brittle fracture

collocation in English

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brittle
adjective
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/ˈbrɪt.əl/us
/ˈbrɪt̬.əl/
delicate and ...
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fracture
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfræk.tʃər/us
/ˈfræk.tʃɚ/
a break or crack in something hard, especially ...
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(Definition ofbrittleandfracturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Brittlefractureis catastrophic and occurs without warning, and corrosion can aggravate the situation.
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The failures in those cases were found to bebrittlefractureassociated with the welded hull structures in conjunction with cold environments.
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Much research is going on in many countries, but much still remains to be done before the phenomena of thebrittlefractureare fully understood.
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On the other hand, in dealing withbrittlefracture, cracks spread very rapidly with little or no plastic deformation.
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Although it is commonly accepted that modern steel has eliminatedbrittlefracturein ships, some controversy still exists.
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Later research indicated that the failure method was probably abrittlefracture, caused by low-grade steel.
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Impact and tensile strength, scratch resistance, and resistance tobrittlefractureare enhanced.
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A material having compressive residual stress helps to preventbrittlefracturebecause the initial crack is formed under compressive (negative tensile) stress.
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The predominant mechanism for failure in brittle materials isbrittlefracture, which begins with initial crack formation.
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Brittlefractureis very characteristic of materials with less fracture toughness.
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Brittlefracturein steel plates may appear as chevron markings under the microscope.
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The carbon equivalent is a measure of the tendency of the weld to form martensite on cooling and to sufferbrittlefracture.
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Brittlefracturecan occur from defects within sections owing to poor control of vulcanization.
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Unlikebrittlefracture, creep deformation does not occur suddenly upon the application of stress.
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The resultingbrittlefracturehas a ceramic-like fracture surface.
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If experiments are performed at a higher strain rate, more dislocation shielding is required to preventbrittlefractureand the transition temperature is raised.
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Brittlefractureis very characteristic of materials with a low fracture toughness value.
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With increasing tensile stress due to dehydration, brittle fractures develop at these inhomogeneities.
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During dehydration, brittle fractures form within the transition zones.
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In metallic compounds and sheet metal forming, the asperities are usually oxides and the plastic deformation mostly consists ofbrittlefracture, which presupposes a very small plastic zone.
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