Sentence examples for competent materials from inspiring English sources

The volume of fluid from dehydration of smectite or saponite and their relations to deformation need to be examined in detail for different thermal gradient regimes to better understand the fluid pressure effects according to the lithification state, the ratio of competent materials in deformation features, and deformation mechanisms.

The strong relationship (0.721) between specific gravity (Gs) which is the weighted average of soil minerals (excluding air and water) and bulk density could be pointing to the type of material that made up the slopes, whether they are competent materials or incompetent materials that deteriorate on moisture influx [2].

Multi-layered soil profiles, where one or more layers consist of loose liquefiable material, most commonly require pile foundations extending beyond the liquefiable layer to competent material.

The specimens represented novel formulations of mixed "wastes" containing coarse screened mineral, digested sewage sludge, quicklime, and pulverized fuel ash mixed and compacted together to form mechanically competent material.

The terms z C and z i in Eq. (4) are the thicknesses of the competent layer and matrix, respectively; σ 0 is the far-field differential stress; and S* is the fracture strength of competent material at r = 1, which is regarded as a material-dependent constant (Masuda and Kimura 2004).

These occurrences may be associated with a relation between extensional strength of the sandstone blocks and viscosity of the shale matrix, the ratio of competent material to incompetent material, and the effect of fluid on the deformations in the ductile mélange stage.

The green synthesis of Ag-NPs embedded in CMSP hydrogel is a highly clean material that is expected to be economical and competent antimicrobial materials in biomedical fields.

For such a purpose, competent scaffolding materials are essential.

Between two different arrangements of TGN, the semiconducting behavior of the ABA stacking structure has turned it into a useful and competent channel material to be used in Schottky transistors [32].

The stability of these embryogenic callus phenotypes offered an opportunity to select the transformation-competent yellow phenotype and easily eliminate the undesirable ones during the proliferation process aimed at building up stocks of highly competent embryogenic material with a view to genetic transformation experiments.

The relation between shear vein distribution and thickness of the shale matrix should be examined to test the model with quantitative evaluation of the ratio between competent and incompetent materials (Fagereng, [2011b]).