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Definition of Stiffnesses
1. stiffness [n] - See also: stiffness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stiffnesses
Literary usage of Stiffnesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Buckling of Bars, Plates, and Shells by Robert M. Jones (2006)
"Some engineers have tried to characterize laminates with effective laminate
stiffnesses, Ex, Ey, vxy, and Gxy, and indeed such properties can be determined ..."
2. Handbook for the Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings (1993)
"Distribute the story shears to the vertical resisting elements in proportion to
their relative stiffnesses. 6. Analyze individual elements as required by ..."
3. NEHRP Recommended Provisions for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and edited by Eugene Zeller (2001)
"The individual pile stiffnesses may be determined from field tests or analytically
by treating each pile as a beam on an elastic subgrade. ..."
4. The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989 edited by Thomas D. O'Rourke (1993)
"Building stiffnesses in each principal direction were estimated by using a unit
shear stiffness derived from testing of wood-sheathed diaphragms (ABK Joint ..."
5. Applied Mechanics for Beginners by John Duncan (1908)
"For the sake of comparing the strengths and stiffnesses of the beams with different
methods of supporting and loading, it is assumed in the following ..."
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