Sentence examples for maximum allowable drift from inspiring English sources

The objective function is taken as the weight of the structure, and constraints consist of the slenderness of compression members, the maximum allowable drift of the structure and the natural frequency of the structure.

Moreover, although 75 mm, or 3.125 %, the inter-story drift ratio was the maximum amplitude of the actuator and was considered to be adequate, since the maximum allowable story drift ratio specified by the Standard FEMA450 (2003) is 2.5 %.

The most stringent requirement to protect nonstructural systems is a maximum allowable interstorey drift of 0.5% during the SLS (CEN 2013).

According to the DVB-S specification [29], the maximum allowable frequency drift of the generated carrier is 5 MHz [32].

The limit of the maximum allowable thermal drift was set to 0.1 nm/s.

At maximum load, a 5-s holding period was applied, and the limit of the maximum allowable thermal drift was set to 0.1 nm/s.

That is, the maximum allowable inter-story drift was assumed to satisfy the mentioned performance levels.

It can be observed that the maximum roof drift of the model structure at the major strength drop is significantly smaller than that of the structure at the maximum allowable inter-story drift of 2.5%.

Finally, using constructed fragility curves and statistical methods, the maximum allowable inter-story drift ratio and spectral displacement values that satisfy the "immediate occupancy" and "collapse prevention" performance level requirements were estimated.

Using the simplified analytical model, structural engineers can easily predict the storey drift, maximum allowable loads, and bracing stiffness of a single-storey multi-bay steel frame.

Stability exercises reinforce the maximum allowable degree of movement in the ankle without risking injury.