Sentence examples for toughness of small from inspiring English sources

Nanoindentation provides a useful tool for determining mechanical properties such as the hardness, elastic modulus and fracture toughness of small samples.

The calculations show that the toughness of materials with a small cohesive opening at the peak cohesive traction are more sensitive to hydrogen loading.

Asymptotic estimations of the main solution elements are provided for the cases of small and large toughness.

Charpy impact test showed that the impact fracture toughness decreases significantly with the addition of small amounts of LCP content.

Furthermore, the propagation of cracks from these defects and in this plane could be favoured due to the relatively smaller toughness of the wet stone compared to a drier one [29].

The fracture toughness of Zr(N,O) coatings containing small amount of zirconium oxynitride remained nearly the same as that of ZrN with (200) texture ranging from 8.7 ± 0.9 to 8.9 ± 0.6 J/m2.

However, no obvious global tensile ductility was obtained, due to the mode I fracture toughness and small plastic-zone size of glass matrix.

However, the fracture toughness of the steel is relatively smaller than that of the austenitic stainless steel used for many former fast reactor (FR) pipes.

The addition of small amounts of vanadium (less than 0.2 percent) to structural steels improves their toughness, ductility, and strength owing to the grain-refining effect of vanadium carbide precipitates.

A series of small water pools, salt marshes and tidal coves, framed by piles of granite rocks, give a toughness to the water's edge as the park extends to the south.

Our understanding of the mechanical stability of small, topologically simple domains has also led to the ability to design protein-based hydrogels, with dramatically improved flexibility and toughness [ 59 ].