Experiments with a stiff pile subjected to extreme wave forces typical of offshore wind farm storm conditions are considered.
After graduating in 1986 Ms. Dijkstra did editorial work, including portraits of businessmen for annual reports, but was frustrated by how stiff her subjects were.
Two 40-story steel buildings (slightly flexible and stiff) are subjected to these long-period ground motions in those nine areas for the detailed investigation of response characteristics of super high-rise buildings in various areas.
It is well known that flexible beams become stiffer when subjected to high speed rotations, because of the axial-bending coupling associated to the large displacements of the beam cross-section.
Violators can be subject to stiff fines, but the law is sporadically enforced.
The deal would open Colombia to many U.S. products currently subject to stiff tariffs.
Companies that do not adhere to these security guidelines could be subject to stiff fines.
It looked to them like a manufactured piece of metal, subject to stiff duties they classified it, eventually, with "kitchen utensils and hospital supplies".
Illicit use of Xyrem, or gamma hydroxybutyrate, also known as GHB, would be subject to stiff penalties under Schedule I, the most restrictive list of controlled substances, it said.
Under the original measure, which was part of the city's 2007 Safe Housing Act, the city identified 200 of the worst buildings and ordered landlords to make repairs within four months or be subject to stiff penalties.
