Sentence examples for exceed the strength from inspiring English sources
If these forces exceed the strength of the ice, the cover will move and break up and be transported downstream.
Collapse refers to ultimate limit state failure, in which the stresses exceed the strength of the rock masses.
The fibrous cap of an atherosclerotic plaque may be prone to rupture if the occurring stresses exceed the strength of the cap.
Thus, crack nucleation and expansion appear to progressively weaken icebergs in transit through the Vaigat Strait until mechanical stresses exceed the strength of the ice, culminating in a calving event.
According to the theory, a tectonic earthquake occurs when strains in rock masses have accumulated to a point where the resulting stresses exceed the strength of the rocks, and sudden fracturing results.
The experimental data shows that laminated hybrid-glass units can achieve significant post-fracture stiffness and their post-fracture strength can equal or exceed the strength at first fracture.
Earthquake swarms and volcanic eruptions occur when the stretching exceeds the strength of the near-surface rocks, which then fracture along steeply dipping cracks parallel to the rift.
When strain from the pressure buildup exceeded the strength of the caprock, the rock sheared and cracked, setting off swarms of micro-earthquakes.
During the past century about a dozen quakes with magnitudes of 6.5 occurred in this region, but only one of them exceeded the strength of Friday's quake.
The crack propagation is simulated by breaking the crack tip strut when the maximum stress in that strut exceeds the strength of the strut material.
