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Cauchy stress tensor

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Things can be pushed or pulled. This push happens inside a thing. It can be a hard rock. It can be soft clay. We can study these pulls. Do you like to squeeze play dough?

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stress vector.svg
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Cauchy tetrahedron.svg
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Stress transformation 3D.svg
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Equilibrium equation body.svg
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Octahedral stress planes.svg
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