Sentence examples for act downward from inspiring English sources

A scattering force, due to photon pressure, and the gradient force act downward on the Janus particles, guiding them toward the focus of the laser beam.

Negative skin friction is the process through which skin friction due to soil acts downward.

It can be seen from Fig. 5 that for ω s H/V s  = 0.5, the critical condition for active thrust occurs when Q v acts downward for low intensity motions (low range of a h0/g).

Such local load can significantly deflect towards the aft end of aft stern tube bearing in case that the shaft sags down, when the eccentric thrust force acts downward due to the propeller force in the hydrodynamic transient status.

To calculate the normal force of an object at rest when an outside force acts downward on that object, use the equation: N = m * g + F * sin(x)' N refers to the normal force, m refers to the object's mass, g refers to the acceleration of gravity, F refers to the outside force, and x refers to the angle between the object and the direction of the outside force.

The key principle is that all forces acting on an object used for resistance training act in a downward direction.

The second act traces the downward course of Maggie, Quentin's second wife, from popular entertainer to bitter neurotic to suicide.

Ms. Dvorovenko also emphasized flowing movements in the somber fourth act, where her downward curving arms gave gestural form to falling tears.

These results suggest that (1) shrub root systems act to increase downward water flux in desert soils via root channel preferential flow to deeper soil depths, and (2) this effect becomes more pronounced as shrubs and plant root systems become larger.

If we fail to act, we risk a downward spiral in which poverty and climate impacts reinforce each other.

A pair of air brakes are located on the sides of the rear fuselage; the canards also angle downward to act as air brakes and decrease landing distance.