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Which of the following is the definition of Compliance?

(a) Inverse of Rigidity

(b) Inverse of Stiffness

(c) Proportional to elastic Limit

(d) None of the mentioned

I got this question at a technical round.

Question is taken from the Stress Strain Diagrams & Mechanical Properties of Engineering Materials topic in section Engineering Materials of Machine Design

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Accurate choice is (b) Inverse of Stiffness

To elaborate: Compliance is a parameter which is the inverse of stiffness.

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