ultimate tensile strength

English

Alternative forms

tensile strength

Noun

ultimate tensile strength (countable and uncountable, plural ultimate tensile strengths)

(engineering) The greatest tensile engineering stress a material can withstand before it fractures.

Coordinate terms

compressive strength

Related terms

tensile strain

Translations

greatest tensile engineering stress a material can withstand

Chinese:
Mandarin: 強度／强度 (zh) (qiángdù)
Finnish: vetomurtolujuus
French: please add this translation if you can

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