Spall are fragments of a material that are broken off a larger solid body. It can be produced by a variety of mechanisms, including as a result of projectile impact, corrosion, weathering, …

The curtains are made up of overlapping, three-quarter inch plates of AR500 steel encased in a layer of ballistic nylon that captures spall, the shards of metal that break off from a colliding bullet.

2 meanings: 1. a splinter or chip of ore, rock, or stone 2. to split or cause to split into such fragments.... Click for more definitions.

spall - a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls"

Even if they are not breached, they can spall, and you can have concrete falling down onto the reactor vessel.

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Origin of Spall From Middle English spalle (“a chip" ) (first documented in 1440), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the Middle English verb spald (“to split" ) (c.1400), from Middle Low …

2024年6月2日 · spall (third-person singular simple present spalls, present participle spalling, simple past and past participle spalled) (ambitransitive) To break into fragments or small pieces.

The term "spall" refers to large flakes, large flake fragments, and chunks. The Ancient Maya - A Commercial Empire 2006. Commission engineers believe water seeping through joints on top …

spall (spôl), USA pronunciation n. Building a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore. v.t. Building to break into smaller pieces, as ore; split or chip. v.i. Building to break or split off in chips or bits.