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A collapsed fuel tank may have to be replaced, depending on how the tank deforms.

A fluid is a substance that deforms continuously when subjected to a shear stress, no matter how small that shear stress may be.

He and others have been using GPS technology to measure how the ground moves - or deforms - along active faults.

Dr Wright and his colleagues will use satellite radar imaging to measure how the ground deforms.

The results show that the bridge deforms intensively during the period of unsteady fluid flow after water was exploited initially.

How quickly the tyre in its entirety deforms and regains its shape is related to tyre pressure, tyre construction and rubber compound.

A fluid is a substance which deforms continuously under the action of shearing forces, however small they may be.

The specimen deforms under a tensile stress applied parallel to the fibres.

A racing tyre compound deforms quite quickly but regains its shape quite slowly and this helps the tyre grip.

Similarly, the Milky Way deforms a satellite galaxy or star cluster by pulling harder on one side of the stellar system than on the other.

The belt deforms under load to form a flat contact patch.

An important note about squash and stretch, is that no matter how an object deforms, it should still appear to retain it's volume.

Heat deforms plastic.

In addition, press fitting physically deforms the parts to some extent.