compressive
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To address this, the team aims to combine CST-CMFI with compressive ultrafast photography.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
Compared with the bare sections, biocrust-covered rammed earth was less porous and had higher shear strength and compressive strength, the team reports today.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023
The more nappy waste in the concrete, the lower the compressive strength.
From Scientific American • May 22, 2023
The cars weren’t equipped with alignment control couplers that “resist lateral coupler movement under compressive in-train forces.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2023
The lesions may be gummatous, ulcerative, or inflammatory, or there may be compressive granulomatous masses.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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