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Dilatation

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-001088

The change in volume per unit volume of a material, representing its volumetric strain. In geophysics, it describes the expansion or contraction of rock formations under stress. This property is related to the bulk modulus of the material and is a component of the strain tensor in continuum mechanics.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-001088
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeophysics
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-001088",
  "term": "Dilatation",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "The change in volume per unit volume of a material, representing its volumetric strain. In geophysics, it describes the expansion or contraction of rock formations under stress. This property is related to the bulk modulus of the material and is a component of the strain tensor in continuum mechanics.",
  "subject": "Geophysics",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/dilatation/"
}

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