THERMAL STRESS. Stresses in metal resulting from non-uniform temperature distribution.
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ULTIMATE STRENGTH. The maximum conventional stress (tensile, compressive or shear) that a material can withstand.
SUPERHEATING. Heating above the temperature at which an equilibrium phase transformation should occur without actually obtaining the transformation.
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