Sentence examples for definitive displacements from inspiring English sources

The main difference between performance-based plastic design for earthquake resistant structures and PC is that the former depends on plastic rotations beyond the formation of the last plastic hinge, i.e., the perceived ductility limit, whereas the latter relies on the more definitive displacements at incipient collapse.

Now it is not a primary purpose to obtain some definitive statements about stresses, displacements, temperatures and so on; the authors want to construct a set of FEM models that will help all the decisions of DEMO Divertor design in its future development.

No definitive word on engine displacement there, either.

Not definitive, just definite.

The results obtained were accurate to 1 cm, and confirm the deformation in the Pinar de Chı́o zone, but are not definitive enough to confirm the displacements detected to the south of the village of Garachico.

Uncertainty in the future evolution of demand for natural gas, the end use of the commodity, and the displacement of existing fuels inhibits analysts from making definitive conclusions about the ultimate effect of natural gas on global greenhouse gas emissions.

Grant & Grant [ 3] have therefore recently called for a definitive demonstration of competition's causal role in ecological character displacement.

This displacement may affect the proximal contacts and occlusion of the definitive prosthesis.

A temporary stabilization with guide wires was done in patients with displaced neck fractures in order to prevent further displacement, and this was followed by stabilization of the shaft and definitive fixation of the neck fracture.

A temporary stabilization with guide wires is recommended in patients with displaced neck fractures in order to prevent further displacement, and this should be followed by stabilization of the shaft and definitive fixation of the neck fracture.

In particular, climbers of cluster 3 exhibited the lowest vertical displacement, the longest plateaux durations and the greatest ratio between tool swinging and definitive anchorage.