what is the difference between stress and pressure?. what
is the difference between moment and torque?
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Answer / ashutosh
stress is a vector quantity where as presser is a scalar
similarly
torque is a vector where as moment is a scalar
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stress=load/area
pressure=force/area
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Stress s for the solid materials and pressure s for liquid
and gases... both are load/force per unit area only
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Answer / harisankar.j
when a force acting on a body, a force created inside body
that is called stress, the force acting on the body is
called pressure,
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Answer / slammindan
Torque is the rotational force acting on a component around
its axis
A moment is the force acting on a component horizontally
through its axis
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Answer / psg tech
stress and pressure are mathmetically same.
but stress is term used in solids
while pressure is used in fluids.
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Answer / amolkumar
Stress is nothing but internal resistive force to
deformation per unit cross sectional area. It is always
perpendicular to the surface.
Pressure is Force per unit area. It is always parallel to
the surface.
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Answer / guest
stress is nothing but load/area and pressure is the force
acting in any one direction
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