What is the difference between normal stress and bearing stress?

Answer 1

Shear stress acts parallel to the section surface while bending stress induces tension and compression in the element. Due to tensile and compressive bending stresses beam/member get rotated while shear stress tries to cause vertical movement of beam/member.

Answer 2

For a fluid of density D, in which solid particles of density Ds are uniformly dispersed, show that if x is the mass fraction of solid in the mixture, the density is given by D mixture= Ds . D/Dx+Ds(1+x)

Answer 3

Well, technically, a bearing stress is the stress between two surfaces in compression, while normal stress is either tension or compression and acts normal to a particular axis.

An example of bearing stress is a pin in hole under load, and an example of normal stress is a beam in bending.

Answer 4

If there are several different sources of stress, the most important or largest source of stress might be identified as the principle stress.