tensile strength

One was being pulled at each end to test its tensile strength.

An increase in tensile strength means that more force is required to break it.

Each of these hazards can reduce the tensile strength by several percent.

This may contribute significant and needed tensile strength to walls.

The added material increases the tensile strength of the ice.

As I recall, that particular tie had a high tensile strength.

The result is fibers with higher specific tensile strength than steel.

If water had more tensile strength, it would work.

The composite also has a high tensile strength to weight ratio.

This requires a material with enormous tensile strength and light weight.

Tensile strength of material must be considered while using any joining processes.

This results in a lower tensile strength and increased ductility.

An empirical relationship gives a tensile strength of for this specimen.

Tensile strengths up to 280 atmospheres have been reported for water in glass.

"I doubt the tensile strength of rope would be very high.

"You've been talking about the tensile strength of the stuff we cut off the assembly.

"It's rusted away to the point where it no longer has stability and tensile strength."

The springs can also become fatigued and lose their tensile strength.

It can be used to measure the tensile strength or the force generated by molecules.

In some cases, it has shown to be of greater tensile strength and elasticity.

It is assumed that the brittle material has no tensile strength.

The musical line still has a high tensile strength but no longer threatens to snap at any moment.

Once the tensile strength of the concrete is exceeded, a crack will develop.

They have a tensile strength of two hundred and fifty pounds."

Though a head shorter than himself, Ash could sense her slim body's tensile strength.