Dictionary - Strain: Oceanography Dictionary - Strain
  Definition and meaning of strain:   strain - a group of individuals within a species having a common origin; a specifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strain: Encyclopedia - Strain
Strain could refer to the following: Strain (materials science), the deformation of materials caused by stress on a body. Strain (biolog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ames Strain: Encyclopedia - Ames Strain
The Ames strain is one of 89 strains from the anthrax bacteria (Bacillus anthracis). It was isolated from a diseased cow that died in Tex...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Strain: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Strain, Counterstrain
STRAIN / COUNTERSTRAIN Developed by osteopath Lawrence Jones, this noninvasive treatment helps decrease protective muscle spasms and a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Strain & Counterstrain: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Strain & Counterstrain
Strain & Counterstrain Developed by L.H. Jones, an American ost�opathe, the method of correction consists in relieving an articula...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Strain And Counterstrain: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Advanced Strain And Counterstrain
Advanced Strain and Counterstrain is a myofascial release method for smooth (involuntary) muscle tissue using specific positioning and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Strain And Counterstrain: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Strain And Counterstrain
Strain and Counterstrain also known as Positional Release, is an indirect technique to painlessly release tender/trigger points in 90 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Acacia Strain: Encyclopedia Ii - The Acacia Strain - Biography
“ We strive to write the heaviest music possible, bottom line,” says vocalist Vincent Bennett. “The three guitars, full stacks, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lunar Strain: Encyclopedia Ii - Lunar Strain - Track Listing
With the Lunar Strain and Subterranean re-release in 1999, following tracks had been added: Stand Ablaze (4:35) Everdying (4:23) Subterr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strain Materials Science: Encyclopedia Ii - Strain Materials Science - Quantifying Strain
Given that strain results in the deformation of a body, it can be measured by calculating the change in length of a line or by the change...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strain Materials Science: Encyclopedia Ii - Strain Materials Science - Engineering Strain Vs. True Strain
The above definition (known technically as engineering strain) is not linear, in that strains cannot be totalled. Imagine that a body is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viscoelasticity: Encyclopedia - Viscoelasticity
A viscoelastic material is one in which: hysteresis is seen in the stress-strain curve. stress relaxation occurs: step constant strain c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yield Strength: Encyclopedia - Yield Strength
Yield strength, or the yield point, is defined in engineering as the amount of strain that a material can undergo before moving from elas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rsi: Encyclopedia - Rsi
RSI may refer to: Repetitive strain injury, a disorder affecting bone and muscle from repetitive movements Research Science Institute, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Young's Modulus: Encyclopedia - Young's Modulus
In solid mechanics, Young's modulus (also known as the modulus of elasticity or elastic modulus) is a measure of the stiffness of a given...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cold Work: Encyclopedia - Cold Work
Cold Work is a quality imparted on a material as a result of plastic deformation at low to moderate temperatures (typically <0.5 Tm). ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bulk Modulus: Encyclopedia - Bulk Modulus
The bulk modulus K of a fluid or solid is the inverse of the compressibility: where p is pressure and V is volume. The bulk modulus th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Vision Syndrome: Encyclopedia - Computer Vision Syndrome
Computer vision syndrome (CVS) is a condition resulting from focusing the eyes on a computer display for protacted, uninterrupted periods...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fluid: Encyclopedia - Fluid
A subset of the phases of matter, fluids include liquids, gases, plasmas and, to some extent, plastic solids. Fluids share the properties...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycloalkane: Encyclopedia - Cycloalkane
Cycloalkanes are chemical compounds with a one or more rings of carbons to which hydrogens are attached according to the formula CnH2n. C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breed: Encyclopedia - Breed
See Breed (song) for the song of the same name by Nirvana. A breed is a domesticated subspecies or infrasubspecies of an animal. A breed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asian Flu: Encyclopedia - Asian Flu
Asian Flu was a pandemic outbreak of avian influenza that originated in China in 1957 and spread worldwide that same year, lasting until ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthrax: Encyclopedia - Anthrax
Anthrax, also referred to as splenic fever, is an acute infectious disease caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis and is highly lethal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Young's Modulus: Encyclopedia Ii - Young's Modulus - Units
The SI unit of modulus of elasticity is the pascal. Given the large values typical of many common materials, figures are often quoted in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Young's Modulus: Encyclopedia Ii - Young's Modulus - Usage
The Young's modulus allows the behavior of a material under load to be calculated. For instance, it can be used to predict the amount a w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strength Of Materials: Encyclopedia Ii - Strength Of Materials - Stress - Strain Relations
Elasticity is the ability of a material to return to its previous shape after stress is released. In some materials, the relation between...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strain Tensor: Encyclopedia Ii - Strain Tensor - Demonstration In Simple Cases
