Sentence examples for structural schemes from inspiring English sources

Masonry structures, especially the historical ones, are usually characterized by low strength, due to a variety of reasons, namely low units and/or mortar strength or low bond; this makes more difficult to study these types of structures according to general rules because of different structural schemes.

Finally, a special optimization procedure, based on genetic algorithms, allows a thorough comparison between classical structural schemes, whose bearing capacity is due to the mechanical stiffness, and prestressed structures, whose bearing capacity is also due to the geometrical stiffness provided by the prestress.

They bespeak an audacious will to keep structural schemes and their execution mutually independent.

Mr. Fischer concentrates on the grandeur of Gothic cathedrals in Cologne and Strasbourg, melding by digital means their exteriors and interiors to give the full impact of their heaven-aspiring structural schemes.

This is particularly true for complex structural schemes, such as those characterizing XX century shell and spatial architectures.

For this reason, 5 bay buildings with 4, 6 and 8 storeys have been examined considering four bracing schemes providing a total number of 12 structural schemes analyzed.

The dissipation capacity of a generic structure depends on its many characteristics – like material, shape of the cross-sections, structural scheme, regularity and typology of structures – and it is accomplished by means of the behavior factor q through a very strategic reduction of seismic action.

The need to control the lateral seismic displacement is dictated by the high flexibility of these structures, which in turn is associated to the structural scheme and to the inter-storey height.

In the age of slide rules, it took days to calculate a structural scheme.

Arup abandoned three years of work on the existing structural scheme because Utzon felt the ribbed design was more honest.

This structural scheme, which became prevalent with European ships during the Middle Ages, has continued into the age of steel shipbuilding.