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[Phys-l] pressure



John Denker wrote:
Stress tensors outnumber pressure tensors by more than ten to one,
according to google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=pressure-tensor
http://www.google.com/search?q=stress-tensor

This comparison is also not quite fair because stress tensor is not only used in Fluid Dynamics, but Mechanics of Materials, Electrodynamics, Relativistic theories etc...

So some authors prefer to distinguish the use of stress tensor in different contexts?


Alphonsus