The in-plane strength properties of a composite material, axial and transverse tension and compression and in-plane shear, are usually the first to be considered in design. However, ...

Tensile strength measures the force required to pull something such as rope, wire, or a structural beam to the point where it breaks. The tensile strength of a material is the maximum amount of ...

Previously, a test method first issued in 1952 for measuring the through-thickness tensile strength of sandwich panels, namely, ASTM C 297, “Flatwise Tensile Strength of Sandwich Constructions,” 2 ...

Although concrete has good compression strength, the tensile strength is quite poor. Around the late 1800s, someone thought to fortify spans of concrete with steel reinforcing bars, ...

Tensile strength is how much stress a material can withstand while being pulled in opposite directions. This stress causes the material to temporarily lengthen. ...

Nagoya, Japan - Single-walled carbon nanotubes should theoretically be extremely strong, but it remains unclear why their experimental tensile strengths are lower and vary among nanotubes. A team ...

Knots are known for boosting the strength of materials, and now Caltech engineers have developed a new material consisting of microscale knots, showing that it’s far tougher than a version of ...