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Symbols, Notations, and Terminology

Greek Alphabet
Alpha Nu
Beta Xi
Gamma Omicron
Delta ! Pi

Epsilon " # Rho
Zeta $ % Sigma

Eta Tau
Theta & ' Upsilon
lota ( ) Phi
Kappa * + Chi
Lambda , - Psi
Mu . / Omega

Greek Symbols

0 angle, angle of twist, co-ordinate
defl ection, displacement
elongation or defl ection; also change in magnitude
# ratio of nonprestressed reinforcement in a section
shear strain
, , shearing strain components in rectangular coordinates
xz
y
xy
shearing strain in polar coordinates
r0
shearing stress
, , shearing stress components in rectangular coordinates
yz
xy
xz
P single load
% , % , % tangential stress in polar coordinates
x
y
z

,
tangential unit elongation in polar coordinates
0
t
0 unit angle of twist
t

unit elongation

,
,
unit elongations in x, y, and z directions
x
y
z
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