Sentence examples for rely on friction from inspiring English sources

Curiously, adult planthoppers lack such gears but seem to be better jumpers anyway, perhaps because, with their larger bodies, they can more easily rely on friction between the surfaces of their legs to keep them synchronized.

"You can't just rely on friction".

Woodworking vises have smooth jaws, often of wood, and rely on friction alone rather than on serrations.

Dr. Barbero realized that the forces exerted on the pressurized plug, and the need to rely on friction against the tunnel walls to keep it in place under the onslaught of floodwaters, meant that it had to be made from very tough materials.

Also, the staples now used to hold some surgical incisions shut which largely rely on friction along their length to remain in the flesh could be replaced by barbed staples that are shorter and have a smaller diameter.

Its biomechanics are inherently different from conventional plating techniques because of the fact that the latter require compression of the plate to the bone and rely on friction at the bone-plate interface.

The unbonded application results in an increased seismic isolation efficiency, however, it introduces few design limitations as it relies on friction to transfer shear loads, and no vertical tension can be taken by the isolator.

Single-coil spring seal design is limited in its use to liquids such as water or other nonlubricating fluids, because the seal relies on friction to turn the rotary unit.

Her arresting gear was an unsatisfactory British longitudinal system used on the carrier Furious that relied on friction between the arrester hook and the cables.

Reduced disruption of the soft-tissue envelope and periosteal vascular supply are achieved by locked plating, via minimally invasive plating techniques, as well as by the ability to achieve stable constructs without relying on friction at the plate bone interface.

The hardest – or crux sections – on Dawn Wall also involve very poor slippery footholds where the climber needs to rely on the friction of rubber-soled shoes against the wall and tiny razor-sharp flakes for two finger tips.