impact resistance
Withstands forceful blows
Impact resistance is a material's ability to absorb sudden force or shock without breaking, cracking, or deforming.
The term appears in specifications for everything from phone screens to motorcycle helmets: The case offers superior impact resistance.
Impact-resistant glass doesn't shatter into dangerous shards.
Materials are tested by dropping weights or swinging pendulums against samples.
- crashworthinessVehicle's ability to protect during collisions
- crash test dummyImpact simulation figure
- roll cageProtective tubular structure around driver
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
- durabilityResistance to wear
take a beating · energy absorption · resilience · tensile strength · shock absorption · drop test · safety glass · structural integrity · body armor · hardiness · ruggedness · robustness · endurance · sturdiness · bumper · tenacity · protective · helmet
impact resistancebrittleness
Prone to snapping
fragility · frangibility · friability · breakability · crumbliness
impact resistancefragility
Ease of breaking
vulnerability · weakness · delicacy · structural weakness · breakability
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