Strain tensor - One-dimensional elongation. When the [AB] segment, parallel to the x1-axis, is deformed to become the [A'B' ] segment, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stress-strain Curve: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress-strain Curve - Ductile Materials
Steel generally exhibits a very linear stress-strain relationship up to a well defined yield point (figure 1). The linear portion of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Acacia Strain: Encyclopedia Ii - The Acacia Strain - Discography
The Acacia Strain - Studio Releases. And Life is Very Long - (2002) 3750 - (2003) ... See also:The Acacia Strain, The Acacia Strain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Repetitive Strain Injury: Encyclopedia Ii - Repetitive Strain Injury - Specific Conditions
Repetitive strain injury is not a specific disease but a loose group of other, more specific conditions. Some of these are: Tendonitis U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Repetitive Strain Injury: Encyclopedia Ii - Repetitive Strain Injury - Warning Signs
RSI conditions have many varied symptoms. The following may indicate the onset of an RSI. Recurring pain or soreness in neck, shoulders,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Andromeda Strain: Encyclopedia Ii - The Andromeda Strain - Trivia
When making the scene in the movie where one of the doctors has an epileptic seizure due to watching a blinking red light, care had to be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Repetitive Strain Injury: Encyclopedia Ii - Repetitive Strain Injury - Prevention
The following applies to typing or computer use. RSI is best prevented in its early stages before it becomes difficult to control. Pay a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Repetitive Strain Injury: Encyclopedia Ii - Repetitive Strain Injury - Treatment
If RSI symptoms have already appeared, there are further methods of treatment which should be used in addition to the above preventative ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 3-d Elasticity: Encyclopedia Ii - 3-d Elasticity - Strain-displacement Equations
The 3-D strain-displacement equations are as follows: Where εi is the normal strain in the i direction, γij is the shear strain i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Flu: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Flu - Effects Of New Strain
The strain was unusual in commonly killing many young and healthy victims, as opposed to more common influenzas which caused the bulk of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Flu: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Flu - Effects Of New Strain
The strain was unusual in commonly killing many young and healthy victims, as opposed to more common influenzas which caused the bulk of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fracture Mechanics: Encyclopedia Ii - Fracture Mechanics - Griffith's Crack Theory: Strain Energy Release Rate G
Fracture Mechanics was invented during World War I by English aeronautical engineer, A.A.Griffith, to explain the failure of brittle mate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clostridium Difficile: Encyclopedia Ii - Clostridium Difficile - Cracking Of The Genetic Code Of The Quebec Strain
On December 14, 2005, researchers at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, led by Dr. Ken Dewar and Dr. Andre Dascal and in collaboratio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maxwell Material: Encyclopedia Ii - Maxwell Material - Effect Of A Sudden Deformation
If Maxwell material is suddenly deformed to strain of ε0 and is kept under this deformation, then the stresses would exponentially decay...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tensile Strength: Encyclopedia Ii - Tensile Strength - Concept
The various definitions of tensile strength are shown in the the following stress-strain graph for low-carbon steel: Steel has a very lin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Influenza: Encyclopedia Ii - History
There were several serious outbreaks of influenza in the 20th century. The most famous (and the most lethal) was the so-called Spanish Fl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Influenza: Encyclopedia Ii - Influenza - History
There were several serious outbreaks of influenza in the 20th century. The most famous (and the most lethal) was the so-called Spanish Fl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Influenza: Encyclopedia Ii - Influenza - History
There were several serious outbreaks of influenza in the 20th century. The most famous (and the most lethal) was the so-called Spanish Fl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Flu: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Flu - Mutation Theory
One prevailing theory hypothesizes that two primary mechanisms in genetics -- genetic drift and antigenic shift -- were involved in the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Flu: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Flu - Mutation Theory
One prevailing theory hypothesizes that two primary mechanisms in genetics -- genetic drift and antigenic shift -- were involved in the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peening: Encyclopedia Ii - Peening - Work Hardening
Cold work also serves to harden the material's surface. This makes cracks less likely to form at the surface and provides resistance to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yield Engineering: Encyclopedia Ii - Yield Engineering - Definition
It is often difficult to precisely define yield due to the wide variety of stress-strain behaviours exhibited by real materials. In addit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poliomyelitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Poliomyelitis - Types Of Polio
Poliomyelitis - Non-paralytic polio. Non-paralytic polio will result in fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, lethargy, and irritability. So...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biomechanics: Encyclopedia Ii - Biomechanics - Biomechanics Of The Bones
Bones are anisotropic but are approximately transversely isotropic. The stress-strain relations of bones can be modeled using Hooke's Law...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autoclave: Encyclopedia Ii - Autoclave - Autoclaves In Medicine
A medical autoclave is a device that uses steam to sterilise equipment and other objects. This means that all bacteria, viruses, fungi, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zerg: Encyclopedia Ii - Zerg - Units
