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strength-toughness conflict: a standalone construct

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Materials science

the general tendency of structural materials to gain strength at the cost of fracture toughness, and the mechanisms by which some designs escape it.

In materials science, strength-toughness conflict refers to the general tendency of structural materials to gain strength at the cost of fracture toughness, and the mechanisms by which some designs escape it. This meaning comes from Ritchie (2011) in Nature Materials.[1]

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fracture3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three fractures toughness3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs conflict4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Ritchie, R. O. (2011). The conflicts between strength and toughness. Nature Materials, 10(11), 817-822. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3115

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