Sentence examples for equalize pressure from inspiring English sources

Another theory is that yawning helps equalize pressure in the middle ear with outside air pressure.

Don't waste time opening windows to equalize pressure, he says, because tornadoes don't explode houses in a vacuum; the winds do the damage.

In order to equalize pressure in the middle ear cavity, air must pass from the eustachian tubes to the middle ear.

Eagle Lake itself is higher by 12 feet, increased by the Corps of Engineers to equalize pressure on the Buck Chute levee along the Mississippi.

The calibrated leak varies from model to model, but the average time for the diaphragm to equalize pressure is between 6 and 9 seconds.

Many panel pins were not connected to the structure at all and many of the bradawl holes necessary to equalize pressure between the inside of the wing and the outside were missing entirely.

It is usually harder to equalize pressures on descent than on ascent, as a vacuum is created in the middle ear that more tightly seals the eustachian tubes.

Generally, various mixtures of mud circulate up and down the drill pipe to act as lubricants and equalize pressures encountered at great depth, and this process was said to be working at the time of the accident.

Children are more sensitive than adults to thermal changes, they have more difficulty in equalizing pressure in their ears, and the risk of decompression sickness, hypoxia, and intrathoracic hyperpressure syndrome are greatest.

Pressure equalization openings in the FCI wall are designed to equalize possible pressure differences in the flowing liquid metal (LM) between the bulk flow inside the FCI box and that in the thin gap between the FCI and the outer ferritic steel duct, thus reducing the mechanical stress in the FCI.

As they go down, they normally have to equalize the pressure inside their ears to the external pressure every 10 to 15 feet (3 to 4.5 metres).