The inversions reveal the presence of riblike patterns of very high basal shear stress embedded within much larger areas with zero basal shear stress.
Science Magazine(Dec 04, 2013)
The cracks developed in vertical riblike “stringers” making up the central intertank section that separates the tank’s liquid oxygen and hydrogen sections.
New York Times(Feb 24, 2011)
The library, whose floors were made from scrap wood salvaged from the construction site, is conceived as an anthropomorphic entity with curved riblike wooden supports.
Architectural Digest(Aug 01, 2010)