Stress tensor may refer to: * Cauchy stress tensor, in classical physics * Stress deviator tensor, in classical physics *

Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor In continuum mechanics, stress is a physical quantity. It is a quantity that describes the magnitude of forces that cause deformation. Stress is defined as ''force per unit area''. When an object is pulled apart by a force it will cause elon ...

, in continuum mechanics * Viscous stress tensor, in continuum mechanics *

Stress–energy tensor The stress–energy tensor, sometimes called the stress–energy–momentum tensor or the energy–momentum tensor, is a tensor physical quantity that describes the density and flux of energy and momentum in spacetime, generalizing the stress ...

, in relativistic theories * Maxwell stress tensor, in electromagnetism *

Electromagnetic stress–energy tensor In relativistic physics, the electromagnetic stress–energy tensor is the contribution to the stress–energy tensor due to the electromagnetic field. The stress–energy tensor describes the flow of energy and momentum in spacetime. The electrom ...

, in relativistic physics

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