Sentence examples for gravity structure from inspiring English sources

In total, the dam would have consisted of a concrete gravity structure with a structural height of 510 feet and a hydraulic height of 430 feet.

A straight-crested concrete gravity structure, the Three Gorges Dam is 2,335 metres (7,660 feet) long with a maximum height of 185 metres (607 feet).

Built as a straight-crested concrete gravity structure, Three Gorges Dam was constructed using a trestle-and-crane method of transporting and casting concrete similar to that used in the 1930s for the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in the northwestern United States.

In particular, the Tibi Dam across the Monnegre River in Spain, a curved gravity structure 42 metres (138 feet) high, was not surpassed in height in western Europe until the building of the Gouffre d'Enfer Dam in France almost three centuries later.

Static stability mainly against sliding of a typical, relatively large skirted gravity structure was investigated using three-dimensional finite element modeling.

Particular attention is paid to the determination of the maximum and residual displacements and to the evaluation of the share of seismic energy dissipated by the dissipative devices and the one dissipated by the gravity structure.

The proposed concept utilizes Gravity Based Structure (GBS), which is a widely spread construction technique of offshore plants.

The job of an engineer, Balmond told me over dinner in London one night, is to "route gravity through structure".

'Hamlet' had the gravity and structure to support me". ("Hamlet" will be the second act of her residency.

The gravity wave structure showed a well-defined OH-pattern, with near east-west-aligned wave fronts extending over the whole camera fieldofview.

The Hibernia Oil Platform is a fixed "gravity based structure" (GBS) which is designed to be nearly invulnerable to the encroachment of sea ice or icebergs.