Sentences with phrase «bearing weight loads»

One study monitored growth (from 4 weeks to 6 months) in two groups of great Danes, one fed ad lib and the other with a restricted ration (70 - 80 % of the ration); the latter group was itself divided into two, one group being composed of puppies bearing weight loads (15 % of their body weight) by means of a belt filled with sand, and the other without weights.

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The maximum weight of fruits that a fruiting plant can bear is known as its fruit load.

Clip - on seats attach to your dining table and thanks to their strong frame and smart design can bear the load of your child's weight safely.

«We assessed bone stress in two ways — the first was to assume a body weight load on the center digit, which is consistent with what living horses experience, but this ignores the potential load - bearing capacity of the side toes of earlier horses,» McHorse said.

Rather than building a hefty metal machine that bears the weight of a load — and that can get in the way of normal movement — Walsh and his team are using fabric, flexible cables, and small motors to inject an extra shot of energy into each stride while letting a person move freely.

The men who engaged in bone - loading or weight - bearing exercise as teenagers had more bone density later in life, the investigators found.

Lessening your load and strengthening your joints For every unneeded pound of body weight, a knee joint, for example, bears an extra three pounds of pressure.

«Exercise is important in building better bones and the best type is weight bearing exercises where loads are being applied to the muscles and skeleton,» says DiNubile.

Whereas physical inactivity is a major cause of bone loss, weight bearing exercise places mechanical stress or «loading» through the bone that forces it to remodel and grow stronger.

This is because exercises like squats and deadlifts use more muscle groups under a heavy load than almost any other weight bearing exercises known to man.

Great bone health requires plenty of weight - bearing exercise using proper posture and alignment to physically stress (and ultimately, strengthen) your load - bearing joints (the joints that tend to get osteoporosis).

When we hit menopause that decline speeds up, therefore doing weight bearing / bone loading exercise is more important than ever before.

The human spine has natural curves to resist load on the spine in an upright, weight - bearing position.

Though a more rigorous investigation would not necessarily have improved the film (the trampling roughshod over the thin scrim between documentary and fiction is too irritating when undertaken with what seems a cavalier disregard for both), it might have taken some of the weight off its broken, load - bearing metaphor leg, and maybe not left room for an essentially stupid, interminable, out - of - place dream sequence in the process.

For instance, because the expansive tresses that run across the ceiling carry the weight of the roof, none of the walls are load bearing.

The rear - drive 550 - 2's steering has more clarity than a four - wheel - drive Gallardo's, but there is still some weight to it (something you notice in your left hand, which bears the loadings when you change gear).

Weight - saving technologies can be found throughout the bodyshell and chassis of the Range Rover Evoque, including a steel body structure with over 18 % Boron / high strength steels in key load - bearing areas.

