the ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume
bulk modulus
... is a Kind of:
bulk modulus |
is a kind of:
- coefficient of elasticity, modulus of elasticity, elastic modulus — (physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body
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 | coefficient of compressibility (mechanics) |
| compressibility (mechanics) |
| Volume Stress (science) |
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- coefficient of compressibility (mechanics)
- compressibility (mechanics)
- Volume Stress (science)
- modulus of elasticity (mechanics)
- Cauchy number (fluid mechanics)
- elasticity number 2 (fluid mechanics)
- Grüneisen constant (solid-state physics)
- Bulk Modulus (science)
- bulk modulus of elasticity (mechanics)
- Elasticity
- Water hammer
- Scandium (inorganic chemistry)
- Decollement
- Birch–Murnaghan equation of state
