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Which of the following statements about local equilibrium is/are true? 1) There is a total of three force balance equations in three axes of a coordinate system 2) The stress rate of change is negligible when calculating the local equilibrium because the infinitesimal cube is so small 3) The divergence of stress is a scalar 4) The divergence of stress should equal to the internal force at a point

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Description: which of the following statements about local equilibrium isare true 1 there is a total of three force balance equations in three axes of a coordinate system 2 the stress rate of change is n 26364

          Which of the following statements about local equilibrium is/are true?
1) There is a total of three force balance equations in three axes of a coordinate system
2) The stress rate of change is negligible when calculating the local equilibrium because the infinitesimal cube is so small
3) The divergence of stress is a scalar
4) The divergence of stress should equal to the internal force at a point

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University Physics with Modern Physics

Hugh D. Young 14th Edition

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01/24/2022

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Which of the following statements about local equilibrium is/are true? 1) There is a total of three force balance equations in three axes of a coordinate system 2) The stress rate of change is negligible when calculating the local equilibrium because the infinitesimal cube is so small 3) The divergence of stress is a scalar 4) The divergence of stress should equal to the internal force at a point