Mocks Flashcards
What is a force?
Something that causes an object to break or change shape
Measured in Newton’s (N)
What is stress?
Force per unit area
N/M²
What is tension
The stretching and pulling of an object
What is tensile strength
How much something can be pulled before elasticity is lost and the object cannot return to original shape, or the object breaks
What is compression
The act of squashing and shortening an object
Example of an act of compression
Sitting on a chair
The legs are experiencing compression linked to body mas
What is shear force
The force act in an opposite direction to each other and aren’t aligned, they slide pass each other
(Like scissors)
What is a bending force
When a load is applied to a certain part of the object
It is a type of shear force
What is torsion
The act of twisting a material
What is reinforcement
Strengthening a material
What is stiffening
Making a material more rigid
Rigid materials don’t ________ easily
Deform
What is lamination
Process in which one or more layers are added to a material to form a composite
What is a composite
A material made by bonding two or more different materials together
What does laminating do
Increase
