Pressure or stressUnits Type ⤴
Pressure is an effect which occurs when a force is applied on a surface. Pressure is the amount of force acting on a unit area. Pressure is distinct from stress, as the former is the ratio of the component of force normal to a surface to the surface area. Stress is a tensor that relates the vector force to the vector area.
Term
pressureOrStress
Category
Space and Time
Provenance
QUDT
Provenance Uri
http://qudt.org/vocab/quantity#Pressureorstress
Note
Has identical dimensionality to energy density
Default Unit
Pascal (Pa)
Dimension Symbol
L-1M1T-2
Dimension Length
0
Dimension Mass
-1
Dimension Time
1
Dimension Current
-2
Dimension Temperature
0
Dimension Amount
0
Dimension Light
0