Compressional

These structures are structures that exist on top of larger, pre-existing compressional tectonic structures on the planet.

Above 30% of the acellular part of bone consists of the organic components, and 70% of salts.sfn The strands of collagen give bone its tensile strength, and the interspersed crystals of hydroxyapatite give bone its compressional strength.

As a volcano grows in size, the stress field underneath the volcano changes from compressional to extensional.

As the white dwarf's mass approaches the Chandrasekhar limit, its central density increases, and, as a result of compressional heating, its temperature also increases.

Higher altitudes are cooler than lower altitudes due to differences in compressional heating.

These shear loads subject the structure to both tensile and compressional loads.