To add further stiffness, the entire tire is surrounded by additional belts oriented closer to the direction of travel, but usually at some "spiral" angle.

They are typically used to add stiffness and a crisper look to a shirt collar.

Robertson realized that the hat truss could add stiffness to the entire building, from top to bottom, by acting as a rigid cap.

He also widened the exterior columns slightly, adding further stiffness to the structure.

There are no water passages in the block, which adds considerable strength and stiffness.

This simple relation can be used to understand in general what will happen to a more complex system once we add mass or stiffness.

The resulting material adds physical stiffness to the toughness of an insect's chitinous exoskeleton.

These add stiffness to reduce side-to-side motion during an earthquake and reduce the probability of damage to the decking surfaces.

In 1983, he introduced the Oval CX with an oval-shaped top tube to add stiffness.

The polyurethane foam also serves as the "glue" holding both steel plates together and adding stiffness to the construction.