strength of materials, measurement in engineering of the capacity of metal, wood, concrete, and other materials to withstand stress and strain. Stress is the internal force exerted by one part of an elastic body upon the adjoining part, and strain is the deformation or change in dimension occasioned by stress.
KRISTIN HARTMAN. Bio. Kristin Hartman was born in VÃ¤sterÃ¥s, Sweden. She moved to the United States at a young age and lived in North and South Carolina before she moved to California. Hartman received her BA in Studio Art from California State University, Sacramento, where she was presented with the Deanâs Award in the College of Arts and Letters.
Kristin Nelson. Kristin Nelson (born Sharon Kristin Harmon; June 25, 1945) is an American primitive painter, actress and author, once married to the actor and musician Ricky Nelson. The daughter of the American football star Tom Harmon and the actress Elyse Knox, she is the older sister of model-actress Kelly Harmon and actor Mark Harmon. She married Nelson in 1963 and joined their family television show.