Sentences with phrase «together by friction»

Instead they form long, rigid chains held together by friction, which give shear - thickened fluids their near - solid feel, says lead study author Ryohei Seto, also at C.U.N.Y.

On the other hand, if the two plates were stuck together by friction, strain would build up in the rocks and the upper plate would bend down along the outer edge and thicken inland, humping upward until the rocks along the fault failed.

It could be that these two great slabs of the Earth's crust were jammed against each other and had been for a very long time — locked together by friction for hundreds of years, far longer than «all of recorded history.»

Not exact matches

This modified orbit causes Io to flex as it moves around Jupiter, causing material within Io to shift position and generate heat by friction, just as rubbing your hands together briskly makes them warmer.

Coulomb's equation states that in order to slide one hand against the other the shear stress — akin to the force applied to slide your hands — divided by the surrounding pressure — squeezing the sand together — must equal something called the friction coefficient.

A new study that incorporates various findings by NASA's Cassini mission regarding Saturn's moon Enceladus proposes that the moon has a porous core in which rocks flex and rub together, producing sufficient heat via friction to power its global subsurface ocean.

Together, the steps cut friction by 20 % and increased city driving economy for both engines by 3 % -4 %.

The middleware and development giant is aiming to reduce productivity friction with its latest game engine, with one of the demos shown to Develop put together by an artist, requiring no technical input, who was also able to use the scripter to make a game.

Another work in MCASD's collection that will be on view, Untitled (Pins), (2004) is comprised of thousands of nickel - plated steel straight pins held together by gravity and friction, densely packed into a cube.

MCASD later bought Donovan's Untitled (Pins), (2004), a work comprised of thousands of nickel - plated steel straight pins held together by gravity and friction, densely packed into a cube through the International and Contemporary Collectors, and then acquired an edition of Haze and the tarpaper piece in 2007.

Laura Bartlett has created a compelling dynamic in bringing these three artists together for the first time, conjuring a useful friction between differing uses of media and materials by artists of the same mid-80s generation.

Richard Serra's «prop» sculptures, like «V + 5: To Michael Heizer,» are held together only by friction and their weight.

I enjoy the friction of different things being put together, things that should not live together but which by declaring them together become a fait accompli.This creates an awkward tension that I like.»