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PROGRESSIVE FAILURE [2 records]

Record 1 1992-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
OBS

progressive failure: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
OBS

défaillance progressive : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 1978-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

Failure in which the ultimate resistance is progressively, rather than simultaneously, mobilized along the ultimate failure surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

Rupture au cours de laquelle la résistance ultime est mobilisée progressivement plutôt que simultanément le long de la surface ultime de rupture.

Spanish

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