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Pressure v/s Stress
Though units for pressure and stress are same (i.e N/mm2)What is the difference between stress and pressure?
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abhishank- Member Since Jun-2009 | Jun 28th, 2009
Stress is restoring force developed in the body due to any tensile, compressive or any other force per unit area and on the other hand pressure is force applied on a body per unit area.
vinay kalgotra
- Aug 22nd, 2017
Brother as you said, but in some cases like in wall, eg. we are pressure applied on the wall it is also a scalar quantity.....so, how would we say pressure is only applied in case of fluid..
KAMAL SHARMA
- Jul 20th, 2017
1. Pressure applied on fluid (Gas & Liquid) where as stress applied on solid.
2. Pressure act perpendicular only where stress act perpendicular as well as inclined also.
3. Pressure is only +ve magnitude but stress have both +ve and -ve.
4. Pressure is external force and stress is internal force -
What does the unit "psi" represent?
Nidhin Chandran
- May 12th, 2011
Psi stands for pounds force per square inch and is a British unit commonly seen on pressure gauges
raja
- Sep 26th, 2007
PSI is a short form of Pounds Per Sqare Inch. it is the amount of pressure in pounds acting in a square inch of area.
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Bearings and Rivets
What are different types of bearings? What are different types of rivets?
Faheem Zaman
- May 14th, 2011
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Nidhin Chandran
- May 12th, 2011
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