Modern Aspects of Stress and Strain

Abstract This is the fourth contribution to an ongoing series of articles entitled ENDPIECE. The idea behind this series is to have a place where the Editor-in-Chief of the journal SILICON can reflect on some aspects of silicon (Si) science and on its applications. Hopefully, the collection of artic...
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Abstract This is the fourth contribution to an ongoing series of articles entitled ENDPIECE. The idea behind this series is to have a place where the Editor-in-Chief of the journal SILICON can reflect on some aspects of silicon (Si) science and on its applications. Hopefully, the collection of articles will build and the series will serve to show just how broad the field of silicon-based materials and technologies is. Indeed, this broadness is being reflected in the growing content of the journal SILICON. In silicon-based materials, we often use the terms stress and strain in the area of mechanical properties. Seven articles from SILICON have been briefly reviewed herein in order to illustrate the importance of the mechanical testing of silicon-based materials and of the experimental definition of stress and strain. The terms stress and strain have a number of wider definitions and these will be explored. Throughout our daily lives in the modern world we often encounter the word stress and we are all-too-familiar with the negative outcomes of prolonged time periods of being under stress. In this ENDPIECE I will share some of my thoughts and ideas on stress and strain in a broad context. It is worth noting that there are many books available which have stress as (or in) the title. I have used selected topics presented in the popular literature to illustrate various aspects of stress and strain. Ausführliche Beschreibung