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In a linear analysis, the strain is always proportional to the stress.

In an elastic analysis, the strain follows the same function of stress for loading and unloading.

Therefore, a linear analysis will also be an elastic analysis but the opposite is not true. An elastic analysis may very well be nonlinear.

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