But he conceded that most such provisions contemplated partial damage -- such as damage from a fire -- not the complete destruction of structures.
Materials with engineered thermal expansion coefficients, capable of avoiding failure or irreversible destruction of structures and devices, are important for aerospace, civil, biomedical, optics, and semiconductor applications.
During acid rain concrete begins to lose its mechanical strength that lead to cracking, weight losing and finally, destruction of structures.
A handful of scientists are scrambling to preserve what they can of pre-Columbian North American mounds and prevent further destruction of structures that hold vital clues to ancient Native American society.
The ancient street level lay far underground, buried by debris from destruction of structures on the Temple Mount and later fill dumped into the Tyropoeon Valley over the centuries.
Points are scored for each pig killed as well as for damage to, or destruction of, structures, and bonus points are awarded for any unused birds.
This abnormal growth is locally invasive and capable of causing the destruction of structures in the middle ear cleft.
The nanomatrix structure with the nanosilica networks increased tensile strength of the rubber, and destruction of the structure decreased the strength.
Unfortunately, the practices associated with planting, cultivating, and harvesting usually cause destruction of soil structure.
