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= Saint-Venant's principle
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Saint-Venant's principle is a fundamental concept in the field of continuum mechanics and elasticity theory. It states that the effects of localized loads on an elastic body will diminish with distance from the load, and that the external effects can be approximated by a simplified load distribution in a sufficiently large region away from the point of application.