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Sustain4people ( talk) 14:15, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
This article is a lot of blaa. Where is definition? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.146.96.48 ( talk) 16:05, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
The page on tension requires units of measurement N/m It would also be useful to indicate that in some circumstances - such as in the determination of plate vibration characteristics (for example, analysis by Timoshenko) it is more appropriate to use tensile stress with units of N/m^2
In a microphone diaphragm - the "tension" or stress in the diaphragm can be characterised by both tension N/m or tensile stress N/m^2
From a measurement point of view it is practical to measure the diaphragm tension N/m
From an analysis point of view it is useful to use the units N/m^2
It is also worth pointing out that tensile stress and Pressure (distributed over a diaphragm surface) both use the units N/m^2
georgerai at hotmail dot com
The magnitude of the force of tension typically increases with the amount of stretching. For small stretching, the force is often described by Hooke's law. If this means that the amount of stretch usually increases with tension, than we should change it to say that. I think this is confusing. 69.122.62.231 ( talk) 21:52, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
I agree with above. Tension really relates to force per unit length (eg surface tension). The main article on tension claims that it is the same as force, eg reactive force in a string holding a weight. Tension should be differentiated from Stress also. 203.206.65.62 ( talk) 13:37, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
This is a high-school Physics definition of tension -- a force applied by a string/cable to some object. The article neither defines tension clearly (so as to preclude other definitions) nor does it elucidate clearly exactly what it is. The definition itself needs work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Munshisan ( talk • contribs) 17:36, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
I do not think tension is force, because it is a not a vector. It is a scalar function of position along a string or other one dimensional continuous material. Tension has units of force, e.g. Newtons. The talk page seems to have general agreement that the existing page is wrong and wishing for someone to take a brushstroke at it. I'm willing! MIT '91 Course VIII! -- Sustain4people ( talk) 03:34, 27 April 2014 (UTC)Sustain4people
Why is tension not a force and thus Vector? That's why I have always learned since High School! There is also a discussion on Quora [1] EvanCamilleri ( talk) 18:13, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
N Keamogetse Monageng ( talk) 18:57, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
Please specify whether the tension force is conservative or non conservative. 07:52, 13 February 2010 117.96.214.194 (talk) [added]
this article is very usefull Tension isn't a force, that much should be readily apparent, since it doesn't have a direction, but only an axis. The first two paragraphs don't say anything about tension, merely talking clumsily about free-body diagrams, and the last paragraph about string theory is totally wtf. Unfortunately, I'm not smart enough to fix it; if I understood continuum mechanics, I wouldn't be whining on the talk page. But someone who knows better shouldn't hesitate to come along and replace the whole thing with something that makes sense. 24.91.116.134 ( talk) 21:47, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
The main picture at the top right mislabels the force of the scaffolding acting on the earth and vice versa.
Also, the last paragraph in "System under net force" needs to be rewritten. The second to last sentence states, "If body A has greater mass than body B, m_1 > m_2." A sentence fragment if I've ever seen it. It's also a little unclear how that was supposed to tie into the last sentence which begins with a, "Therefore," which does makes sense if placed after the third to last sentence setting up the forces used in that last sentence. Then the fragment could either be placed at the end and expanded/finished or removed. I hate to simply remove it because it is beginning a good thought. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rical Jasan ( talk • contribs) 01:23, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
In the third paragraph, ″tension is not a force″ should be ″tension is not a fundamental force.″ Otherwise, there seems to be a contradiction to the opening sentence which contains ″tension describes the pulling force exerted by each end of a string.″ Some reference to electromagnetic forces between particles being pulled apart as opposing forces acting on opposite ends of the string might be included. However, most textbooks do not obfuscate the topic with this distinction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Physics247 ( talk • contribs) 21:46, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
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This article has overlapping content with other pages and work is needed to identify where and how overlapping topics are addressed differently on these pages and how/where/whether they reference each other.
