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how a thing bends before it breaks, and sometimes instead of breaking.
means a change in shape or size of an object caused by an applied force, which may vanish when the force does or stick around forever.
from from latin deformare, to disfigure or mar the shape of, from de- (away from) plus forma (form) — engineers stole it centuries later to mean something less insulting.
two kindselastic springs back, plastic stays bent
paperclip testbend twice, feel the heat it made
tectonic scalemountains are just very slow deformation
hidden costmost deformed metal loses strength permanently
for instance
tacoma narrows bridge — 1940 collapse, catastrophic plastic deformation in real time
himalayas — india still rams into asia, folding rock upward yearly
crumple zones — cars engineered to deform so passengers do not
glacial rebound — land in scandinavia still rising after ice-age weight lifted