Sentence examples for force resisting from inspiring English sources

Buckling Restrained Braced Frame (BRBF) is an emerging seismic force-resisting system that is currently being used either as a single seismic force-resisting system or in combination with other seismic force resisting systems.

Reinforced concrete wall-frame mixed buildings have been widely used as a seismic force resisting system because walls and frames can play complementary roles in earthquake resistance.

For decades the Muslim Brotherhood was the only organized force resisting authoritarian rule.

The old lady, while monstrously manipulative and stubborn, might also represent an indomitable urban life force resisting the forces of gentrification (Scott).

The old lady, while monstrously manipulative and stubborn, might also represent an indomitable urban life force resisting gentrification (A. O. Scott).

Hezbollah, which has about 2,500 fighters and is armed and supported primarily by Iran, was the main force resisting Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon before Israel's withdrawal in 2000.

A dual lateral-force resisting system consisting of a primary lateral-force resisting system and secondary concrete-filled steel tube (CFT) columns placed in the gravity framing is presented in this paper.

The collapse prevention system consists of a collapse inhibiting mechanism, such as a pair of slack cables or loose linkages, working in tandem with the main lateral-force resisting system and engaging the gravity framing to avert collapse.

ASCE 7 (2010) requires that lateral systems that are not listed as the basic seismic-force-resisting systems shall be permitted if analytical and test data are submitted to demonstrate the lateral force resistance and energy dissipation capacity.

Veneers should be isolated in their own plane from the seismic-force-resisting system.

Usually, the infill walls of a building are not considered as elements of the force-resisting system.