Sentence examples for impervious core from inspiring English sources

Asphalt concrete is used as impervious core in embankment dams.

The seismic behaviour of asphaltic concrete used as an impervious core in embankment dams was investigated.

An earth-fill dam, it was completed in 1980 and rises 984 feet (300 m) and includes an impervious core of concrete reaching 52 feet (16 m) under the river to bedrock.

This structure would later serve as an impervious core for the completed dam.

Clay used for impervious core in the dike should have a liquid limit < 80percentt, a plastic limit < 20percentt, and a plasticity index > 30percentt.

Dikes without any impervious clay core may be generally built from soils having grain-size curves plotted between the grain-size curves A and B in Figure 1 or having a coefficient of permeability between k = 5 × 10-6 and 1 × 10-4 MI.ec (MI., 1972).

She'd rather continue to believe that he has an impervious and inhuman core of holiness.

Kenneth Turan gave a good review, concluding that "the film's romantic core is impervious to problems".

Earthfill dam, also called Earth Dam, or Embankment Dam, dam built up by compacting successive layers of earth, using the most impervious materials to form a core and placing more permeable substances on the upstream and downstream sides.

"Much of their core membership seems impervious to logic and reason, sadly".

There was no impervious cover loss.