Sentence examples for vulnerability to wind from inspiring English sources

Another problem is their vulnerability to wind.

This is important, because one thing holding the airship back is it vulnerability to wind, especially gusts.

The pattern of transition in managed landscapes generates an associated pattern of vulnerability to wind damage.

At Okiwa, the bilateral fan-shaped architecture of the root systems of P. radiata has likely been influenced by exposure to the predominantly northerly winds as an adaptation to improve the rigidity of the soil-root plate and counteract their vulnerability to wind throw.

Various researchers have suggested that horizontal webs offer compensating advantages, such as reduced vulnerability to wind damage; reduced visibility to prey flying upwards, because of the back-lighting from the sky; enabling oscillations to catch insects in slow horizontal flight.

Although Tulip Poplars are a well-shaped and attractive tree they are too large for many gardens and present other disadvantages such as their habit of dropping sap everywhere and their vulnerability to wind.

The study constructs fragility curves, which illustrate reductions in the vulnerability of towers to wind loading owing to the inclusion of the damper.

Figure 3a, building damage ratio, reflects the comprehensive vulnerability of construction types to wind damage.

The local buildings were categorized into semiengineered (SE) and nonengineered (NE) design houses based on their vulnerability to typhoon wind as analyzed in Goyal et al. (2012).

Because of their vulnerability to high winds, and their seasonal use, all structures were typically built and rebuilt with few, if any, guidelines.

He tries to wind his opponent up.