| Strain: | (english) The intensity of deformation at a point in an object. See normal strain and shear strain. |
| Strength: | (english) A very general term that may be applied to a material or a structure. In a material, strength refers to a level of stress at which there is a significant change in the state of the material, e.g., yielding or rupture. In a structure, strength refers to a level of level of loading which produces a significant change in the state of the structure, e.g., inelastic deformations, buckling, or collapse. |
| Stress resultant: | (english) A system of forces which is statically equivalent to a stress distribution over an area. |
| Structural model: | (english) An idealization for analysis purposes of a real or conceived structure. A structural model includes boundaries limiting the scope of the analysis. Supports occur at these boundaries, representing things which hold the structure in place. |
| Support: | (english) A support contributes to keeping a structure in place by restraining one or more degrees of freedom. In a structural model, supports represent boundary entities which are not included in the model itself, e.g., foundations, abutments, or the earth itself. For each restrained translation degree of freedom at a support, there is a corresponding reaction force; for each restrained rotation degree of freedom, there is a reaction moment. |
| Translation: | (english) Motion of an object where the path of every point is a straight line. |
| Transmissibility: | (english) The principle stating that a force has the same external effect on an object regardless of where it acts along its line of action. |
| Vector: | (english) A mathematical entity having a magnitude and a direction in space. |
| Velocity: | (english) A vector quantity equal to the rate that position changes with time. |
| Adsorption | (Environmental Engineering) A surface phenomena in which a solute (soluble material) concentrates or collects at a surface (the adsorbent). |