Sentence examples for ground consisting of from inspiring English sources

Tunnels are generally grouped in four broad categories, depending on the material through which they pass: soft ground, consisting of soil and very weak rock; hard rock; soft rock, such as shale, chalk, and friable sandstone; and subaqueous.

Example calculations are presented for a ground consisting of a layer on a half-space.

The canvas Picasso used was commercially prepared with a uniform white ground consisting of lead white with gypsum filler.

The drag-rope steering technique was particularly well adapted for a region where the ground, consisting of ice, was "low in friction and free of vegetation".

The animal's behaviour was tested over 5 min on an elevated plus maze 1 m above ground consisting of two closed and two open arms, each 30 cm × 5 cm in size.

Today, the most commonly used ground consists of two parts Egyptian asphaltum, two parts beeswax, and one part resin.

The sunlight that reaches the ground consists of nearly 50 percent visible light, 45 percent infrared radiation, and smaller amounts of ultraviolet and other forms of electromagnetic radiation.

In this example, the current from the dome to ground consists of a stream of positive ions inside the accelerating tube, moving in the direction of the electric field.

Other factors include how frequently a section of the fault breaks and whether the ground consists of solid rock or loose soils, which can amplify shaking.

The canvases were bought ready grounded, either on the stretcher or by the metre, and the composition of the ground consisted of lead white, calcite and silicate.

Bore data at this site were available only to a depth of 10 m, but this data was sufficient to show that the ground consists of an embankment and sand layers which has the potential to liquefy.