mixedstress
Mixedstress is a term used in materials science and engineering to describe a state where a material or structure experiences more than one type of stress simultaneously. It often refers to the coexistence and interaction of mechanical stress (tensile or compressive), thermal stress from temperature gradients, and residual stresses locked in during manufacturing processes such as welding, casting, or quenching. The concept is used in modeling to capture complex loading conditions that cannot be described by a single stress component.
In practice, mixedstress analysis decomposes the total stress field into components corresponding to different sources, enabling
Implications for design and reliability include higher risk of crack initiation where stress components align unfavorably,
Related concepts include multi-axial and mixed-mode stress, which refer to more general frameworks for describing complex