Sentence examples for horizontal thrust from inspiring English sources
Such fins and foils - in effect wings striking down into the water - have the essential function of balancing the horizontal thrust of the sail.
Concrete gravity dams usually run in a straight line across a broad valley and resist the horizontal thrust of the retained water entirely by their own weight.
Like a concrete gravity dam, the weight of an embankment dam deflects the horizontal thrust of the water pressure down to the foundation.
With the pointed arch the tendency to sag at the crown is less dangerous, and there is less horizontal thrust at the abutments.
When they run, their bodies realign along a single horizontal thrust towards the finishing post, and this too reminds me of dancers - the radiant stretch of the spine that transforms a solid body into a line of pure movement.
Wright is easily recognized in the horizontal thrust of the building, in its organic relationship to the site, the spatial continuity of inside and outside, and the unadorned state of its materials.
We focused, in particular, on the primary shear resistance mechanism of post-tensioned anchors, by applying a vertical force which mobilizes, a frictional force able to resist horizontal thrusts.
The structural analysis of two-hinged ogee arches under different cases of loading is outlined deriving expressions for the horizontal base thrust and plotting their graphs.
Appropriately set off in their own gallery, a series of remarkable paintings depict a cluster of splintered horizontal forms thrusting out from the edge of a mountain as if they were about to shoot into space.
Calculated vertical aerodynamic forces (positive or negative lift) and horizontal aerodynamic forces (thrust or drag) for a single wing, as a function of flapping angle (d).
The sudden horizontal and vertical thrusting of the Pacific Plate, which has been slowly advancing under the Eurasian Plate near Japan, displaced the water above and spawned a series of highly destructive tsunami waves.
