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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method Monte Carlo sampling]: repeated random sampling | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method Monte Carlo sampling]: repeated random sampling | ||
| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roughness Roughness]: deviation of a real surface and its ideal shape | + | * [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 |
| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stencil_(numerical_analysis) Stencil]: node arrangement used to pass information through a numerical solution to a differential equation | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stencil_(numerical_analysis) 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; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deformation_(mechanics) deformation] of the material. Note the distinction between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_strain finite] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinitesimal_strain_theory infinitesimal] strain theory. | * Strain: measure of relative displacement between particles in a continuous material body; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deformation_(mechanics) deformation] of the material. Note the distinction between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_strain finite] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinitesimal_strain_theory infinitesimal] strain theory. | ||
| − | * Strain rate: change in strain over time | + | * Strain rate: change in strain over time |
| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_series 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 | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_series 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 |
* Uncertainty: indistinguishable interpretations of observational data | * Uncertainty: indistinguishable interpretations of observational data | ||
Revision as of 10:55, 11 August 2009
- Continuous function One that is everywhere differentiable. Also in Wikipedia.
- Liklihood: measure of the relative frequency with which an hypothesis can explain observations
- Monte Carlo sampling: repeated random sampling
- 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
- Uncertainty: indistinguishable interpretations of observational data
