Analysis Methods
The analysis of stress within a body implies the determination at each point of the body of the magnitudes of nine stress components. In other words, it is the determination of the internal distribution of stresses. An alternative method used in stress analysis is the determination of the internal distribution of strains.
A key part of analysis involves determining the type of loads acting on a structure, including tension, compression, shear, torsion, bending or a combination of some of these loads. When forces are applied repeatedly nearly all materials will rupture or fail at a lower stress than they would under a steady state load condition. The analysis to determine stresses under these cyclic loading conditions is termed fatigue analysis and is often applied to aerodynamic structural systems.
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