Sentence examples for a serviceability from inspiring English sources

The corrosion time initiation is considered as a serviceability limit state scenario.

Significant repair costs can therefore be expected for comparable modern multi-storey structures following a serviceability level earthquake.

Two capacity factors are calibrated for an ultimate limit state function and a serviceability limit state function.

Due to the lighter mass and longer span, floor vibration would be a serviceability concern problem for such systems.

Vibration associated with human walking as a serviceability concern has not been well addressed in design and construction of lightweight cold-formed steel (CFS) floors.

It is notable to indicate that degradation of top GFRP bars do not pose a collapse hazard but rather a serviceability concern since cracks in the negative moment region widen resulting in simply supported spans.

A good knowledge of the damping properties of timber bridges is therefore a key aspect for guaranteeing a sufficient serviceability.

This approach assumes that, among the infinite number of harmonics a walking force is composed of, only a single harmonic is important for a vibration serviceability check.

To account for these variabilities, a novel probabilistic approach to carry out a vibration serviceability check is developed in this paper.

This study proposes a simple reliability-based design (RBD) procedure for assessing the allowable immediate displacement of a spread footing supported on clay in consideration of a desired serviceability limit state.

Pavement width ensures a satisfactory serviceability.