Sentences with phrase «natural weather exposure»

In addition to natural weather exposure, the wall specimens were periodically wetted to simulate rain leakage by a water injection system.

Not exact matches

3 Last year a team of scientists led by Kurt Zenz House, a doctoral candidate at Harvard University, proposed something they call engineered weathering, inspired by a natural process in which slightly acidic freshwater is neutralized by exposure to alkalizing minerals.

At the time the most expensive natural disaster ever to hit the U.S., Andrew caused an estimated $ 15 billion in insured losses in the state and changed the way insurance companies assessed their exposure to risk for weather - related events.

Presuming that we want to be able to compare weather records over time without having to adjust or note for changes in exposure and land use and ground cover, it is best to locate weather stations over natural ground cover, and in an area not likely to experience significant changes in ground cover in the foreseeable future.

Various types of models thus allow the analysis of multi-layer materials, component connections, and even multi-zone buildings under realistic exposure to natural weather conditions.

At the time the most expensive natural disaster ever to hit the U.S., Andrew caused an estimated $ 15 billion in insured losses in the state and changed the way insurance companies assessed their exposure to risk for weather - related events.

The scale of natural disasters has also increased because of deforestation, environmental degradation, urbanization, and intensified climate variables.20 The distinctive health, behavioral, and psychosocial needs of children subject them to unique risks from these events.21 Extreme weather events place children at risk for injury, 22 loss of or separation from caregivers, 21 exposure to infectious diseases, 23 and a uniquely high risk of mental health consequences, including posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and adjustment disorder.24 Disasters can cause irrevocable harm to children through devastation of their homes, schools, and neighborhoods, all of which contribute to their physiologic and cognitive development.25