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Grade 11General Physics

difference between longitunal and tengential strain

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In Mechanics, strain is defined as the ratio of change in dimension to original dimension of a body when it is deformed. It is a dimensionless quantity as it is a ratio between two quantities of same dimension. ... The ratio of change in length to original length is called the longitudinal strain