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The Poynting effect

  • University of Galway

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Abstract

Intuition suggests that twisting a cylinder will shorten it, but here it is shown that for a cylinder of an incompressible material, like rubber, twisting will always produce elongation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1036-1040
Number of pages5
JournalAmerican Journal of Physics
Volume88
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2020

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