The Young's modulus is 3.6 GPa and its tensile strength 90 to 100 MPa.

The apparatus used for this experiment is the same as that used in a tensile test.

So this makes quantifying silk properties by methods such as tensile testing, which is basically, you know, tugging on one end of the fiber, very amenable.

The role of this cell type is to support the plant in axes still growing in length, and to confer flexibility and tensile strength on tissues.

Most tensile structures are supported by some form of compression or bending elements, such as masts (as in The O2, formerly the Millennium Dome), compression rings or beams.

And on the fourth week, the doctors come and they mow out an area, put a tensile structure on the top and when the doctors have finished treating and seeing patients and villagers, you cut down the clinic and you eat it. It's an Eat Your Own Clinic.