Sustain4people ( talk) 14:15, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
This article is a lot of blaa. Where is definition? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.146.96.48 ( talk) 16:05, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
The page on tension requires units of measurement N/m It would also be useful to indicate that in some circumstances - such as in the determination of plate vibration characteristics (for example, analysis by Timoshenko) it is more appropriate to use tensile stress with units of N/m^2
In a microphone diaphragm - the "tension" or stress in the diaphragm can be characterised by both tension N/m or tensile stress N/m^2
From a measurement point of view it is practical to measure the diaphragm tension N/m
From an analysis point of view it is useful to use the units N/m^2
It is also worth pointing out that tensile stress and Pressure (distributed over a diaphragm surface) both use the units N/m^2
georgerai at hotmail dot com
The magnitude of the force of tension typically increases with the amount of stretching. For small stretching, the force is often described by Hooke's law. If this means that the amount of stretch usually increases with tension, than we should change it to say that. I think this is confusing. 69.122.62.231 ( talk) 21:52, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
I agree with above. Tension really relates to force per unit length (eg surface tension). The main article on tension claims that it is the same as force, eg reactive force in a string holding a weight. Tension should be differentiated from Stress also. 203.206.65.62 ( talk) 13:37, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
This is a high-school Physics definition of tension -- a force applied by a string/cable to some object. The article neither defines tension clearly (so as to preclude other definitions) nor does it elucidate clearly exactly what it is. The definition itself needs work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Munshisan ( talk • contribs) 17:36, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
I do not think tension is force, because it is a not a vector. It is a scalar function of position along a string or other one dimensional continuous material. Tension has units of force, e.g. Newtons. The talk page seems to have general agreement that the existing page is wrong and wishing for someone to take a brushstroke at it. I'm willing! MIT '91 Course VIII! -- Sustain4people ( talk) 03:34, 27 April 2014 (UTC)Sustain4people
Why is tension not a force and thus Vector? That's why I have always learned since High School! There is also a discussion on Quora [1] EvanCamilleri ( talk) 18:13, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
N Keamogetse Monageng ( talk) 18:57, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
Please specify whether the tension force is conservative or non conservative. 07:52, 13 February 2010 117.96.214.194 (talk) [added]
this article is very usefull Tension isn't a force, that much should be readily apparent, since it doesn't have a direction, but only an axis. The first two paragraphs don't say anything about tension, merely talking clumsily about free-body diagrams, and the last paragraph about string theory is totally wtf. Unfortunately, I'm not smart enough to fix it; if I understood continuum mechanics, I wouldn't be whining on the talk page. But someone who knows better shouldn't hesitate to come along and replace the whole thing with something that makes sense. 24.91.116.134 ( talk) 21:47, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
The main picture at the top right mislabels the force of the scaffolding acting on the earth and vice versa.
Also, the last paragraph in "System under net force" needs to be rewritten. The second to last sentence states, "If body A has greater mass than body B, m_1 > m_2." A sentence fragment if I've ever seen it. It's also a little unclear how that was supposed to tie into the last sentence which begins with a, "Therefore," which does makes sense if placed after the third to last sentence setting up the forces used in that last sentence. Then the fragment could either be placed at the end and expanded/finished or removed. I hate to simply remove it because it is beginning a good thought. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rical Jasan ( talk • contribs) 01:23, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
In the third paragraph, ″tension is not a force″ should be ″tension is not a fundamental force.″ Otherwise, there seems to be a contradiction to the opening sentence which contains ″tension describes the pulling force exerted by each end of a string.″ Some reference to electromagnetic forces between particles being pulled apart as opposing forces acting on opposite ends of the string might be included. However, most textbooks do not obfuscate the topic with this distinction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Physics247 ( talk • contribs) 21:46, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 August 2023 and 16 December 2023. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
Alana1132 (
article contribs). Peer reviewers:
Tortuga424,
Achagoyan.
— Assignment last updated by Kmijares ( talk) 22:40, 15 November 2023 (UTC)