rubber sheet
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrubberandsheet
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rubber
noun
uk/ˈrʌb.ər/us/ˈrʌb.ɚ/
an elastic substance (= that stretches) made either from the juice of particular tropical trees ...
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sheet
noun[C]
uk/ʃiːt/us/ʃiːt/
a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed for sleeping on ...
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(Definition ofrubberandsheetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Then a pressure-sensitiverubbersheetis laminated to the bottom of the base film.
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If an object maintains contact with therubbersheetresulting in contact pressure, the feelers collapse.
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The present sensor consists of two types of feeler arrays attached to the opposite sides of arubbersheet.
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The conical feelers were formed on arubbersheetsurface that maintains contact with an optical waveguide plate.
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Combined loadings of normal and shearing forces were applied to the upper surface of therubbersheet.
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The thickness of therubbersheetis 300 m and both sides of therubbersheetare constrained.
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Since the shearing force induces axial strain in the siliconrubbersheet, the contact area of the conical feeler moves in the horizontal direction.
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The plate maintains contact with the surface of arubbersheetbecause a whole array of conical feelers can be attached to the surface of the sheet.
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Lateral strain in therubbersheetis caused by the horizontal component of the applied force and it makes the contact area with the conical feelers move horizontally.
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They produced partially elastic landing using counter weight arrangement, sand-filled surface (covered withrubbersheet), and pneumatic cylinder (operated like a damper).
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A smooth neoprenerubbersheetcomprising a portion of the floor of the tunnel was mechanically deformed into 12 sinusoidal waves which progressed upwind or down at controlled speed.
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Of course, this no doubt is to a certain extent nationalisation, but it is nationalisation in arubbersheet, so that those who handle it should not be shocked.
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Wrinkles from therubbersheetcan still be seen on the inside ceiling.
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In therubbersheetmodel one replaces the rope with a flat two-dimensionalrubbersheetwhich expands uniformly in all directions.
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Fabric calenders produce an upper and lowerrubbersheetwith a layer of fabric in between.
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In the 1950s, rackets that used arubbersheetcombined with an underlying sponge layer changed the game dramatically, introducing greater spin and speed.
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A common analogy is placing a heavy object on a stretched outrubbersheet, causing the sheet to bend downward.
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