Sentence examples for maximum interstory drift from inspiring English sources

In particular, the maximum interstory drift angle of the PRCSW specimen reached 17.86 mrad.

Story-specific demand models that consider the maximum interstory drift of each story are developed.

The fragility estimates are compared with currently available estimates based on demand models for the overall maximum interstory drift.

The maximum interstory drift ratio is selected as the single seismic performance parameter for a code-compliant SMRF design and is evaluated through a static pushover analysis.

The performance criterion is expressed in terms of a maximum interstory drift, which is one of the most important limitations provided by the seismic design codes.

The maximum interstory drift angles against seismic motions of three levels are considered as hard targets that should be strictly constrained in the optimization problem.

In summary, the method performed quite satisfactorily in terms of story maximum displacements, maximum interstory drifts and story ductility demands, even for tall models.

The seismic performance of these B-SPSWs is evaluated based on maximum interstory drifts, member demand-to-capacity ratios, and beam-column connection rotations.

The results of the analysis reveal that the maximum interstory drifts are not significantly influenced by the design philosophy adopted while considerable differences are observed for plastic rotations.

Correlations among individual story demand models are also assessed to properly capture the potential dependence between maximum interstory drifts over the height of a building.

The brace dampers reduced the maximum interstory drifts by 60% 80%, and increased the ultimate energy dissipation capacity of the exterior and interior connections by 12 and 4 times respectively.