Sentence examples for primary shock from inspiring English sources

"It took me about a half hour to come out of primary shock," Bahcall said.

3., 4. AND 5. FEMUR, TIBIA AND MENISCAL CARTILAGE: Between the femur and the tibia lies the meniscal cartilage, which acts as the knee's primary shock absorber.

There is the Chinese geologist Chang Heng, who in A.D. 132 invented an early seismograph that not only detected earthquakes but indicated the direction in which the primary shock wave originated.

The accelerating combustion in the confined chamber could produce the primary shock wave and the subsequent secondary shock wave is induced by the secondary flame occurring between the primary flame and primary shock wave.

A new facility for primary shock force calibrations up to a force amplitude of 250 kN is presented.

Results indicate that during impulse starting, the flow field is divided into three zones with different aerodynamic parameters by primary shock and upstream-facing shock.

Ocasio-Cortez's defeat of veteran Rep. Joe Crowley in a June primary shocked the political world and put her on the national radar ― it remains the biggest upset of this cycle.

The blast loading history in containment vessels can be divided into three periods, i.e. the primary-shock period, the shock-reflection period and the pressure-oscillation period.

It is shown that the initial response of the containment vessel depends on both the impulse and the shape of the primary-shock depending on the ratio of the loading period to the breathing mode period.

The primary incident shock wave and the reflected shock wave induced by the closed end of the driven section were clearly observed.

— Rick Santorum exhorted voters Monday night to choose him in Tuesday's primary and "shock the establishment".