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Definition of Overstressed
1. overstress [v] - See also: overstress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstressed
Literary usage of Overstressed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions (1910)
"When the interior portion of the insulation is overstressed, but the insulation
as a whole unbroken we may think of the component charges of a molecule in ..."
2. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"The flange rivets are not usually proportioned to take up this stress quickly,
so that they are frequently overstressed. These effects will be particularly ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"INTERNAL IONIZATION As mentioned in the first part of the paper, coils have been
overstressed for long periods of time and the effects of internal and ..."
4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Since the allowable stress on a rivet for a Jhi-in. gusset plate is 5625 Ib., the
end rivet is overstressed. This can be relieved, either by reducing the ..."
5. Economics of Bridgework: A Sequel to Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1921)
"If overstressed much more than this, it should be removed and employed at some
other location where the traffic is light, or else scrapped. ..."
6. Iron and Steel: A Treatise on the Smelting, Refining, and Mechanical by Erik Oberg, Franklin Day Jones (1918)
"Any chain which, when in use, indicates a lack of freedom of movement has been
overstressed, and should not be used. Difference between Wrought Iron and ..."
7. Strength of Materials by Harvey Ellison Murdock (1911)
"If too much steel is used the concrete will be overstressed before the steel has
the working stress developed in it, while if too little steel is used the ..."
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