Stiffening is used in crafts, art, industry, architecture, sports, aerospace, object construction, bookbinding, etc.
Beams under bending loads or compression invite stiffening to stop buckling or collapse while fulfilling desired functions, purposes, and benefits.
In bookbinding, stiffening is a process whereby paperback books are reinforced for use in libraries, without change to their fundamental binding structure.
During the stiffening process, a cloth or Tyvek strip is glued down on the inside joints of a paperback to reinforce the attachment of the book's covers.
Stiffening provides an in-house, inexpensive alternative to commercial library binding for paperbacks.