 0DEG C
applicable unit: DYN-PER-CentiM2
applicable unit: DecaPA
applicable unit: DeciBAR
applicable unit: FT H2O
applicable unit: FT H2O 39dot2DEG F
applicable unit: FT HG
applicable unit: GM F-PER-CentiM2
applicable unit: GigaPA
applicable unit: HectoBAR
applicable unit: HectoPA
applicable unit: IN H2O
applicable unit: IN H2O 39dot2DEG F
applicable unit: IN H2O 60DEG F
applicable unit: IN HG
applicable unit: IN HG 32DEG F
applicable unit: IN HG 60DEG F
applicable unit: KIP F-PER-IN2
applicable unit: KiloBAR
applicable unit: KiloGM-PER-M-SEC2
applicable unit: KiloGM F-PER-CentiM2
applicable unit: KiloGM F-PER-M2
applicable unit: KiloGM F-PER-MilliM2
applicable unit: KiloLB F-PER-IN2
applicable unit: KiloN-PER-CentiM2
applicable unit: KiloN-PER-M2
applicable unit: KiloN-PER-MilliM2
applicable unit: KiloPA
applicable unit: KiloPA A
applicable unit: LB F-PER-FT2
applicable unit: LB F-PER-IN2
applicable unit: M H2O
applicable unit: MegaBAR
applicable unit: MegaN-PER-M2
applicable unit: MegaPA
applicable unit: MegaPSI
applicable unit: MicroATM
applicable unit: MicroBAR
applicable unit: MicroPA
applicable unit: MicroTORR
applicable unit: MilliBAR
applicable unit: MilliBAR A
applicable unit: MilliM H2O
applicable unit: MilliM HG
applicable unit: MilliM HGA
applicable unit: MilliPA
applicable unit: MilliTORR
applicable unit: N-PER-CentiM2
applicable unit: N-PER-M2
applicable unit: N-PER-MilliM2
applicable unit: PA
applicable unit: PDL-PER-FT2
applicable unit: PDL-PER-IN2
applicable unit: PSI
applicable unit: PicoPA
applicable unit: PlanckPressure
applicable unit: TORR
has dimension vector: A0E0L-1I0M1H0T-2D0
informative reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(mechanics)
iso normative reference: http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail
latex definition: $\sigma = \frac{dF_n}{dA}$, where $dF_n$ is the normal component of force and $dA$ is the area of the surface element.
latex symbol: $\sigma$
plain text description: Normal stress is defined as the stress resulting from a force acting normal to a body surface. Normal stress can be caused by several loading methods, the most common being axial tension and compression, bending, and hoop stress.
specialization of: Stress
wikidata match: Q11425837
comment: Applicable units are those of quantitykind:ForcePerArea
broader: Stress