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what is strain..

Answer / raaaju

The ratio of change of dimension of a body to the original
dimension.

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what is strain..

Answer / mohd yaseen ahmed

strain is define as change in dimension to orginal
dimension.strain does not have any units.

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what is strain..

Answer / hari prasad

When a metal is subjected to a load (force), it is
distorted or deformed, no matter how strong
the metal or light the load. If the load is small, the
distortion will probably disappear when the
load is removed. The intensity, or degree, of distortion is
known as strain.

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what is strain..

Answer / karthick

change in the dimension of a material to the original
dimension.

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what is strain..

Answer / prasad surendra naik

strain=chnage in lengths/original length

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what is strain..

Answer / sprajapati21

If i have x dimention material and i applied force on it
than the dimention increase x + l
and origanal dinmention x

stain = deformation/original dimention = l/x

and stain have no unit of measurement

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what is strain..

Answer / manoj negi

strain is the measure of deformation........i.e ratio of change in dimension to orignal dimension

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what is strain..

Answer / awinash kumar

it is a unitless quantity and it is the ratio of change in
lenth and original length.