Sentence examples for or deflection from inspiring English sources

Depending on fiber content, specimens exhibited either a deflection softening or deflection hardening behavior during testing.

The piston movement, or deflection, is produced by the compression of the fluid and the deformation (bulging) of the cylinder walls.

As the blade rotates a torque transducer measures changes in strain or deflection of the flexible blade.

We said, 'If heavy rain starts, you've got fifteen to thirty minutes to get out.' " Norouzi told them they were so heavily threatened that no amount of sandbags, barricades, or deflection walls was ever going to help them.

Bremsstrahlung, (German: "braking radiation"), electromagnetic radiation produced by a sudden slowing down or deflection of charged particles (especially electrons) passing through matter in the vicinity of the strong electric fields of atomic nuclei.

The intuitive correlation between the applied force and incurred displacement (or deflection) provides an instant evaluation of the stiffness of a part design.

Many fans do not see goals scored in hockey because so many go in on rebounds or deflections.

His position — called the crumber, Lofton said, because that player "picks up the crumbs on any bounces forward or deflections" — demands quick reflexes.

In this method a complicated structure is divided into a number of separate equilibrium conditions, and strains (or deflections) are rendered compatible, thus leading to a complete analysis of stress and strain distribution throughout the structure.

Recently, the method is developed further into a versatile design tool that allows the definition of a target distribution of section forces or deflections in any structure.

The former may represent irregularities due to permanent loads, creep process or deflections produced by prestressing forces acting on young concrete.