"structural deficiency" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used in a formal or technical context to refer to a weakness or flaw in the structure of something. For example, "The bridge demonstrated a structural deficiency, so it was deemed unsafe and was closed until repairs could be made."
It shows the regions in the U.S. with the highest percentage of bridges deemed by the Federal Highway Administration as "structurally deficient". Structural deficiency sounds scary, and it is, sort of.
Hence, for OXPHOS complexes we estimated their relative stability from available crystal structures by calculating their "structural deficiency," that is, the fraction of underprotected backbone hydrogen bonds (Fernandez and Lynch 2011; see Materials and Methods).
Therefore, the evaluation of the residual bearing capacity of existing structures is necessary, in order to detect any structural deficiency and to select proper restoration interventions.
But they're dangerous". Not unsafe, but dangerous: that's the paradox of structural deficiency in a nutshell.
It is notable that even the government appears to have recognised this structural deficiency in the system it devised.
Looking at the map above, it's immediately clear that some states have a bigger structural deficiency problem than others.
However, both RUZE and WANG assumed that the structural error was within a priori determined distribution and failed to analyze practical structural deficiencies through a finite element analysis of the antenna structure.
Wittes recommended that the committee "defend the existing structures, publicly and energetically... not to race to correct imagined structural deficiencies in the system".
No structural deficiencies were detected, he said.
The house had been empty for two years and had structural deficiencies, including rotted sills.
He recalled that pitchers like Nolan Ryan overcame structural deficiencies through a strengthening program.
