Sentence examples for thrust of water from inspiring English sources

The first, extending from 1853 until about 1910 and represented by the contributions of a number of French and British engineers, was actively concerned with the precise profile of gravity dams in which the horizontal thrust of water in a reservoir is resisted by the weight of the dam itself and the inclined reaction of the dam's foundation.

Though this method, reaction thrust of water jet produced by volumetric water pump can be directionally controlled by a vectored nozzle.

To counter the thrust of water, offsets were provided on the outer wall faces.

Unlike gravity dams, buttress dams do not rely entirely upon their own weight to resist the thrust of the water.

Their upstream face, therefore, is not vertical but inclines about 25° to 45°, so the thrust of the water on the upstream face inclines toward the foundation.

Like a concrete gravity dam, the weight of an embankment dam deflects the horizontal thrust of the water pressure down to the foundation.

The three main forces acting on a gravity dam are the thrust of the water stored in the reservoir, the weight of the dam, and the pressure exerted by the foundation.

A carer came in and thrust a glass of water into her hand.

Julie thrust a bottle of water into my hand.

Concrete gravity dams usually run in a straight line across a broad valley and resist the horizontal thrust of the retained water entirely by their own weight.

A crowd gathered to watch a long straight line of water thrust high into the air and slowly subside.