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.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Compatibility (mechanics)
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compatibility
Noun
- The state of being compatible; in which two or more things are able to exist or perform together in combination without problems or conflict.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- the continuity or good fit of material or members or components while being deformed.
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