Sentence examples for on a vertical axis from inspiring English sources

From across the room, the work indeed looks holographic, like one of those cards that, when rotated on a vertical axis left to right, takes on a prismatic quality.

The biggest challenge was that they move on a vertical axis as well as a horizontal one.

The front shows some cylindrical convexity on a vertical axis.

Feet press the rudders, lightly, and it turns on a vertical axis, yawing.

Why are the creatures more or less symmetrical on a vertical axis but completely asymmetrical on a horizontal axis?

The modern machinist's vise has jaws that run parallel, and some vises pivot as a unit on a vertical axis (swivel-base vise).

This paper reports the findings of an experimental study investigating the influence of blade roughness on the performance of a vertical axis tidal turbine.

The majority of gravity pipes with a non-circular cross section have an egg-shaped profile and an inner surface that can be geometrically delineated by three interconnecting circles on each side of a vertical axis of symmetry.

A computational study is presented on the wake features of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT), with a particular focus on the way stall phenomena lead to the formation of large coherent structures.

The instantaneous angle of attack on the blade has a significant effect on the hydrodynamic performance of a vertical-axis tidal-current turbine with straight blades.

The project has tended toward couples of water turbines fixed on a rotating arm free to rotate about a vertical axis fixed on the sea-floor.