compressive
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The digitally programmable material exhibits remarkable mechanical capabilities, including shape-shifting and memory, stress-strain response, and Poisson's ratio under compressive load.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024
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
As these irregularities move, they induce a compressive stress that triggers the rebonding effect.
From Scientific American • Oct. 1, 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
Peritracheal or peribronchial malignancy may produce a compressive stenosis covered with normal mucosa.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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