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Brittle fracture in glass Brittle fracture in cast iron tensile testpieces. A material is brittle if, when subjected to stress, it fractures with little elastic deformation and without significant plastic deformation. Brittle materials absorb relatively little energy prior to fracture, even those of high strength. Breaking is often accompanied ...
In parts of the Middle East, brittle is made with pistachios, [10] while many Asian countries use sesame seeds and peanuts. [11] Peanut brittle is the most popular brittle recipe in the United States. [12] The term "brittle" in the context of the food first appeared in print in 1892, though the candy itself has been around for much longer. [13]
The failure of a material is usually classified into brittle failure or ductile failure . Depending on the conditions (such as temperature, state of stress, loading rate) most materials can fail in a brittle or ductile manner or both. However, for most practical situations, a material may be classified as either brittle or ductile.
This brittle star has a circum-boreal distribution. In the northern Atlantic Ocean it is common around Iceland, Spitzbergen and Norway southwards to the North Sea.On the eastern coast of North America its range extends from Greenland southwards to Long Island, and in the Pacific Ocean, its range stretches from Japan and the Bering Sea southwards to California. [3]
Brittle or brittleness may also refer to: Brittle (food), a confection made of caramel and nuts; Loch Brittle, on the coast of the Isle of Skye, Scotland; Cliff Brittle, English businessman; Software brittleness, a type of computer error
Ophiothrix is a large genus of brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) found in oceans worldwide from tropics to Arctic and Antarctic regions. At present a total of 93 Ophiothrix species have been recognized. It is considered as one of the most interesting genera because of the presence of its brilliant colors and associations with coral and sponges as well.
Najas minor, known as brittle naiad or brittle waternymph, [2] is an annual aquatic plant, a submersed herb.It is native to Europe, Asia and North Africa from the Netherlands to Morocco east to Japan and the Philippines, including China, Siberia, Central Asia, Iran, Turkey, Ukraine, Germany, France Italy and a host of other countries. [3]
In computer programming and software engineering, software brittleness is the increased difficulty in fixing older software that may appear reliable, but instead, fails, when presented with unusual data or data that is altered in a seemingly minor way.