ultimate strength
the quantity of the utmost tensile, compressive, or shearing stress that a given unit area of a certain material is expected to bear without failing.
- Also called ultimate stress .
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How to use ultimate strength in a sentence
For air-dry wood the ratios are considerably lower, particularly in the case of the ultimate strength and the elastic limit.
The Mechanical Properties of Wood | Samuel J. RecordThe importance of the gelatine as a factor in the ultimate strength is thus clearly and strikingly demonstrated.
The Manufacture of Paper | Robert Walter SindallThe ratio of the ultimate strength to the working strength is called the factor of safety.
Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building | G. B. N. TowerIn the case of curved steel wire pulled straight, its ultimate strength was found to be only about 90 per cent.
The ultimate strength of concrete in compression was taken as 2,000 lbs.
Concrete Construction | Halbert P. Gillette
British Dictionary definitions for ultimate strength
the maximum tensile stress that a material can withstand before rupture
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