Sentence examples for sensitive to sand from inspiring English sources

The turbine engines of the M-1 tanks are much more sensitive to sand than diesel engines, so air filters need to be constantly replaced if a tank is to keep driving.

Fine sediments can impact river biota, with egg and larval stages of lithophilic fish particularly sensitive to deposition of sand- to clay-sized particles ('fines') in spawning gravels.

After these ecosystems suffer serious desertification, their vegetation-free surfaces usually become sensitive to wind erosion and sand drifts (Li et al. 2004; Xu 2006).

The uniaxial compressive strength is more sensitive to cement than coal or sand.

This suggests that the mobility was more sensitive to the proportion of fine sand when more gravel was involved.

Characterization of dune morphology has historically been based on relationships between dune forms and wind regimes with dune height shown to be sensitive to atmospheric boundary layer depth, sand availability and sediment properties.

Since the measurement of shear modulus is very sensitive to soil disturbance, especially for sand, determination of the stiffness of soil in the field is more reliable than in laboratory tests on sampled specimens.

However, these methods are very expensive and sensitive to wheel rail contact conditions (rain, sand, snow, dew, etc).

Sensitive to local sensitivities, even.

Furthermore, Gmax of both sand types were not sensitive to adding more crude oil (≥ 8 wt%).

It has long been understood that as ephemeral landscape features sand dunes are highly sensitive to environmental change, and thus their distribution and the timing of their development may provide clues to past climate dynamics.