Bulk Strain
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Bulk Strain
may also be known as volume strain.
Equations
(
Eq1
)
Bulk (volume) strain =
Δ
V
V
0
Bulk strain
Nomenclature
Δ
V
--
V
0
--
Details
Pressure plays the role of stress in a volume deformation. The corresponding strain is the fractional change in volume
V
0
:
(Eq1)
Bulk (volume) strain =
Δ
V
V
0
Volume strain is the change in volume per unit volume. Like tensile or compressive strain, it is a pure number, without units.