Sentence examples for resist creep from inspiring English sources

The chapter concludes with a discussion of the process of selection of materials that resist creep.

In many power systems large thermal generating units, which were primarily designed to resist creep damage caused by base load operation throughout an effective service life of more than 40 years, are being operated cyclically as a result of market liberalization and the rapid expansion of intermittent renewable energy sources.

Adding it to the superalloy helps further resist creep.

Similarly, first-stage turbine blades of Siemens' SGT5-8000H machine (Siemens AG, Munich, Germany) are made of specialized high-temperature alloy material to combat long-term effects of high temperatures at constant stress (to resist creep deformation).

This would reflect the reality of life on the island, but would be unacceptable to Mr Clerides, who has staked his political reputation on resisting "creeping recognition", as he calls it, of Turkish Cyprus.

For the first time, the Western allies were signalling their willingness to resist the creeping Soviet takeover of the eastern half of Europe.

All of us who care deeply about sport and what it represents at its best must resist this creeping commercialization and professionalization.

The article presents general characteristics of heat-resisting and creep-resisting steels intended for operation at increased temperature and having martensitic microstructure i.e. X10CrWMoVNb9-2 (T/P92), X11CrMoWVNb9-1-1 (E911) and X12CrCoWVNb12-2-2 (VM12-SHC).

Many Tibetans resisted the creeping military takeover, and in 1959, during a failed uprising, the Dalai Lama fled to India.

One cannot say enough about the courage of Iran's liberal journalists in resisting this creeping coup, and even exposing how government agents sent by the conservatives murdered several dissidents in the winter of 1998.

In this video, we remember the importance of cultivating a childlike state of wonder and, most importantly, resisting the creeping jadedness that threatens to dull our sense of awe.