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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_function Continuous function] One that is everywhere differentiable. Also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_function|here, in Wikipedia]. | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_function Continuous function] One that is everywhere differentiable. Also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_function|here, in Wikipedia]. | ||
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| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roughness Roughness]: deviation of a real surface and its ideal shape. | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(mechanics)#Stress_deviator_tensor Deviatoric stress]: difference between the full [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(mechanics) stress] and the spherical stress in a volume. | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(mechanics)#Stress_deviator_tensor Deviatoric stress]: difference between the full [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(mechanics) stress] and the spherical stress in a volume. | ||
Revision as of 08:29, 6 August 2009
- Continuous function One that is everywhere differentiable. Also in Wikipedia.
- Roughness: deviation of a real surface and its ideal shape.
- Deviatoric stress: difference between the full stress and the spherical stress in a volume.
- Stencil: node arrangement used to pass information through a numerical solution to a differential equation.
- Strain: measure of relative displacement between particles in a continuous material body; deformation of the material. Note the distinction between finite and infinitesimal strain theory.
- Strain rate: change in strain over time.
- Taylor Series: representation of a continuous function as the sum of an infinite series of terms. The terms are derivatives of the function at a point.
