Sentence examples for cracked slab from inspiring English sources

In other cases, however, the edge of the slab -- or one side of a cracked slab -- may catch on an adjacent edge and end up creating an uneven surface.

Open image in new window Fig. 13 Cracked slab: standard values for concrete and Edef 33.86 MPa.

Standing on a cracked slab of concrete, the two dozen people on the tour listened as Turner told of life here, weaving a narrative of difficulties and misery along with moments of simple sweetness.

Grandly named Herald Square and Greeley Square, they were cracked slabs set in the midst of cacophonous traffic.

At Northcote, we looked down on boulders and cracked slabs in the riverbed close to the winch tower of a giant quarry developed in the 1860s, and filled, 100 years later, with rubble by a demolition firm.

Many homeowners live with sloping floors, doors that won't open and cracking slab floors.

Walls cracked, concrete slab floors ruptured, sidewalks sank and rainwater puddled in patios and streets, the study found.

Furthermore, the pavement was made up of coarse, cracked paving slabs, hindering my progress even further.

However, growing numbers of rough riding and cracked approach slabs with heavy maintenance requirements is sufficient to convince highway agencies that a serious problem exists.

The Fairway Oaks owners took their complaints to Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, and of 56 who answered a survey for Legal Aid, 41 reported cracked concrete slabs, 22 had cracked walls and 48 said their houses were infested with insects or rodents, presumably because of the cracks.

"If you were to just drill a hole in the middle and just pump through that hole, you could end up cracking the slab in half".