Sentence examples for parallel to the ground surface from inspiring English sources

Quite often, however, the fractures are not parallel to the ground surface, and this circumstance is taken as an indication of some other method of formation.

The failure surface is typically planar and parallel to the ground surface and usually < 1 m deep (soil slips > 1 m deep are uncommon) (Lynn et al. [2009]).

Two failure modes of natural slopes are considered in this work, namely, long slope with phreatic surface parallel to the ground surface and slope with emerging phreatic surface.

The borehole data indicate that the groundwater table is generally parallel to the ground surface but drops significantly near the terrace fore-edge.

For near surface geophysical surveys, small-fixed offset loop loop electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensors are usually placed parallel to the ground surface (i.e., both loops are at the same height above ground).

The width of the rectangular solid is the measurement of the shorter side of the solid, parallel to the ground or surface the shape is resting on.

The length is the longest side of the rectangular solid that is parallel to the ground or surface it is resting on.

Many people put their sticks down, parallel to the ground (to maximize obstructive surface area), but with practice you'll be able to just get behind the ball.

Conventional tipping refers to trimming of growing shoots of recovering tea bushes from pruning, to a level parallel to the ground, to obtain a green carpet surface for the convenience of harvesting.

This distribution is derived as a result of the boundary conditions used in this model and also because the sliding surface is parallel to the ground water level in the middle part of the slope.

Hold the flag waist-high so that its surface is parallel to the ground.