Sentence examples for counteract the wind from inspiring English sources

Like every top ski racer, Ligety has spent his life immersed in the science of jumping, which consists largely of shifting one's weight forward (against all instincts for self-preservation) to counteract the wind and avoid an accidental backflip.

The model of the designed ER adaptive damper is described in detail, and the strategy of additional damping control using the controllable field-dependent damping force of the ER damper to counteract the wind force is proposed.

Since the curved design of the Chicago Spire would not completely negate wind forces, a tapering concrete core and twelve shear walls radiating from it were planned to counteract the remaining wind load.

Concrete will counteract the force of wind with the force of gravity of the 360000 ST building.

Some voltage variation can be counteracted by adjusting the power factor of the wind turbines [14].

He is one of the department's most outspoken advocates of using fans to attack high-rise fires, by clearing smoke from corridors and stairs, creating thermal buffers against heat and potentially counteracting the force of wind racing through a broken window.

But the wind, the wind.

The wind is parched by the wind.

The wind screams.

It's the wind.

The wind blows hard.