structural failure
structural failure noun: loss of the load-carrying capacity of a component or member within a structure or of the structure itself. Structural failure is initiated when the material in a structure is stressed to its strength limit, thus causing fracture or excessive deformations.
Noun
structural failure (countable and uncountable, plural structural failures)
- Loss of the load-carrying capacity of a component or member within a structure or of the structure itself. Structural failure is initiated when the material in a structure is stressed to its strength limit, thus causing fracture or excessive deformations.
- Three buildings in the World Trade Center Complex collapsed due to structural failure on the day of the attack.
- Structural failure will occur in three minutes, 30 seconds.
Forms of structural failure
| plural | structural failures |
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Origin of structural failure
From structure and failure.
Questions about structural failure
- What does structural failure mean?
- Structural failure means loss of the load-carrying capacity of a component or member within a structure or of the structure itself. Structural failure is initiated when the material in a structure is stressed to its strength limit, thus causing fracture or excessive deformations.
- What part of speech is structural failure?
- Structural failure is a noun.
- What is the plural of structural failure?
- The plural of structural failure is structural failures.
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