Quasistatic loading

In solid mechanics, quasistatic loading refers to loading where inertial effects are negligible. In other words, time and inertial force are irrelevant.{{cite web|last=Yavari|first=Arash|title=quasi static loading {{!}} iMechanica|url=http://imechanica.org/node/8437|work=A static load is time independent. A dynamic load is time dependent and for which inertial effects cannot be ignored. A quasi-static load is time dependent but is "slow" enough such that inertial effects can be ignored. Note that a load quasi-static for a given structure (made of some material) may not be quasi-static for another structure (made of a different material)|access-date=10 April 2011}}