Clayey soils are usually stiff when they are dry and give up their stiffness as they become saturated.
When trying on boots, test their stiffness by standing and flexing at the ankles.
As the music washed over them, their stiffness melted, as they slowly began to sway their shoulders and clap.
The floor-length curtains, their stiffness, the precision of their folds, seemed to say that no breath or movement of Gail's would ever stir them.
These sit between the fibers and increase their stiffness and the strength of the composite over all.
Incorporating large amounts of particulate filler during the making of plastics such as polypropylene and polyethylene can increase their stiffness.
Polymer-matrix composites are valued in the aerospace industry for their stiffness, lightness, and heat resistance (see materials science: Polymer-matrix composites).
If the load is uniaxial, the fibres are all aligned in the load direction to gain maximum benefit of their stiffness and strength.
[C4.] The height that sport utility vehicles ride off the ground, more than their stiffness or the height of their bumpers, is causing them to inflict unusually heavy damage on cars that they hit in crashes, an insurance group said.
Those columns, 61 on each side, gave the towers most of their stiffness and largely held them up, said John Schuring, a professor and chairman of civil engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Their stiffness, strength and failure modes were compared.
