Understanding Stress in a Body

What type of force pulls the body apart?

• Tensile force

• Compressive force

• Shear force

• Bending force

What happens to a body under compressive stress?

• It gets shorter

• It stretches

• It bends

• It twists

Why is understanding stress important for engineers?

• To design safe and effective structures

• To measure the weight of materials

• To calculate the speed of objects

• To determine the color of materials

What is stress in a body?

• An internal characteristic caused by external forces

• An external force applied to a body

• A type of material deformation

• A measure of a body's weight

What does axial stress act along?

• The length of the body

• The width of the body

• The surface of the body

• The volume of the body