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Elasticity, stiffness and toughness (ELASTICITY) explained

Recovery, resistance to deformation and energy absorption before fracture are different properties.

Frames and materials

How to understand it

A component’s shape and connections work with its material properties; one property cannot stand in for all the others.

An example

A temple may bend and spring back within a limited range yet break if bent further.

A common mix-up

Easy bending does not certify durability or sports protection.

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