torsion

There was nothing unusual in their collision, but a coincidence of torsion and tension ruptured Roigard’s patella tendon.

Subsequently, researchers created bundles of fibres by tying the ends of two or more fibres together and applying slight torsion to ensure contact between all the fibres.

The group identified key microstructural features that were created by the process's thermal and mechanical effects, including: torsion, bending, fragmentation, assimilation, oscillation and interdendritic growth.

In the months after her surgery, the band that constricted her stomach slipped and she developed gastric torsion.

The intestinal torsion meant the dolphin’s intestines had twisted so deeply in an area that made it impossible to reach through surgery.