Talk:Tension (physics)

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[edit] Tension - units of measurement

The page on tension requires units of measurement N/m

Its 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

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