Anatomy Test

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Bending

A combination of off-center forces that create pattern of loading

Shear

A force that acts along a surface and perpendicular to the length of a structure

Torsion

A loading pattern that can make a structure around it's length

Tension

A pulling force creating stress in the structure which it is applied

Elastic

A response occurring when force is removed and the structure resumes it's original shape

Compression

A squeezing force that causes compression object absorbing the force

Pressure

Force distributed over a certain area

Weight

Force equal to the gravitational acceleration exerted on the mass of an object

Force

Push or pull exerting influence on a structure

Mass

The amount of matter that an object contains

Kinetics

The analysis of the actions of forces

Stress

The distribution of force inside a structure

Torque

The rotary effect of a force

Combined loading

The simultaneous action of two or more kinetic forces

Net force

The single force that results from the total of forces acting on a structure at a given time


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