Sentence examples for provide stiffness from inspiring English sources

The Skidmore, Owings & Merrill system uses a type of engineered wood called glued laminated timber, or glulam, for the building columns, and cross-laminated timber slabs for the central core, floors and shear walls, which provide stiffness against wind loads.

Thus, they provide stiffness only in the longitudinal direction of the beam and act as a unidirectional material.

In such systems, braces provide stiffness, while the link elements play an important role as an energy-absorbing fuse.

In these materials, highly mineralized "building-blocks" provide stiffness and strength, while weak interfaces between the blocks channel non-linear deformation and trigger powerful toughening mechanisms.

This paper explores the design space of two classes of bi-stable composites specially designed to provide stiffness variability in distributed compliance systems.

The remote handling compatible design includes an induction heating system, a brazing atmosphere supply, an inspection system (leak testing), a bolted/clamped union to provide stiffness against disruptions and thermal loads, and a positioning and alignment system.

This also provides stiffness to the composites (Myers et al. 1991).

The structure of the warship itself consists of 25 main frames providing stiffness to the side and bottom structures.

In addition to the energy dissipation, the device provides stiffness through the steel elements as well as the viscoelastic material.

The success of composite materials in providing stiffness efficiencies and weight reduction in Formula 1 cars is well documented.

The supporting foundation is assumed to behave linearly while providing stiffness, damping and inertial resistance to the track vibrations.