As the cross-sectional area of the plunger D is only 1/30th of that of the ram, the plunger must descend thirty inches to raise the ram one inch.
If the column of water had a cross-sectional area of a mile or a thousand miles, the pressure at a depth of one foot would always be .
The strength of a shaft to resist torsion is the cube of its diameter in inches, multiplied by the strength of the material of which the shaft is composed, per square inch of cross-sectional area, giving the strength in statical foot-pounds.
A machine that operates on wood of small cross-sectional area in proportion to its length, such as picture frame moulding.
The machine consists of a base containing the main cylinder, with a sectional area of 2,000 sq.
The cross-sectional area of the conduit is 434 sq.
The total cross-sectional area of the tubes is 137 sq.
The shearing strength per square inch is found by dividing the { P } maximum load by the cross-sectional area.
Within the same species the cross-sectional area of the sapwood is roughly proportional to the size of the crown of the tree.
The inferiority of aluminum as an electrical conductor in terms of sectional area is more than offset by its superiority over copper in terms of weight.
From the standpoint of cross-sectional area aluminum is inferior to copper as an electrical conductor.
Some other silicon-bronze wire of greater tensile strength per square inch would require a sectional area of 2.
As the thickness of the samples to be tested will vary, it is advisable to cut the strips of such a width that the cross-sectional area of all test pieces is the same--say, 40 sq.
Hence the reduction of sectional area on stretching bears a simple relationship to the amount of stretching.
If, however, we take into consideration the diminution in sectional area of the test piece during stretching, it will be seen that crepe and sheet rubber have compensating properties.
Contractile force per unit of sectional area gives perhaps the clearest idea of what is meant.
It is usually expressed by the result found by dividing the load by the number of superficial square inches contained in the cross-sectional area of the body.
Then again, a strut must bed well down all over its cross-sectional area as illustrated above; otherwise the stress of compression will not be evenly disposed about the centre of strength, and that may produce a bending stress.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sectional area" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
