action: Does it mean acting stress or force?

English translation: Design action effect

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English term or phrase:action: Does it mean acting stress or force?
Selected answer:Design action effect
Entered by: Mark Xiang

16:13 Aug 15, 2004
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Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber / Timber Design Standard
English term or phrase: action: Does it mean acting stress or force?
2.4 Basis of design

2.4.1
For the strength limit state all members shall be proportioned so that the design strength, §¶Rn, is not less than the design action, S*, i.e.

S*< or = §¶Rn...................(Eq. 2.2)
Mark Xiang
Local time: 13:53
Design action effect
Explanation:
Design action or design load (W*) is the combination of the nominal actions or loads imposed upon the structure (e.g., transverse loads on a beam) multiplied by the appropriate load factors as specified in AS/NZS 1170 (Structural design factors).
Design action effects (S*) are the actions (e.g., design bending moments, shear forces, axial loads) calculated from the design actions or design loads using an acceptable method of analysis.
Limit states design requires structural memebers and connections to be proportioned so that the design action effects (S*), resulting from the design action (W*), is less than ot equal to the design capacity (#Rn).
read more here http://www.smorgonsteel.com.au/tubemills/content/brochure/do...
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action: does it mean acting stress or force?
force


Explanation:
Merriam-Webster Dictionary 11th edition

"stress" as far as the relevant meaning is concerned:

a : a force exerted when one body or body part presses on, pulls on, pushes against, or tends to compress or twist another body or body part; especially : the intensity of this mutual force commonly expressed in pounds per square inch

I think it would be force since it seems to focus on a mutual force commonly expressed in a mathematical proportion.

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
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Native speaker of: English

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agree  Asghar Bhatti
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agree  Michel A.: absolutely :-)
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action: does it mean acting stress or force?
Design action effect


Explanation:
Design action or design load (W*) is the combination of the nominal actions or loads imposed upon the structure (e.g., transverse loads on a beam) multiplied by the appropriate load factors as specified in AS/NZS 1170 (Structural design factors).
Design action effects (S*) are the actions (e.g., design bending moments, shear forces, axial loads) calculated from the design actions or design loads using an acceptable method of analysis.
Limit states design requires structural memebers and connections to be proportioned so that the design action effects (S*), resulting from the design action (W*), is less than ot equal to the design capacity (#Rn).
read more here http://www.smorgonsteel.com.au/tubemills/content/brochure/do...

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