Property

Flexural strength
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Definition

The ultimate stress a material can withstand under a bending load before experiencing catastrophic tensile failure on its convex face.

Description

A primary structural metric for paving slabs, floorboards, and glass panels subjected to heavy, un-supported point loads.

Example

12

Technical definition

Data type

Float

Unit

Kilonewton (kN)

Quantity Kind

Force

Usage

Property groups (1)

References

Reference documents (5)

  • ASTM C78 Flexural Strength of Concrete v1.0
  • EN 12390-5 Hardened Concrete Flexural Strength v1.0
  • EN 490 Concrete Roofing Tiles v1.0
  • EN 520 Gypsum Plasterboards v1.0
  • EN 538 Clay roofing tiles for discontinuous laying Flexural strength test v1.0

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