Tensile stress refers to the pulling or stretching force that is applied to an object, trying to make it longer or thinner. It measures how much a material can withstand being stretched before breaking. Full definition
The tensile strength of a material is the maximum amount of tensile stress that it can be subjected to before failure. (sciencedaily.com)
«The computer simulation of chewing forces creates high tensile stresses exactly in the cervical areas where we frequently find tooth lesions in our teeth», reconsiders Stefano Benazzi of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, who carried out the Finite Element Analysis. (sciencedaily.com)
Iceberg capsize releases gravitational potential energy and increases tensile stress on the ice shelf. (antarcticglaciers.org)