COMPATIBILITY

Compatibility

In continuum mechanics, a compatible deformation tensor field in a body is that unique field that is obtained when the body is subjected to a continuous, single-valued, displacement field. Compatibility is the study of the conditions under which such a displacement field can be guaranteed. Compatibility conditions are particular cases of integrability conditions and were first derived for linear elasticity by Barré de Saint-Venant in 1864 and proved rigorously by Beltrami in 1886.

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compatibility

Noun

  1. The state of being compatible; in which two or more things are able to exist or perform together in combination without problems or conflict.
  2. the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.
  3. the ability to execute a given program on different types of computers without modification of the program or the computers. See backward compatibility and forward compatibility.
  4. the capability that allows the substitution of one subsystem (storage facility), or of one functional unit (e.g., hardware, software), for the originally designated system or functional unit in a relatively transparent manner, without loss of information and without the introduction of errors.
  5. the continuity or good fit of material or members or components while being deformed.


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