GENERAL Vehicle / model: ’17 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk 4x4 Base price: $ 43,095 Price as tested: $ 53,515 Options as tested: Customer Preferred Package 28J ($ 2,695), Jeep Active Safety Group ($ 1,495), 5.7 L Hemi V - 8 ($ 3,295), Rock Rails ($ 895), Uconnect 8.4 NAV ($ 450), Blind Spot and Cross Path Detection ($ 595), Destination Charge ($ 995) ENGINE Type: Chrysler 16 - valve V - 8 Displacement (ci / liter): 345/5.7 Bore x stroke (in): 3.92 x3.58 Compression ratio -LRB-: 1): 10.5 Intake / FI: Naturally aspirated, sequential multi-port electronic Mfg.'s power rating @ rpm (hp): 360 @ 5,150 Mfg.'s torque rating @ rpm (lb - ft): 390 @ 4,250 Mfg.'s suggested fuel type: Midrange unleaded recommended; regular unleaded acceptable DRIVETRAIN Transmission: ZF 845RE 8 - spd automatic Ratios -LRB-: 1): First 4.71 Second 3.14 Third 2.11 Fourth 1.67 Fifth 1.29 Sixth 1.00 Seventh 0.84 Eighth 0.67 Reverse 3.30 Axle ratio -LRB-: 1): 3.09 Transfer case: MP 3022 2 - spd Low - range ratio -LRB-: 1): 2.72 Crawl ratio -LRB-: 1): 39.6 FRAME / BODY Frame: Steel unibody Body: Steel SUSPENSION / AXLES Front: Short - and long - arm independent, coil springs, twin - tube coilover shocks, steel upper - and aluminum lower - control arms, stabilizer bar / ZF 7.7 - in Rear: Multi-link, coil springs, twin - tube shocks (with load leveling for towing), aluminum lower control arm, independent upper links plus a separate toe link, stabilizer bar / ZF 7.7 - in STEERING Type: Electric rack - and - pinion Turns (lock - to - lock): 3.2 Ratio -LRB-: 1): 16.7 BRAKES Front: 13.8x1.3 - in vented disc, two - piston caliper Rear: 13.0x0.9 - in vented disc, single - piston caliper ABS: Four - wheel WHEELS / TIRES Wheels (in): 18x8.0 Tires: P265 / 60R18 Goodyear Wrangler All - Terrain Adventure with Kevlar FUEL ECONOMY EPA city / highway: 14/22 Observed city / highway / trail: 15.7 DIMENSIONS / CAPACITIES Weight (lb): 5,154 Wheelbase (in): 114.8 Overall length (in): 189.8 Overall width (in): 76.5 (84.8 w / mirrors) Height (in): 69.3 Track f / r (in): 63.9 / 64.1 Minimum ground clearance (in): 8.2 (standard height), 10.4 (suspension position # 2) Turning diameter, curb - to - curb (ft): 37.1 Approach / departure angles (deg): 26.2 (standard height) 36.1 (suspension position # 2, air dam off) / 24.0 (standard suspension), 27.1 (air suspension position # 2) Breakover angle (deg): 18.2 (standard height), 22.8 (suspension position # 2) GVWR (lb): 6,800 Payload (lb): 1,190 Maximum towing capacity (lb): 7,200 Seating: 5 Fuel capacity (gal): 24.6 PERFORMANCE 0 - 60 mph (sec): 7.3 Quarter - mile (sec @ mph): 15.6 @ 90.9 Braking 60 - 0 mph (ft): 132.8 Ramp Travel Index (20 - deg, points): 375

A load - bearing ball joint is designed to support the weight of the vehicle while providing a hinge point for the steering system.

Handling tech The 918 Spyder is built around a carbon - fiber monocoque; in fact, the entire load - bearing structure that the suspension and engine are attached to is composed of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) for high rigidity and low weight.

Achieving torsional stiffness of 28.7 kN / degree is key to this — the intensive use of high - strength and ultra-high-strength steels in critical load - bearing areas improves crash impact performance and minimises weight.

After 6 months, the puppies fed ad lib all had skeletal problems, as did the load - bearing puppies (5), thus demonstrating the adverse effect of excess weight during growth.

These bones are made for weight bearing and because of this, they tend to have a hard, smooth surface along with a center filled with loads of marrow.

In Suicidal Sunflower (2014), one of her most complex and loaded works, a gray and white sunflower finds its own weight too heavy to bear and attempts to hang itself from a dangling black bulb.

The heightened awareness of the weight - bearing loads and the pull of gravity underscore how the materials have been asked to perform, holding traces of past uses and process to become more than just «raw» material.

He understands such things as flooring being able to support weight with proper load bearing structures underneath.

Second, this method of cantilevering changes the way in which the weight of the second story is balanced on the load - bearing fulcrum of the south wall, ensuring that the house is sound and sturdy without the need for an interior support post in the middle of the first story living space.

The difference between a «burden» and a «load» is in their weight and the strength required to bear each.

Non-load-bearing walls are used merely to separate rooms, while load - bearing walls help hold up the weight of the house.