Sentence examples for exceeded the strength from inspiring English sources

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.

These light building materials were remarkably tough – they exceeded the strength to weight ratio of all engineering materials with a density less than that of water, the researchers said.

On average, the activated cryptic site exceeded the strength of the cognate natural site (1.3 ± 4.6 bits; N = 57).

M2B2W1-mediated activation significantly exceeded the strength of expression of native chs_H1 gene driven by the 35S promoter of CaMV, while M3B2W1 resulted in 30% of the 35S: chs_H1 expression level, as quantified by real-time PCR.

There were eight Type 1 variants (4 at acceptors and 4 at donors) that were missed, because the R i,final value of the natural site exceeded the strength of the corresponding cryptic site by ≥ 1.0 bits (variants with Δ R i < 1.0 bits are not reliably detected experimentally).

What's more, no education system exceeds the strength of its teachers.

If these forces exceed the strength of the ice, the cover will move and break up and be transported downstream.

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.

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.