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strength of materials

methods of calculating displacements, stresses, and strains in deformable bodies
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Summary

strength of materials is a branch of mechanics[1]. It draws 3,875 Wikipedia views per month (branch of mechanics category, ranking #10 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: solid mechanics[3], materials engineering[4]
  • Commons category: Strength of materials[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Strength of materials[6]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]
  • P14541: LihkS[11]

Why It Matters

strength of materials has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

fracture mechanics solid mechanics

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Piotr Osada · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of poland mms id → 9810637225905606
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  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → LihkS
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  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001779-pevnost
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  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → branch of mechanics
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    Topic's main category → Category:Strength of materials
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