shear stress
shear stress (τ) The
stress which acts parallel to a plane on which a force has been applied. Shear stresses tend to promote sliding along a plane. Conventionally they are designated by the symbol τ +τindicates a left-handed shear sense, −τ a right-handed shear sense.
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Ernst Mach's philosophy; pro and con; with contributions by Brentano, Carnap, Einstein, Husserl, Lenin, Mach, Planck, Popper, and others.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: SciTech Book News; 6/1/2009; 538 words
; 9780578004785 Ernst Mach's philosophy; pro and con; with contributions...Carnap, Einstein, Husserl, Lenin, Mach, Planck, Popper, and others. Ed...by Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach (1838-1916). The focus of the collection...
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Clocks test Einstein vs. Mach. (Albert Einstein, Ernst Mach)
Magazine article from: Science News; 6/22/1985; ; 700+ words
; ...up his theories of relativity, Ernst March, who was both a theoretical...worked out what became known as Mach's Principle. As Mach was a philosopher, different commentators...but in the most general sense Mach's Principle proposes that the...
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THE WHAT, THE HOW, AND THE WHY: THE EXPLANATION OF ERNST MACH
Magazine article from: Behavior and Philosophy; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...behaviorists are inspired (via Skinner) by Ernst Mach to view science as description...words: explanation, description, Mach, Skinner, physics I was enormously...by briefly examining the views of Ernst Mach, an undisputed pillar of Skinnerian...
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Mach 101
Magazine article from: Boys' Life; 11/1/2003; ; 555 words
; ...like thunder. You might have read that the space shuttle flies at Mach 25 in the upper atmosphere. But what does "Mach" really mean? And where did the term come from? Ernst Mach (sounds like mock) was a European scientist who spent part of...
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AIR RIVALS IN MACH-O SKY RACE.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 3/29/2004; 419 words
; THE Mach rating - with Mach 1 the speed of sound - is named after 19th century physicist Ernst Mach. There were reports some German pilots flying the Me 262 jet fighter...
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The Scientist as Spectator: Musil's Torle[Beta] and the Challenge to Mach's Neo-Positivism.
Magazine article from: The Germanic Review; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Max Planck Robert Musil read Ernst Mach's Popularwissenschaftliche Vorlesungen...scientific world view, and particularly Mach's sensationalist philosophy of science...wrote his doctoral dissertation on Mach under the supervision of the experimental...
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It's pronounced 'Bach', bach. You mach my words
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/3/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...sounded as guttural as JS Bach, and asked for a "Mach 3" razor. The woman said she'd never heard...travesty of a pronunciation ignores the fact that Mach 1 or 2 or 3 is named after Ernst Mach, the Austrian physicist, who did much research...
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Mach, Lenin and Sellers. (Letters).
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 6/1/2002; ; 600 words
; ...book he was reviewing, claimed that Ernst Mach had an influence on Lenin. This is...opposed to the logical positivism of Mach and the Vienna Circle that he alarmed...other to refute it. Lenin feared that Mach's reliance on "sensation" to establish...
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MSC.Software Implements 128 Node Linux Cluster at Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Ernst-Macht Institute.
PR Newswire; 1/21/2003; 700+ words
; ...announced that Freiburg, Germany based Ernst-Mach-Institute has purchased a 128...technology services from MSC.Software. Ernst-Mach-Institute, a subsidiary of Fraunhofer...Stefan Hiermaier, Vice Director of Ernst-Mach-Institute, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft...
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MACH acquires End2End [End2End].
Magazine article from: Total Telecom Online; 2/13/2006; 700+ words
; ...provides End2End with access to MACH's global presence and mobile...Lippert, CEO, End2End. "MACH's global presence and wide...Whitney for legal matters and Ernst & Young in Denmark and UK for financial matters. About MACH MACH provides advanced inter...
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Ernst Mach
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ernst Mach Ernst mach (1838-1916), an Austrian physicist and philosopher of science, made important contributions in several sciences but especially in the areas of the history and theory of science and of perception. Ernst Mach was born...
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Mach, Ernst
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Mach, Ernst ( b . Chirlitz-Turas near Brno, Moravia [now Chrlice-Tu ř...Germany, 19 February 1916) physics, physiology, psychology . Ernst Mach spent his entire life, until the final three years, in the Austro-Hungarian...
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Mach Number
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Mach Number The Mach number is used in fluid mechanics and is especially useful in studies involving supersonic aerodynamics. It is named after Ernst Mach (1838 – 1916), the Austrian physicist and philosopher who...
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Mach number
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...flying below Mach 1 is said to be subsonic. supersonic flight means flying at speeds above Mach 1. Mach numbers are named after the Austrian physicist Ernst Mach (1838–1916).
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Mach's principle
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Mach's principle The proposal that the inertial...principle is named after the Austrian physicist Ernst Mach (1838–1916). A. Einstein was influenced by Mach's principle, but his theory of general...
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