Sentence examples for upstream slope from inspiring English sources

α (degree) = upstream slope angle.

We used a locally determined relationship between average upstream slope and erosion rate to model erosion across the landscape.

Transient variation in upstream reservoir level was monitored with a water level probe positioned near the toe of the upstream slope.

The first physical defects observed during the experiments were the formation of longitudinal cracks at the upper part of the upstream slope, as the level of the upstream lake rose with time.

They are vertical on the upstream side, and they slope toward the Atchafalaya.

They are asymmetrical in cross section, having a steep wall on the upstream side and a gentler slope on the downstream side.

The analysis of the surface gradients shows a certain slope of the facets, namely, 13° on the downstream and -11° on the upstream side which corresponds to a local angle of incidence of 78° and 54°.

The upstream side of a roche moutonnée has been subjected to glacial scouring that has produced a gentle, polished, and striated slope; the downstream side has been subjected to glacial plucking that has resulted in a steep, irregular, and jagged slope.

An investigation and remediation of instability along upstream cut slopes for an earthfill dam in differentially weathered rock in southern Turkey is described.

These predictors reflect the dominant role of side channel geometry (i.e., morphology of the upstream alluvial plug, slope conditions) in controlling their flooding regime.

The dam models were built at constant upstream and downstream slope angles of 35° and 50°, respectively.