[ogre23]

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On the other hand, while a thicker thread will not necessarily have a better level of abrasion resistance, if it is of identical material, the thicker material will have greater abrasion time before destruction, that is, it will take abuse longer before failing. Which translates directly into sliding down the road further before your new jacket has holes in it and we begin testing the abrasion resistance of human flesh. (Undeniably, less than the abrasion resistance of ballistic nylon.)

-Kawazuki

 

[ogre23]

Re: And

On the gripping hand, it should be noted that many materials do display strength to cross-section ratios. Though, I suppose we aren't really interested in tensile or shear strength per se, but rather the effect of erosion on the material.

Is there a term, or a defined measure, for abrasion resistance?

-Kawazuki