... Designation. America uses, for sizes up to 4/0, mil, decimals of an inch, or AWGnumbers for solid conductors and AWG numbers or circular mils for stranded conductors; for sizeslarger than 4/0, ... elastic deformation andpermanent deformation. When a material is subjected to stress and undergoes deformation butresumes its original shape and dimensions when the stress is removed, the deformation ... internalstress to the corresponding strain or deformation. It is a characteristic of each material, form (shapeor structure), and type of stressing. For deformations involving changes in both volume...