Sentence examples for rocking design from inspiring English sources

Downwards movement prevails resulting in considerable settlement of the foundation from the first earthquake (≈5 cm, which is equal to the total settlement of the conventional foundation over the complete scenario), this being the main shortcoming of the rocking design.

Comparison of hysteretic responses recorded during the Rinaldi earthquake shows strongly nonlinear behavior of the RC column or the foundation in the case of the conventional design or the rocking design, respectively.

The effectiveness of the designated 'fuses', either the RC column section for conventional design or the soil foundation interface for the rocking design, is of critical importance for the survivability of the system.

An experimental column was subjected to static, uni-directional, cyclic loading and utilized a base-rocking design for further ductility enhancement.

This paper describes the cavern rock design and the experiences from the excavation works, along with a comparison of predicted and recorded deformations.

This paper describes shell and stick finite element models used in fixed base dynamic analyses for the hard rock design certification using the general purpose finite element program ANSYS.

Richard Boyce and Ed Mueller own a landscaping business, Exclusive Rock Designs, next door to the Guard complex.

His goth-rock designs — cropped tops made of safety pins; second-skin leather pants — are housed in a creepy, cavernous space.

Spaces such as the "Humble Administrator's Garden" are a soothing mix of water, bridges and rocks, designed around a traditional house or temple.

A beach cafe that looks like a hulking rock designed by Thomas Heatherwick has got Littlehampton talked about, while the restored Art Deco De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill hosts successful modernist furniture sales.

This study presents the first chlorine stable isotope analyses of Bushveld and associated rocks designed to constrain the source of Bushveld Cl.