flexural
Related to bending
Flexural relates to bending or the ability to bend.
The term appears almost exclusively in technical contexts—engineering, materials science, anatomy—where precise terminology matters: flexural strength, flexural rigidity, flexural stress.
A beam's flexural properties determine how it responds to forces that would bend it.
Curving from straight
- deflectionChange in trajectory
- beamStructural support member
- cantileverBeam supported one end
- momentBrief period of time
load · span · girder · joist · truss · rafter · reinforcement · concrete
Power to exert force
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
- modulusAbsolute value operation
- rigidityState of being unbending
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
toughness · elasticity · resilience · flexibility · compliance · bendability · pliability · brittleness
bending
Curving from straight
- deflectionChange in trajectory
- beamStructural support member
- cantileverBeam supported one end
moment · load · span · girder · joist · truss · rafter · reinforcement · concrete · steel
strength
Power to exert force
ductility · toughness · elasticity · resilience · flexibility · compliance · bendability · pliability · brittleness · hardness
curvature
Deviation from flatness
- warpageUnintended shape change
- saggingBending downward weakly
- distortionTwisting from original state
arching · bowing · curving · warping · buckling · kinking · undulation · cracking · creep
tension
Stretched or strained state
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- fractureSplit in hard material
- failureLack of success
fatigue · strain · yield · rupture · resistance · loading · shear
flexuraltensile
Capable of elongation
torsional · compressive · axial · shear · extensional