All Zerg units slowly heal over time, and all Zerg ground units (except for the Ultralisk and Broodling) have the ability to burrow once ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fatigue Material: Encyclopedia Ii - Fatigue Material - Low-cycle Fatigue
Where the stress is high enough for plastic deformation to occur, the account in terms of stress is less useful and the strain in the mat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fatigue Material: Encyclopedia Ii - Fatigue Material - Low-cycle Fatigue
Where the stress is high enough for plastic deformation to occur, the account in terms of stress is less useful and the strain in the mat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steam Beer: Encyclopedia Ii - Steam Beer - Brewing Process
In nineteenth-century California, not only ice, but even sources of naturally cold water, were probably unavailable to brewers. Californi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stress Physics: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Physics - Stress In One-dimensional Bodies
The idea of stress originates in two simple, but important, observations of the loading (in tension) of a one-dimensional body, for examp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Thetford: Encyclopedia Ii - William Thetford - Thetford's Invitation For Acim
The working relationship between Thetford and Schucman was apparently often somewhat strained, yet throughout these difficulties they wou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stress Physics: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Physics - Stress In One-dimensional Bodies
The idea of stress originates in two simple, but important, observations of the loading (in tension) of a one-dimensional body, for examp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strength Of Materials: Encyclopedia Ii - Strength Of Materials - Design Terms
Ultimate strength is an attribute directly related to a material, rather than just specific specimen of the material, and as such is quot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flower-class Corvette: Encyclopedia Ii - Flower-class Corvette - Design And Construction
The design of the Flower class was derived from that of a whale catcher, the Southern Pride of Smith's Dock Company of Middlesborough. Or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indium Gallium Arsenide: Encyclopedia Ii - Indium Gallium Arsenide - Properties
The optical and mechanical properties of InGaAs can be varied by changing the ratio of In and Ga, InxGa1-xAs. The InGaAs device is normal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euler-bernoulli Beam Equation: Encyclopedia Ii - Euler-bernoulli Beam Equation - Practical Simplifications
The full E-B beam equations are still too complicated for routine application, but they can easily be simplified further with additional ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraqi Kurdistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraqi Kurdistan - Culture
Kurdish culture is a rich Iranian strain of traditions that have developed through hundreds of years. The quest for social justice and eq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cold Work: Encyclopedia Ii - Cold Work - Theory
Cold work - Elastic and Plastic Deformation. Cold work occurs as a consequence of plastic deformation. A discussion of elastic deformat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Covance: Encyclopedia Ii - Covance - Controversy
Covance - Ebola virus. Covance, known as Hazleton Laboratories in 1989, was at the center of a major scandal involving a strain of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Photosensitive Epilepsy: Encyclopedia Ii - Photosensitive Epilepsy - In Popular Culture
In Michael Crichton's 1968 novel The Andromeda Strain and its movie adaptation, an important plot point revolves around a scientist's epi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moment Magnitude Scale: Encyclopedia Ii - Moment Magnitude Scale - Comparison With Radiated Seismic Energy
Potential energy is stored in the crust in the form of built-up strain. During an earthquake, this stored energy is transformed and resul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Nursing Diagnoses: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Nursing Diagnoses - Role--relationship
List of nursing diagnoses - Wellness. Readiness for enhanced caregiver role Readiness for enhanced parenting Readiness for enhanced ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragon's Lair: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragon's Lair - Technical
The original laserdisc players shipped with the game (Pioneer LD-V1000 or PR-7820) often broke under the strain imposed by the game (the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green-kubo Relations: Encyclopedia Ii - Green-kubo Relations - Thermal And Mechanical Transport Processes
Thermodynamic systems may be prevented from relaxing to equilibrium because of the application of a mechanical field (e.g. electric or ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colonial Mentality: Encyclopedia Ii - Colonial Mentality - Origins
Throughout human history nations and peoples have continuously colonised and been colonised. It is said that when a foreign colonial or i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bog Spavin: Encyclopedia Ii - Bog Spavin - Causes Of Bog Spavin
Bog spavin is a symptom, and does not directly create lameness. Causes include synovitis (inflammation of the lining of the joint capsule...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tensile Strength: Encyclopedia Ii - Tensile Strength - Typical Tensile Strengths
Some typical tensile strengths of some materials: (Source: A.M. Howatson, P.G. Lund and J.D. Todd, "Engineering Tables and Data" p41) Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shear Modulus: Encyclopedia Ii - Shear Modulus - Explanation
The shear modulus is one of several quantities for measuring the strength of materials. All of them arise in the generalized Hooke's law....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piezoelectricity: Encyclopedia Ii - Piezoelectricity - Mathematical Description
Piezoelectricity is the combined effect of the electrical behavior of the material: where D is volumetric charge density, is permitti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maxwell Material: Encyclopedia Ii - Maxwell Material - Dynamic Modulus
