Sentence examples for increase toughness from inspiring English sources

This approach might be further exploited to reduce strength variability and increase toughness in advanced ceramics.

Mechanisms that increase toughness and resistance to cracking are explored using a variety of engineering and biological materials.

However, these bridging mechanisms rely on debonding of the reinforcing grains from the matrix to increase toughness.

Bio-based resins obtained by partial substitution of unsaturated polyester (UPE) with epoxidized soybean oil (EMS) increase toughness but compromise stiffness and hygro-thermal properties.

Novel concepts have been pursued to design ceramics using a non-conventional disposition of "embedded" compressive layers to significantly increase toughness and reduce the scatter in strength.

In a study by Ezeldin and Balaguru (1992), the use of fibers in both NSC and HSC ranging from 35 to 85 MPa was found to increase toughness, compressive strength, strain corresponding to peak stress, and the secant modulus of elasticity.

She was tough ("No time for fear") and surprised at her increasing toughness as the war went on.

Metal matrices offer not only high-temperature resistance but also strength and ductility, or "bendability," which increases toughness.

Dr. Baughman said the faster spinning rate in his process -- 70 times as fast as Dr. Poulin's -- probably allowed the nanotubes to align better, increasing toughness.

This tempering process reduces residual stresses produced by the phase transformation, reduces hardness by coarsening the carbide precipitate, and increases toughness.

Further increased toughness results from combining CNTs and reduced GO flakes in solution-spun polymer fibers.