compressive
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The study emphasizes that nanoscale deformation mechanisms of collagen fibrils accommodate compressive loading of the intervertebral disc.
From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 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
Folding of the rocks resulted from the operation of great compressive forces acting tangentially to the figure of the earth.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
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