Sentence examples for prone to shearing from inspiring English sources

These reconstructions are prone to shearing strains resulting in ulceration, hypertrophic scars and hyperkeratosis.

Since large DNA molecules are prone to shearing and crushing, DNA is isolated in a gentle manner by first embedding a suspension of the organism in agarose plugs, lysing the cells in situ, and digesting the chromosomal DNA with restriction enzymes.

This local sandstone is very strong and not prone to shearing or fracturing, allowing the sculptors at Quiriguá to erect the tallest freestanding stone monuments in the Americas.

In fact, the agitation had a less pronounced effect on the 10-L vessel than the 2-L vessel, attributed to a larger culture volume, and hence the larger vessel was less prone to shearing stress (data not shown).

The column is prone to shear failure when the stirrup spacing is large otherwise to flexural failure.

For the soil-steel bridges, the soil above the conduit is prone to shear failure if the embankment is subjected to loads that are eccentric with respect to the conduit axis.

As a result of rock strength decreasing after immersion into drilling fluids filtrate, asperities on fracture surface were prone to shear failure in the process of frictional sliding, and their failure products migrated with the fracture surface movement.

The CC material is also prone to shear-type failure, while the DC material exhibits a cup cone-type failure.

This area is more prone to punching shear failure.

In contrast, weak PZs are prone to high shear deformation, resulting in brittle fracture of connections.

This suggests that the SPST could be a good supplementary test to identify and screen HMA prone to rutting and shear failure, particularly in high-temperature regions under high shear stress conditions.