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When a load is applied to a material a balancing force is set up within the material, and this internally acting force is termed a stress. The stress acting upon a material is defined as the force exerted per unit area.
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John, V.B. (1983). Elastic and Plastic Behaviour. In: Introduction to Engineering Materials. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17190-3_5
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