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.
Career [edit]. After some minor television appearances, Hartman starred in the short-lived Bewitched spin-off, Tabitha during 1977-78. She subsequently appeared frequently on television in guest roles, and appeared in the 1981 CBS TV remake of Jacqueline Susann 's Valley of the Dolls, as Neely O'Hara. She then played a major role in the primetime soap Knots Landing, as rock singer Ciji Dunne, during 1982 and 1983. Ciji was murdered, but the reaction from fans prompted the producers to create a new look-alike character for her. She returned as Ciji's lookalike Cathy Geary.