Sentence examples similar to a critical collapse from inspiring English sources

The effectiveness of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is based on raising the intramural pressure above a critical collapsing pressure of the oropharyngeal airway.

The procedure leads to an estimate of the load-carrying capacity and an identification of the critical collapse mechanism.

"Critical Collapse of a Complex Scalar Field with Angular Momentum", M.W. Choptuik, E.W. Hirschmann, S.L. Liebling, F. Pretorius, Phys.Rev.Lett.

Moreover, it is also found that there exists an incomplete similarity of the critical collapse thickness in the diameter of explosive charge, although the complete similarity in the length-to-diameter ratio alone cannot be established.

Use of a rigorous LA tool that employs an algorithm to computationally determine the critical collapse state allows for the determination of optimal reinforcement placement in Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls based on both spacing and concentration – specifically at the toe or crest of the structure.

The aim is to develop an available approach to predict the critical collapse thickness under explosion loading.

The values of failure probabilities are obtained by changing the first and second critical collapse displacement values within a range of 1 2%% building height and inter-story height respectively, in Eqs.

The E.M.T.s determined that he was perhaps hours from critical collapse, and loaded him into an ambulance.

A simple theoretical model was introduced to predict the critical collapse load taking into account the various failure modes.

Based on the experimental data for the plain concrete with the compressive strength of 35 MPa, an analytical expression for the relation between the dimensionless critical collapse thickness on concrete target and the length-to-diameter ratio of explosive charge is developed via dimensional analysis.

Two cases of implosion were studied: implosion initiated by increasing the hydrostatic pressure in the vessel until the critical collapse pressure was reached; and by detonating an explosive charge while the composite structure was subjected to 80% of its critical collapse pressure.