Sentence examples for sloping embankments from inspiring English sources

The track was surrounded by massive sloping embankments of earth for the accommodation of the spectators (some 40,000), except to the north where the natural slope of the hill sufficed.

To analyze the stability of sloping embankments, the geotemperature, principal strain, deformation and safety factor in four typical seasons are simulated during operations.

The track area was about 690 feet (210 metres) long and 105 feet (32 metres) wide and separated from the sloping embankments by a low stone parapet beside which ran an open stone water channel with basins at intervals.

Numerical results indicate that the crushed-rock interlayer can effectively cool the sloping embankment and its foundation.

On gently sloping land embankments known as 'teras' collect and hold surface run-off, and after the water has soaked into the soil a short duration millet is planted and matures in eighty days (Pacey 1986 p 131).

Therefore, the influence of freeze thaw must be taken into account for modeling of stress strain behaviors in stability and deformation analyses for slopes, embankments and cuts in cold regions with soil layers experiencing freeze thaw cycling.

The excavations for the construction of rolling tanks and ancillary works require the movement of large quantities of land for which a balance has been made between the land to be reused in the arrangement of slopes, embankments, artifacts and landscaping items and the land to be disposed in landfills.

Ponding can lead to lateral flow of water along the geotextile in reinforced wall, slope, embankment and road base applications.

Outslope means the face of the spoil or embankment sloping downward from the highest elevation to the toe.

The most plausible one is that the Egyptians employed a sloping and encircling embankment of brick, earth, and sand, which was increased in height and length as the pyramid rose; stone blocks were hauled up the ramp by means of sledges, rollers, and levers.

The most plausible one is that the Egyptians employed a sloping and encircling embankment of brick, earth, and sand, which was increased in height and in length as the pyramid rose; stone blocks were hauled up the ramp by means of sledges, rollers, and levers.