brittle fracture

noun

type of fracture without plastic deformation

Meanings

nounbrittle fracture (plural brittle fractures)

plural brittle fractures

  1. materialengineeringtype of fracture without plastic deformation

Translations

Danish sprødt brud
  • sprødt brudfracture without plastic deformation
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