Sentence examples for stiff sand from inspiring English sources
Clear influence zones can be distinguished, especially in the low frequency bands for the stiff sand case.
At first, harmonic excitations are used, for both cases of stiff sand and rock subsoil profiles, leading to rocking spectra that depict the displacement demand in connection with nonlinear separation.
As it can be observed from the figure that, the soil profile principally encompasses zone 4 (i.e., silt mixtures: clayey silt to silty clay), zone 5 (sand mixtures: silty sand to sandy silt), zone 6 (sands: clean sand to silty sand), and zone 8 (very stiff sand to clayey sand), with some scattered data points located in zone 9 (very stiff, fine-grained).
Zone 4 (i.e., silt mixtures: clayey silt to silty clay), zone 5 (sand mixtures: silty sand to sandy silt), zone 6 (sands: clean sand to silty sand), and zone 8 (very stiff sand to clayey sand), with some scattered data points are located in zone 9 (very stiff, fine grained).
Zone 4 (i.e., silt mixtures: clayey silt to silty clay), zone 5 (sand mixtures: silty sand to sandy silt), zone 6 (sands: clean sand to silty sand), and zone 8 (very stiff sand to clayey sand), with some scattered data points are located in the zone 9 (very stiff, fine-grained).
This study sheds light on the applicability of some industry-standard equivalent linear (SHAKE) and nonlinear (DEEPSOIL and LS-DYNA) programs across a broad range of frequencies, earthquake shaking intensities, and sites ranging from stiff sand to hard rock, all with a focus on application to safety-related nuclear structures.
It was blazing hot — at least 105 degrees in the shade, with a stiff breeze blowing sand along the ground.
This study presents a series of monotonic drained triaxial tests consisting of mixtures of sand (stiff) and rubber (soft) particles simulated by the discrete element method (DEM).
I like to think of him on that June morning in 1908 when, marooned on a sandy islet near the elbow of Cape Cod, his stranded skiff awash, his oars carried to sea, a stiff sou'wester blowing, drifting sand cutting his face, sea rising, he allowed himself to become utterly absorbed in "an immense concourse of birds" resting on the sands, most of them common terns.
I'm dragging myself up the hill, legs slow, face stiff, jeans full of sand, smoking a last cigarette on my front doorstep.
