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Deformation. Change in size, shape, and/or volume of an object under the effect of internal or external forces.
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In continuum mechanics, as well as in engineering applications, deformation is often referred to as the strain induced when external forces are applied to a body (e.g., compression, tension, shearing, bending , and/or torsion). However, deformation can be also induced by intrinsic body forces (e.g., gravity), as well as by changes in the temperature or by chemical reactions (Jones 2009). A straightforward example of deformation is shown in Fig. 1, where a force is axially applied to a rod. The strain (ε) occurring along the rod axis can be calculated as the change in length ΔL with respect to the initial length:
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Manconi, A. (2016). Deformation. In: Bobrowsky, P., Marker, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12127-7_81-1
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