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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"plinth"”.
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House of Screens
… intensified by various planes of crops and the plinth. Fields of crops descend in height to allow the house to rise up and breathe. A simple grid provides inspiration and gives structure. A house full of screens provides changing spaces and adjustable levels of privacy and protection. Views of …
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Destructive preservation : figuring the urban ground
… programs come together and pull apart. A unified plinth acts as a mediator between different kinds of traffic, different kinds of users, and different kinds of spaces, blurring the lines between public spaces, religious spaces, housing, and working environments. The whole aboveground environment …
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The relationship between hip internal rotation and groin pain in elite Australian Rules Football players
… aspect of the tibia whilst lying prone on a plinth. Subjects were tested twice at an interval of six weeks and episodes of groin pain that occurred between the first and second testing dates were recorded. This study may have implications for the treatment and prevention of groin injuries in …
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Kwasuka Sukela: re-imagined bodies of a (South African) 1990s born woman
… spaces as living sculptures standing on a white plinth. In relation to these public performances, the exhibition includes sculptural installations that speak to the interplay of public and private domains. Animism and Ubuntu form part of the spiritual agency that is present in this work. …
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Numerical simulation of dynamic centrifuge tests on concrete faced rockfill dam
… used embankment zones, concrete faces, and plinths, including compaction methods of zones, particle sizes, thickness of layers during placement, slab and plinth dimensions, etc. In addition, the performance of some well-documented CFRDs are summarized. The second part of the study evaluates …
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A serving of empathy
… of Innocence,” an interactive work set on a low plinth in the centre of the gallery, provides a moment of pleasure amid the tension of the surrounding pieces. Potent Moments are visual narratives painted on modified ceramic plates. Thin slabs are added to the surface while the wheel-thrown clay …
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Memorialising White Supremacy: The Politics of Statue Removal: A Comparative Case Study of the Rhodes Statue at the University of Cape Town and the Lee Statue in Charlottesville, Virginia
… empire- was removed from its concrete plinth overlooking Cape Town, South Africa. This came as a result of the #RhodesMustFall (#RMF) movement, a movement that would see statues questioned and vandalised across the country. Two years later, fierce contestation over the hegemonic …
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Determination of sediment, water quantity and quality for swat modelling of sedimentation in the Makoye reservoir, southern province, Zambia.
… Fluvial system formed the geomorphological plinth of the study. The study was motivated by the problem of sedimentation in the Makoye Reservoir (about 60500 m2), which had been affecting 474 pastoralist households rearing over 10,000 cattle. The objectives of the study were to: (i) determine …
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Material Evaluation of an Elastomer, Epoxy and Lightweight Concrete Rail Attachment System for Direct Fixation Light Rail Applications
… fixation method that uses lightweight concrete plinths and an elastomer-epoxy system to attach the rails to the bridge deck. The elastomer used was a two-part, pourable elastomer with cork particles intermixed to alter the mechanical properties of the material. A lightweight concrete mixture was …