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Strain
In tensile testing, the ratio of the elongation to the gauge length of the test specimen, that is, the change in length per unit of original length. Stress Concentrators: abrupt changes in geometry of the part serve as the focus of high stresses. Various means can be devised to relieve the abruptness of the geometric changes and thus the stresses.
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