displacement: Quick Facts

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Two diagrams compare a mass attached between two horizontal springs. In A, the mass m is centered and springs are at rest. In B, the mass is shifted right by distance x, stretching the left spring and compressing the right.

Figure 6: Relations of strains to gradients of displacement (see text).

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