During a game, players keep this initial deck; this feature encourages players to build decks that are customized for the map being played on, or that counter other civilizations.
The nonlinear effects due to hanger slackening are expected to increase in suspension footbridges due to lightweight decks, that is, low dead to live load ratio, and to shallow plate-girder decks with very low flexural and torsional stiffness.
Test observations suggested that V-core panels behave very similarly to multi-web decks that are strapped and unfastened to the supports.
To speed the game up it is helpful to play using two decks that have different color backing.
As cards spread through Europe in the 15th century, the card makers of each area adapted these to their own designs, eventually giving rise to several series of national decks that are still used in their countries of origin.
The downstairs opens to a deck that looks over the golf course and up to the White Mountains.
If you add more cards to a deck, that doesn't mean the deck will suddenly begin to play poker.
Care was taken by the state highway agency sponsoring this research to identify pairs of bridge decks that would provide very similar structural characteristics.
The first floor opens to a deck that runs the length of the house.
Both the master and the living area open to a deck that spans the length of the house.
