A few French-English translations in maths/mechanics



Here are some useful (and sometimes confusing) translations of technical terms in maths/mechanics between French and English (to be completed).

Geometric Modeling

courbe (surface) gauche
skew curve (surface)

Mechanics

tenseur des déformations (de Green-Lagrange)
(Green-Lagrange) strain tensor
tenseur des contraintes (de Cauchy)
(Cauchy) stress tensor
quantité de mouvement
linear momentum
moment cinétique
angular momentum
moment d'une force
force torque
énergie cinétique
kinetic energy
moment (force) résultant(e)
net torque (force)
structure mince
slender structure

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