Regionally, tectonics acting on rock mass will cause a slight increase in matter density due to elevated horizontal stress.

Acting like table legs, these columns hold up a platform that helps brace the tower against horizontal stress.

It is not possible to calculate the horizontal total stress in this way.

Structural evolution was marked by vertical tectonic movement with little evidence of horizontal stresses.

Formations sustain two types of mechanical stress: vertical stress and horizontal stress.

The stress path represents the change in horizontal stress as the pore pressure changes.

In a producing reservoir the horizontal stress is reduced as the pore pressure is reduced, leading to an increase in effective stress.

This occurs when prevailing northerly winds blow along the length of Lake Winnipeg, exerting a horizontal stress on its surface.

In inter-continental collision orogens major sustained horizontal stresses can be generated which give rise to recumbent folds.

Few visitors will know that the structure is designed to prevent collapse from horizontal stresses after an earthquake or bomb blast.