The complex dynamic modulus of Maxwell material would be: Thus, the components of the dynamic modulus are : and The picture...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - May 1968: Encyclopedia Ii - May 1968 - Slogans And Graffiti
It is difficult to pigeonhole the politics of the students who sparked the events of May 1968, much less of the hundreds of thousands who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bread: Encyclopedia Ii - Bread - Recipes
The following instructions to make bread were taken from the Household Cyclopedia of 1881: "Place in a large pan twenty-eight pounds of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fracture: Encyclopedia Ii - Fracture - Types Of Fracture
Fracture - Brittle fracture. In brittle fracture, no plastic deformation takes place before fracture. In brittle single crystals, cleav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Necrotizing Fasciitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Necrotizing Fasciitis - Other Bacterial Strains
Recently (April 2005), a rarer but even more serious form of the disease has been observed in increasing frequency, with several cases ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bread: Encyclopedia Ii - Bread - Recipes
The following instructions to make bread were taken from the Household Cyclopedia of 1881: "Place in a large pan twenty-eight pounds of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Music In Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Music In Canada - Newfoundland
Main article: Music of Newfoundland and Labrador There are very strong connections between Newfoundland folk music and Irish music, howev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Of Heroes Enemy Groups: Encyclopedia Ii - City Of Heroes Enemy Groups - Coralax Hybrids
Known Leader: Calystix the Shaper Low-level enemies found primarily in Port Oakes. Humans infected by a unique strain of coral, turning...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sprain: Encyclopedia Ii - Sprain - General Information
A sprain (from the French espraindre - to wring) is an injury which occurs to ligaments caused by a sudden overstretching (for the muscle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Necrotizing Fasciitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Necrotizing Fasciitis - Other Bacterial Strains
Recently (April 2005), a rarer but even more serious form of the disease has been observed in increasing frequency, with several cases ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enzyme Kinetics: Encyclopedia Ii - Enzyme Kinetics - Enzyme-substrate Interactions
The favored model of enzyme substrate interaction is known as the induced fit model. This model proposes that the initial interaction bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saturday Night Live Characters Appearing On Weekend Update: Encyclopedia Ii - Saturday Night Live Characters Appearing On Weekend Update - Dr. Jack Badofsky
Dr. Jack Badofsky was played by Tim Kazurinsky in a series of appearances on SNL Newsbreak or Saturday Night News (the monikers for Weeke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Farrer: Encyclopedia Ii - William Farrer - Lambrigg Experiments
In 1886 he bought a property on the Murrumbidgee River, Lambrigg station, near where Canberra now stands. Initially, he tried to grow gra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Long Term Recovery
Long-term chronic carpal tunnel syndrome can result in permanent nerve damage. However, most carpal tunnel syndrome sufferers either chan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Technique: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Technique - Learning Environments
Teaching methods vary; all have in common guided discovery of easier, more positive ways to carry intention into physical action and how ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meningitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meningitis - Vaccination
Vaccinations against Haemophilus influenzae (Hib) have decreased early childhood meningitis significantly. Vaccines against type A and C ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panama Disease: Encyclopedia Ii - Panama Disease - History
Gros Michel or 'Big Mike' was an early export cultivar of banana. This cultivar was wiped out by Panama disease in the 1950s. Although th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stress Physics: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Physics - Stress In Three Dimensions
The considerations above can be generalized to three dimensions. However, this is very complicated, since each shear loading produces she...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yield Engineering: Encyclopedia Ii - Yield Engineering - Implications For Structural Engineering
Yielded structures have a lower and less constant modulus of elasticity, so deflections increase and buckling strength decreases, and bot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stress Physics: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Physics - Stress In Three Dimensions
The considerations above can be generalized to three dimensions. However, this is very complicated, since each shear loading produces she...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geological Shear: Encyclopedia Ii - Geological Shear - Ductile Shear Microstructures
Very distinctive textures form as a consequence of ductile shear. The microstructures of ductile shear zones are S-planes, C-planes and C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clostridium Difficile: Encyclopedia Ii - Clostridium Difficile - Notable Outbreaks
On June 4, 2004, two outbreaks of a highly virulent strain of this bacterium were reported in Montreal, Quebec and Calgary, Alberta, in C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabian Horse: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabian Horse - Early History
According to the Bedouins, God created the Arabian horse from the South Wind, saying "I call you Horse; I make you Arabian and I give you...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hooke's Law: Encyclopedia Ii - Hooke's Law - Zero-length Springs
Hooke's law does not apply in some special physical conditions. In 1932 Lucien LaCoste invented the zero-length spring. A zero-length spr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stress Physics: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Physics - Residual Stress
Residual stresses are stresses that remain after the original cause of the stresses has been removed. Residual stresses occur for a varie...   » Read the article