Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Displacement field (mechanics)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Lepricavark (talk) 01:16, 1 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Displacement field (mechanics)[edit]

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Unsourced article about a technical subject. Possible hoax. » Shadowowl | talk 16:24, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. XOR'easter (talk) 17:10, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Not a hoax [1][2][3][4][5]. XOR'easter (talk) 17:19, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A quick WP:BEFORE-style search shows that the concept of a displacement is a fundamental one in the theory of elasticity (.e.g., Linear_elasticity#Displacement_formulation), and a displacement field is the continuum version used in Continuum_mechanics#Displacement_field. GBooks and and GScholar searches of "displacement field" elasticity show many sources--XOR'easter has listed a few above and has usefully added a couple to the article. While one could debate whether it is better to keep the stub or merge to the continuum mechanics section, this is a clearly notable topic that more than suggests keep. --{{u|Mark viking}} {Talk} 08:56, 26 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep similar to displacement (fluid), displacement in mechanics is important is elastic materials. --MaoGo (talk) 13:19, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It could conceivably be merged or redirected into another, larger article, but we can decide that at a later date. XOR'easter (talk) 15:51, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. it is not advisable to consider things in a technical field where one has no special knowledge to be a possible hoax. It's too easy to make mistakes like this. DGG ( talk ) 16:34, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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