ultimate strength

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ultimate
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌl.tɪ.mət/us
/ˈʌl.tə.mət/
most extreme or important because either the original or final, or the best ...
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strength
noun
uk
/streŋθ/us
/streŋθ/
the ability to do things that need a lot of physical or ...
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The staticultimatestrengthis 3.4 kbar.
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Theultimatestrengthof metals was calculated using a realistic wide-range equation of state.
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When reaching theultimatestrength, the membranes are ruptured and gas gets into atmosphere.
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The largest value being that of theultimatestrength.
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But we are not told what theultimatestrengthof our destroyer forces is going to be, and that is most important.
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The fly ash is pozzolanic, so thatultimatestrengthis maintained.
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More stringent criteria also requires the development of the specifiedultimatestrengthof the rebar.
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The relatively low decrease inultimatestrengthis extremely good performance for an aluminium alloy.
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They develop strength slowly, but theirultimatestrengthcan be very high.
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The yielded areas of the cross-section will vary somewhere between the yield andultimatestrengthof the material.
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As deformation continues, the stress increases on account of strain hardening until it reaches theultimatestrength.
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It uses elastic buckling results to determine theultimatestrengththrough the use of empirical strength curves.
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The relatively low decrease inultimatestrength(about 10%) is extremely good performance for an aluminium alloy.
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For perfectly brittle materials, yield strength andultimatestrengthare the same, because they do not experience detectable plastic deformation.
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Several models for predicting theultimatestrengthhave been used by the engineering community with varying levels of success.
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Tensile testing is common when calculating a stress-strain curve which can determine the yield strength andultimatestrengthof a specific test specimen.
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The factor of safety on yield strength is to prevent detrimental deformations and the factor of safety onultimatestrengthis to prevent collapse.
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Theultimatestrengthof concrete is influenced by the water-cementitious ratio "(w/cm)", the design constituents, and the mixing, placement and curing methods employed.
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It has yield strength of 46000 psi andultimatestrengthof 67000 psi for medium weight rolled shapes and plates from 0.75- 1 thick.
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The calculated stresses may then be compared to some measure of the strength of the member such as its material yield orultimatestrength.
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Laboratory tests are usually performed on material samples in order to determine the yield strength and theultimatestrengththat the material can withstand before failure.
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However, the steel reinforcement in the concrete must not be exposed in order to prevent its corrosion as this could significantly reduce theultimatestrengthof the structure.
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In extreme flow conditions (high velocity liquids or high velocity, high pressure gases and vapors) catastrophic failure may occur with bending stresses exceeding theultimatestrengthof the material.
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