structural failure

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词形变化

structural failures 复数 structural failures

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    可数 不可数 工程

    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.

词源

From structure and failure.

来源：wiktionary