Sentences with phrase «as cladding»

It's tiled in ceramic tiles that are usually used as cladding on skyscrapers — a very hard - wearing choice.

Natural stone such as limestone and slate are slightly softer materials and therefore often used in bathroom environments or as cladding.

Here the structure is steel and the wood, untreated larch, is used as cladding only.

But on closer examination of the pictures and section below it appears that the SIP is only used as a cladding and not as a structural system.

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The use of brick for the exterior was decided early, though brick is most often used today as cladding and so it was not taken for granted that it would also constitute the bearing shell of the building.

While the material used for testing was aluminum, the team plans to run similar tests with zirconium, a metal widely used for high - temperature reactor applications such as the cladding of nuclear fuel pellets.

High - tech metal alloys are widely used in important materials such as the cladding that protects the fuel inside a nuclear reactor.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, all 95 samples of potentially flammable cladding from tower blocks in England have failed fire safety tests, cabinet was informed, as the Prime Minister has said a major national investigation must take place into use of the material.

Our stores include a range of features such as treated roofs to deflect heat and keep stores cooler, insulated precast concrete exterior walls which require much less energy to make compared to bricks, and cladding made from 70 per cent softwood content sourced from renewable forests.

Having printed material to hand out is essential but it adds to the spend, as do endless cups of tea, petrol, parking, accommodation, lighting, cladding, signs.

Depending on the cladding used, that material could be specifically fire - retardant, or alternatively it could be not specifically fire - retardant (such as polyethylene, polyurethane or polystyrene).

One after another complained about the cladding put up on the outside of the building as part of a regeneration programme of the estate.

Labour MP David Lammy has led calls for a criminal investigation, listing claims about the lack of sprinklers and fire doors as well as issues with the cladding in the building.

At high heat, the cladding interacts with the surrounding water vapor, binding tightly to the oxygen and freeing the hydrogen, which escapes as a gas.

Enriched uranium is manufactured into fuel rods that are encased in metal cladding made of alloys such as zirconium.

If the fuel rods are no longer being cooled — as has happened at all three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant operating at the time of the earthquake — then the zirconium cladding will swell and crack, releasing the uranium fuel pellets and fission byproducts, such as radioactive cesium and iodine, among others.

That hydrogen buildup was the result of hot steam coming into contact with overheated nuclear fuel rods covered by a cladding of zirconium alloy, or «zircaloy» — the material used as fuel - rod cladding in all water - cooled nuclear reactors, which constitute more than 90 percent of the world's power reactors.

Without that leakage, the academy panel's own modeling predicted that the tops of the fuel assemblies would have been exposed by early April; as the water continued to evaporate, the odds of the assemblies» zirconium cladding catching fire would have skyrocketed.

As a consequence, fabricating cladding slightly larger than the fuel results in the fuel expanding to the cladding, and then maintaining that size.

These days, a woman would never compromise with her style and fashion as she would always keep her best to stay up to date by cladding herself into latest and trendy fashionable clothes and accessories.

As of today, 13 July, cladding from two school buildings has been tested by the Building Research Establishment (BRE), the body carrying out checks on all buildings on behalf of the government.

Products have been specified with the environment in mind as the brick cladding was sourced locally and recycled tyre barrier matting was used for floor E F finish.

As a result, the benefits of Eurobrick's cladding systems are well known in the industry; they provide a robust, low maintenance brick façade to buildings, with a life span of at least 25 years.

In light of the recent Grenfell Tower incident the Learning Trust has carried out a review of both fire safety in its broadest terms as well as narrower concerns on cladding and tower block evacuations.

We expect the European version of the Civic Type R to be similar to the car we'll get here, and while its body cladding and big rear wing are well executed, it could turn out to be too boy racer for the U.S. market, which has come to appreciate the refinement of cars such as the Golf R.

For extra protection, the TRD Pro gets a front skid plate made from quarter - inch aluminum, as well as extra dust boots for the shock absorbers and black plastic fender cladding.

Given a new face, cladding, and rear spoiler in order to reduce the coefficient of drag by fourteen percent, the Fit EV looks quite different, as though it has driven through a clothesline.

