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7.8.8.38 PEnum_MechanicalStressType

7.8.8.38.1 Semantic definition

List the different mechanical Stress. In continuum mechanics, stress is a physical quantity that expresses the internal forces that neighbouring particles of a continuous material exert on each other

7.8.8.38.2 Type values

Type	Description
`MECHANICAL_COMPRESSION`	Compression is the application of balanced inward ("pushing") forces to different points on a material or structure.
`MECHANICAL_TRACTION`	Traction or tension is the application of balanced outward ("pulling") forces to different points on a material or structure.
`OTHER`	required category not on scale
`NOTKNOWN`	Value is unkown
`UNSET`	Value has not been specified

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Last change: Improve definition split (#876) * bring back headers headers were previously removed by mistake, now bringing them back * add new lines and rename the tag add the word 'short' in it * unify newlines make exactly one newline before and two after the tag * resolving typos Because bringing back headers required to go back in time to previous version, I'm now re-resolving the issues: #861, #860, #856 by ArturTomczak on 2024-07-16T16:07:28+02:00

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