• Rotary-pressure sounding is a method of testing soil conditions that might be performed as part of a geotechnical investigation. A series of rods, with...
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    direction, thus the pushing force (greatest principal stress) equals the weight of the rock mass itself. In the case of thrusting, the rock mass "escapes"...
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    illegal mining of sand Singing sand – A phenomenon of sand that produces sound White Sands National Park – national park in Otero and Doña Ana counties...
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  • principle: a solid suspended in a fluid is buoyed by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the submerged part of the suspended solid. The...
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    machine drilling (auger, rotary, percussion, down the hole hammer). Deep rock rotary drilling method is most common. Rotary can be used in 90% of formation...
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    them in contact. These contacts between grains are the means by which the weight from buildings and overlying soil layers is transferred from the ground...
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    Andy. "Rotary Connection Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-02-05. Metzger, Richard (February 22, 2019). "ROTARY CONNECTION: THE HEAVENLY-SOUNDING PSYCHEDELIC...
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    {\displaystyle V_{a}} . Gravimetric water content is expressed by mass (weight) as follows: u = m w m s {\displaystyle u={\frac {m_{w}}{m_{s}}}} where...
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    (/ˈvaŋkəl̩/, VUN-kell) is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion. The concept was proven...
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    201. ISBN 0813753031. "Indicators of potentially unstable slopes" (PDF). Sound Native Plants. Retrieved 2019-01-22. Thornbury 1969, p. 85. Jackson 1997...
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    similar smoked flavor. Because they are easily compressed under minimal weight, peat deposits pose major difficulties to builders of structures, roads...
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  • after soaking). Water evaporation method (pore volume = (weight of saturated sample − weight of dried sample)/density of water) Mercury intrusion porosimetry...
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    material. The risk of cave-in increases from surcharge load, which is any weight placed outside the trench near its edge. These loads include the spoil pile...
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    landslides may be triggered by anthropic activities, such as adding excessive weight above the slope, digging at mid-slope or at the foot of the slope. Often...
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  • hydraulic head ([L]) and γ w {\displaystyle \gamma _{w}} is the specific weight of water (N•m−3 or [ML−2T−2]). In hydrogeology, volumetric specific storage...
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    A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are all, with certain distinctions between them, a type of circular intersection or junction in which road...
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