To clarify, there are two flavors of the V90, the straight - up wagon New York bureau chief Jamie Kitman and friends drove to South Carolina and back as part of our January 2018 issue and the V90 Cross Country, a slightly cladded and lifted version Volvo can better market as a crossover alternative (because of course).

Black plastic cladding around the wheelwells helps prime buyers to think of this luxury hatchback as a crossover, even though Infiniti will actually launch a higher - riding QX30 alongside the Q30.

However, unlike normal spy shots where we have a vague clue as to what the heavily cladded mule is, this Ferrari has us stumped.

Though the QX30 has extra body cladding and a slightly higher ride height so that it can be marketed as a crossover, it's otherwise nearly identical to the Q30 hatchback mechanically.

From what we can see, the Subaru XV Concept will use a similar front end as the Impreza sedan and hatch concepts (pictured below), but with extra body cladding befitting its more rugged look.

First spied in Germany, our intrepid photographers caught the GLA mule late in its testing as body cladding and camouflage isn't as abundant as it was when spied a few months ago.

But because the Crosstrek is, as it always has been, basically a jacked - up Impreza with more serious four - season tires and fender cladding, not an SUV on a compact car platform and its own blown - out «tophat,» it turns out to be a «tweener, with just a 1.2 - inch increase in wheelbase, 0.6 - inch increase in overall length, and 0.9 - inch wider body compared with the model it replaces.

It's hard to see much of the new MDX's exterior styling in these photos, as the next - generation crossover wears both heavy cladding and makeshift head - and taillamp assemblies, but a few cues up front suggest Acura's next three - row crossover will take a page from its new 2013 RDX compact crossover.

A matte aluminum finish along with front and rear underside protective cladding, allow the X5 to navigate unpaved roads as easily as tarmac.

I walked around the Q for a good five minutes thinking it was the QX, as both cars are relatively tall, and even the hatch version has plastic cladding on the fenders.

2016, 2016, At the 500 Sport level, you don't get all the extras of the Lounge trim, but you do get a long list of performance - related upgrades, such as a stiffer sport - tuned suspension, a sport exhaust, firmer steering calibration, red - painted brake calipers, fog lamps, additional cladding and aerodynamic bodywork, plus sport - styled seating and a sport steering wheel.

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Therefore, the interior was cladded in leather while the exterior was painted blue, as a tribute to the old French racing cars.

It receives a deep license plate recess that mirrors the shape of the front grille, as well as protective cladding that houses two round chromed tail pipes.

The F Sport trim adds a heaping of black trim, body cladding, and a more aggressive fascia than I think is necessary, but in standard base trim, as my test car was, it looks downright handsome.

Well it's much the same as Audi's Allroad derivatives in the sense that the Volvo V90 Cross Country takes the standard V90 and adds to it a little bit of extra ride height (60 mm), some offroad body cladding to house bigger tyres, and some protective plating underneath.

Regal TourX models will be available solely in AWD trim, paired with a station wagon body and lifted suspension, plus some body cladding, to create a wagon - cum - SUV model in the same mold as the Subaru Outback, Volvo V60 Cross Country, and its most direct rival, the Audi A4 Allroad.

The tailgate still has the same gloss black insert as the rest of the range, but where the other non-ST Ford Edge models now all offer black cladding all around the base of the vehicle, that's replaced with body - color - painted panels on the Titanium Elite.

As for other dissimilarities, plastic aerodynamic cladding that surrounds the 2.3 - 16's lower body from nose to tail and a spoiler wing that wraps over the trunk like a basket handle clearly sets the new car apart.

Touted as the «Baby Duster» the Kwid comes with a crossover - like design with under body cladding, high ground clearance and an aggressive stance.

Just as you'd expect, it's the rugged look for the All - Terrain, with an SUV - look grille, butch bumpers, plastic cladding on the sides and wheel arches and a raised ride height, partly from a higher setting for the air suspension (15 mm) and partly from the higher profile rubber (14 mm).

The cladding on the wheel arches is new as well.