Mechanics

Stiffening is any process that increases the rigidity and structural integrity of objects. Stiffening is used in crafts, art, industry, architecture, sports, aerospace, object construction, bookbinding, etc.

rotationally symmetric stress distribution

unexpected, sudden stopping of the engine turning, usually brought about accidentally

collection of matter whose mass varies with time

combinatorial theory for predicting the flexibility of ensembles formed by rigid bodies connected by flexible linkages or hinges

Integral used in the theory of vibrations

property of crosslinked rubber

theory

inclination of road or surface other than flat

mathematical approach to the description of the deformation of a solid body in which the displacements of the material particles are assumed to be much smaller than any relevant dimension of the body

graphical representation of stress

spatial distribution of mass within a solid body

device which indicates whether a physical shock or impact has occurred

type of system in classical mechanics

foil of flexible material serving as a barrier between two chambers

non linear relationship between stress and strain—that is, the stress–strain curve

mechanism to distribute force evenly through linkages

A mechanician is an engineer or a scientist working in the field of mechanics, or in a related or sub-field: engineering or computational mechanics, applied mechanics, geomechanics, biomechanics, and mechanics of materials. Names other than mechanician have been used occasionally, such as mechaniker and mechanicist.

movement of one part sliding out from another, lengthening an object, or quality of a mechanism that performs such a movement

friction forces between a belt and a surface

The details of a spinning body may impose restrictions on the motion of its angular velocity vector, . The curve produced by the angular velocity vector on the inertia ellipsoid, is known as the polhode, coined from Greek meaning "path of the pole". The surface created by the angular velocity vector is termed the body cone.

motion of rigid body in ideal fluid

reaction to centripetal force

compressive load at which a slender column will suddenly bend or buckle

provides values for the modulus of elasticity in bending

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thumb|Decahedral PtFe1.2 nanoparticle.In crystallography, a disclination is a line defect in which there is compensation of an angular gap. They were first discussed by Vito Volterra in 1907, who provided an analysis of the elastic strains of a wedge disclination. By analogy to dislocations in crystals, the term, disinclination, was first used by Charles Frank and since then has been modified to its current usage, disclination. As pointed out by John D. Eshelby, there is an intricate connection between disclinations and dislocations, with dislocation motion moving the position of a disclinatio

A mechanical system is scleronomous if the equations of constraints do not contain the time as an explicit variable and the equation of constraints can be described by generalized coordinates. Such constraints are called scleronomic constraints. The opposite of scleronomous is rheonomous.