On Aug 25, 2007, at 12:52 AM, kiransinh wrote:
> Yes, Hitesh is right. If system is not safe in static condition
> then useless to check with wind and seismic analysis.
Not to the point. That spring might make it 'safe' (bad choice of
words, BTW) under static loading, but render it unable to resist
seismic and wind loading. Carrying determinate lateral loading into a
constant force spring might very well bottom it out and break something
Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen.
.......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania1864)
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