Sentence examples for concrete soil from inspiring English sources

So if I were to break up that concrete soil with my hand and water with a gentler touch -- maybe even a more womanly touch -- could I expect my seeds to sprout?

In a statement on Monday, the authority said the project involved the removal of nearly 400,000 tons of concrete, soil and rock, the construction of a concrete bathtub wall to keep water out of the foundations, and the installation "of more than 240 steel tiebacks to hold that wall in place".

The final, all-inclusive FEM was then calibrated using a sensitivity based model updating technique and experimental modal parameters by tuning the stiffness of structural concrete, soil and cladding.

Compared with concrete, soils and rock fragments lack strength, are much more permeable, and possess less resistance to deterioration and disturbance by flowing water.

Theoretically for the determination of uplift capacity of the pile, the angle of internal friction of soil computed from the direct shear test results are used for the concrete-soil interface friction angle.

Around the coins are abstract sculptures made from materials such as concrete, steel, soil sand and corrugated metal.

Knowledge about projectiles impacting onto concrete and soil is incorporated in these relations.

The dynamic interactions among distinct concrete and soil regions are modeled considering contact slip interface as well as non-reflecting boundary.

Brown [5] quoted that polymer promotes an excellent bond between concrete and soil but Frizzi et al. [7] observed high end bearing resistance of pile when bentonite slurries were used in contrast to polymer slurries.

We measured surface temperature, air temperature, humidity and wind velocity on concrete, asphalt, soil and grass every hour for 24 hours.

Thus assuming that when a layer of drilling fluid is formed between concrete and soil, the change in the angle of internal friction is same as obtained from the direct shear test results the angle of internal friction obtained from the above experiments, the ф values were used for calculating the theoretical uplift capacities of model and prototype pile (scale of 1 15).