In physics and continuum mechanics, deformation is the change in the shape or size of an object. It has dimension of length with SI unit of metre (m)....

a force or forces. Deformation (physics), such changes considered and analyzed as displacements of continuum bodies. Deformation (meteorology), a measure...

In physics and materials science, plasticity (also known as plastic deformation) is the ability of a solid material to undergo permanent deformation, a...

deform elastic objects should be directly proportional to the distance of deformation, regardless of how large that distance becomes. This is known as perfect...

In engineering, deformation refers to the change in size or shape of an object. Displacements are the absolute change in position of a point on the object...

A physics engine is computer software that provides an approximate simulation of certain physical systems, such as rigid body dynamics (including collision...

called cold flow) is the tendency of a solid material to undergo slow deformation while subject to persistent mechanical stresses. It can occur as a result...

In mathematics, deformation theory is the study of infinitesimal conditions associated with varying a solution P of a problem to slightly different solutions...

strain theory—also called large strain theory, or large deformation theory—deals with deformations in which strains and/or rotations are large enough to...

Coefficient of friction, used to approximate the force of friction Deformation (physics), as the "unit" of strain Electron mobility, relating the drift of...

dynamic environment with a day to night game cycle as well as terrain deformation physics (when driving over particular areas multiple times the terrain will...

In physics, quantisation (in American English quantization) is the systematic transition procedure from a classical understanding of physical phenomena...

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obtained by gradually applying load to a test coupon and measuring the deformation, from which the stress and strain can be determined (see tensile testing)...

resulting deformation is a central topic of continuum mechanics. Compression of solids has many implications in materials science, physics and structural...

Rendering is done via a form of free-form deformation. This approach is motivated by variational principles and the physics of surfaces, which dictate that a...

In physics and materials science, plasticity, also known as plastic deformation, is the ability of a solid material to undergo permanent deformation, a...

academic field of plasma science or plasma physics, including several sub-disciplines such as space plasma physics. Plasmas can appear in nature in various...

when rocks melt or deform and flow in response to a stress field. This deformation may be brittle, elastic, or plastic, depending on the magnitude of the...

In physics, a field is a physical quantity, represented by a scalar, vector, or tensor, that has a value for each point in space and time. For example...

methods for their analysis. Geophysicists, who usually study geophysics, physics, or one of the Earth sciences at the graduate level, complete investigations...

stress is a physical quantity that describes forces present during deformation. For example, an object being pulled apart, such as a stretched elastic...

these are not in equilibrium they can cause deformation of solid materials, or flow in fluids. In modern physics, which includes relativity and quantum mechanics...

In physics, electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric charge via electromagnetic fields. The electromagnetic force...

In physics, jerk (also known as jolt) is the rate of change of an object's acceleration over time. It is a vector quantity (having both magnitude and...

a combination of inter-surface adhesion, surface roughness, surface deformation, and surface contamination. The complexity of these interactions makes...

the deformation of the clay should have been proportional to the square root of the height from which the balls were dropped. In classical physics, the...

studies the behavior of solid materials, especially their motion and deformation under the action of forces, temperature changes, phase changes, and other...

Continuum mechanics is a branch of mechanics that deals with the deformation of and transmission of forces through materials modeled as a continuous medium...