Sway back

The battle over nuclear power waxed hot and heavy for several years, swaying back and forth as incidents unfolded. The publication of the government-sponsored Reactor Safety Study in 1975, which showed that there would be very modest consequences from nearly all reactor accidents, was a positive event. The report concluded that the average number of fatalities from a meltdown would be about 400 and that there might be one meltdown in every 20,000 years of plant operation, or 0.02 deaths per year versus about 25 deaths per year due to air pollution from a coal-burning plant.8 It received little notice outside the scientific community. The movie The China Syndrome (released in 1979), which implied that a reactor meltdown accident would have— not possibly might have—very horrible consequences, was an important negative event. 

Figure 6.2. Schematic diagram of probable mechanism of plastic fatigue wear (from Briscoe and Evans, 1987) (a) Formation of plastically deformable grooves in series (b) Deformation of the grooves pushed in one direction (c) Sway back to the opposite direction (d) Deterioration of ridges after repeated fluttering (e) Detachment of ridges in the form of band-shaped debris.

DISSOLVE to a straight-on CLOSE-UP of IRIS. She closes her eyes. CUT to MEDIUM SHOT from the side of IRIS standing at the window. Her hands are splayed on the screen. She sways back, then steadies herself. 

The boom sways back and forth, and is difficult to catch by any form of drag or apple. 

The sway of the tower will produce a maximum velocity as the tower passes through vertical center. Also, the maximum velocity of sway will be at the top of the column with zero velocity at the base. As the column reaches the limit of its deflection, the kinetic energy of motion is transferred to strain enei of the shell, causing reversal of direction. The column will sway back and forth until the energy is dissipated. The total strain energy stored in a tall vertical tower at its point of maximum deflection during sway is given by the equation... 

Obviously, on a molecular basis and because of its complexity coal has been viewed as having many forms, only a few of which are reviewed here. The argument for any particular structure can sway back and forth but the concept of a chemical structure of coal or even a simple, repetitive unit cannot really be justified given the extensive heterogeneity of coals. 

With pull-through slitters, the distance from the slitter to the recoiler is usually between 15 and 25 ft. This relatively long distance allows the strands to sway back and forth. Loose strands, in particular, will show edge position deviation upon arrival at the recoiler. Fan-out to the separator disks only adds to this condition. 

Without a tuned mass damper, the top floors of very tall buildings can sway back-and-forth 30 centimeters or more in a strong wind, let alone an earthquake. 

An increased iumbar iordosis, frequentiy referred to as sway back, is generaiiy a postural problem usually involving weakened abdominal muscles and a slouched posture, it will increase with obesity as the abdomen enlarges and normally during pregnancy. Wearing high-heel shoes will cause an increase in the lumbar lordosis. 

The sidecar has three ingredients—perfect ingredients. Cognac, Cointreau, freshly squeezed lemon juice—when you make it right, you get a 10, maybe a 12.Tasted, the sidecar s sweet-to-sour sway, and back again, has the smart, sublime balance of a Zen riddle, served in a sleek glass. 

I nodded. I felt the bed sway under me, and then his chest pressed to my back. He put his arms around me, and gathered me in to him. I was wholly held in his warmth, in the depths of his flesh. 

Choking oflFa cry, Jenty pushed herself away fiomthe planks. Nowsheknew what the foul smell was. And then the hairs on the back of her neck be n to rise as something else occurred to her. She stood up and sbw felt above her head. Her fin rtips brushed something soft. Fur. She snatehed her hand back, then forced herself to reach up a ia This time she felt the soft stir of feathers, swaying sBghtfy fiomher torch. 

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