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It is a sadness of composite materials, that when they reach their limit,
they fly apart - sometimes in an explosive hail of dust.
When structural steels and aluminum alloys reach their limit, they
yield, and if the excess load is not too high, return from the
exceedance with a permanent bend or stretch.