applied force

"But in living systems, because of their complexity, you can sometimes have catch bonds that hold on for longer durations under some range of applied force. Some proteins do this mechanistically and automatically, but it's not like the proteins are making a decision. They're just arranged in such a way that when a force is applied, it reveals these binding sites that latch or 'catch'."

"From the relationship between the applied force and the magnetic wire displacement, we can then calculate the rheological properties of the material."

Kink bands form in a crystal when an applied force causes strips of the crystal to collapse on themselves and abruptly bend.

Before he died, Ellis told police at least five times he couldn’t breathe while they applied force, including the pressure on his back while he was prone with his hands cuffed behind his back.

The 33-page report presented to the city’s civilian Board of Police Commissioners said the Jan. 3 arrest of Keenan Darnell Anderson was mishandled because the officers applied force to his windpipe and because the stun gun was used six times.