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mechanical stress
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physical quantity that expresses internal forces in a continuous material
AI overview
Mechanical stress is the internal force that builds up within a material when it's pushed, pulled, or compressed. It matters because understanding how much stress a material can handle helps engineers design safe structures and products that won't break or fail under pressure.
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Research
130,622 papers- Mechanical stress induced mitochondrial dysfunction in cardiovascular diseases: Novel mechanisms and therapeutic targets.ReviewBiomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2024Ren H, Hu W, Jiang T et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2024.116545
- Mechanical stress and mechanosensitive protein in skin tumors.ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer · 2025Li B, Zhao S, Zhang L et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2025.189419
- Mechanical stress can regulate temporomandibular joint cavitation via signalling pathways.ReviewDevelopmental biology · 2024She Y, Ren R, Jiang NDOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.12.006
- Mechanical stress-induced autophagic response: A cancer-enabling characteristic?ReviewSeminars in cancer biology · 2020Das J, Chakraborty S, Maiti TKDOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2019.05.017
- Mechanical stress acclimation in plants: Linking hormones and somatic memory to thigmomorphogenesis.ReviewPlant, cell & environment · 2022Brenya E, Pervin M, Chen ZH et al.DOI: 10.1111/pce.14252
- Mechanical stress overload promotes NF-κB/NLRP3-mediated osteoarthritis synovitis and fibrosis through Piezo1.Cellular signalling · 2025Yu L, Tian D, Su Z et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2025.111786
- Mechanical Stress and Protective Mechanisms in Podocytes: Insights into Hypertensive Nephropathy.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Du SJ, Huang W, Hao Y et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms26199316
- Mechanical stress regulates the mechanotransduction and metabolism of cardiac fibroblasts in fibrotic cardiac diseases.ReviewEuropean journal of cell biology · 2023Tian G, Ren TDOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2023.151288
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