SUGGESTIONS FOR BEND DIVIDED SOLID

Advection

A transport mechanism of a substance, or a conserved property, by a fluid, due to the fluid's bulk motion in a particular direction. An example of advection is the transport of pollutants or silt in a river.

Coanda Effect

The tendency of a fluid jet to stay attached to an adjacent suitably shaped curved surface. Also applies to powdered solids.

Converse Piezoelectric Effect

Materials exhibiting the direct piezoelectric effect (the production of electricity when stress is applied) also exhibit the converse piezoelectric effect (the production of stress and/or strain when an electric field is applied). For example, lead zirconate titanate crystals will exhibit a maximum shape change of about 0.1% of the original dimension.

Displacement

Displacement occurs when an object is immersed in a fluid, pushing the fluid out of the way and taking its place. The volume of the fluid displaced is equal to the volume of the object imersed. An object that sinks, or is otherwise fully immersed, displaces an amount of fluid equal to its total volume.

Electret

An Electret is a dielectric material that has a quasi-permanent electric charge or dipole polarisation. An electret generates internal and external electric fields, and is the electrostatic equivalent of a permanent magnet.

Electric Field

The space surrounding an electric charge or in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field has a property called an electric field (that can also be equated to electric flux density). This electric field exerts a force on other electrically charged objects.

Electrostriction

A property of all electrical non-conductors, or dielectrics, that causes them to change their shape under the application of an electric field. All dielectrics exhibit some electrostriction, but certain engineered ceramics, known as relaxor ferroelectrics, have extraordinarily high electrostrictive constants,e.g. Lead magnesium niobate (PMN), Lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT), Lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (PLZT).

Force

That which can cause an object with mass to accelerate. Force has both magnitude & direction, i.e. it's a vector quantity. An object with constant mass will accelerate in proportion to the net force acting upon it and in inverse proportion to its mass (or the net force on an object is equal to the rate of change of momentum it experiences). Forces acting on objects may cause them to rotate or deform, or result in a change in pressure.