compressive strength in a sentence

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1. Compressive strength is a key value for design of structures.
2. Concrete can be formulated with high compressive strength, but always has lower tensile strength.
3. For its density, it also has incredible compressive strength.
4. The compressive strength of a concrete is determined by taking standard molded, standard-cured cylinder samples.
5. But concrete is far weaker in tension than in compression-typically just one-tenth of its compressive strength.
6. In this application, the confinement of the CFRP wrap enhances the compressive strength of the concrete.
7. There's compressive strength, tensile strength, shear strength, contribs 00 : 55, 2 April 2009 ( UTC)
8. Loading a structural element or specimen will increase the compressive stress until it reaches its compressive strength.
9. :: Concrete is usually used for its compressive strength while rebar ( steel ) has tensile strength.
10. In steel submarines this isn't a problem, as the metal's tensile and compressive strength are about equal.