##  [Tensile Failure](/tensile-failure) 

  ##  [Tensile Failure](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/tensile-failure-0) 

  

 [![Engineering & Applied Technologies Dictionary](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2026-01/Engineering%20%26%20Applied%20Technologies.png.webp?itok=_IKO7_-n)](/topic-specific-dictionaries/engineering-applied-technologies)



**Engineering & Applied Technologies Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

Failure that occurs when tensile (normal) stresses in a material or structural element exceed its tensile strength, typically producing necking, crack initiation and propagation, or brittle fracture that severs the load path.