When a force is applied to a member and it is pointed at a joint, the member is in compression. When a force is directed away from a joint that the member is attached to, it is said to be in tension.
<h3>What is
tension?</h3>
The pulling force transmitted axially by a string, rope, chain, or other similar object, or by each end of a rod, truss member, or other similar three-dimensional object, is referred to as tension in physics. Tension can also be described as the action-reaction pair of forces acting at each end of the aforementioned elements. Tension, the opposite of compression, is conceivable.
To measure tension as a transmitted force, an action-reaction pair of forces, or a restoring force, the International System of Units uses newtons (or pounds-force in Imperial units). At the point of attachment to the objects to which the string or rod is connected, the ends of a string or other object that transmits tension will exert forces in the direction of the string.
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