Sentence examples for representative direction from inspiring English sources
In this study, to obtain the RQDr and its representative direction, theoretical formulas are derived to calculate the RQD in any direction based on some known RQDs in different directions.
In addition, the comparisons show that the calculated RQDr and representative direction exhibit a good agreement with the actual results, and hence, the proposed method for this purpose is satisfactory.
Because a smaller value of the RQD index implies a better reproduction of the different jointing degrees of different rock masses, its minimum value is selected as the representative RQD (RQDr), and its corresponding direction is called as the representative direction of RQD.
This method might not provide a good estimate of a representative direction of translation.
In our implementation a GH has 26 bins (or representative gradient directions).
Thus, 322° was found to be the single loading direction representative of the variable-direction load database.
"It's a huge step in the right direction," Representative Godfrey said.
"Tonight's admission by the F.D.A. that they need $275 million to shore up their broken system is a step in the right direction," Representative Bart Stupak, Democrat of Michigan, said Monday night.
In many ways, however, the attempt by Salvador Allende to unite Marxists and other reformers in a socialist reconstruction of Chile is most representative of the direction that Latin American socialists have taken since the late 20th century.
And if his firm is best known for building very large and luxurious custom homes, Mr. Karp says the three houses he has proposed for Chatham Road — at 2,800 to 3,200 square feet — are more representative of the direction the home-building industry is headed.
"I can't tell you how distressed I am to see this change in direction," Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), told Holdren during a hearing by the commerce, justice, and science appropriations subcommittee of the House of Representatives on the Administration's 2013 budget request for research.
