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When

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static

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loading

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is

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applied

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in

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the

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X

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direction,

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net

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reaction

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in

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the

...

Y

...

direction

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will

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be

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zero,

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though

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individual

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reactions

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may

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be

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nonzero,

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depending

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on

...

the

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type

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of

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structure.

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For

...

example,

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when

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a

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single-story

...

frame

...

system

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with

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four

...

columns,

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arranged

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in

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a

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square

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plan

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with

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interconnecting

...

beams

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at

...

the

...

roof

...

level,

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is

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subjected

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to

...

a

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horizontal

...

point

...

load

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in

...

the

...

major

...

direction

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at

...

the

...

top

...

of

...

one

...

column,

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torsion

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will

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cause

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horizontal

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support

...

reactions

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in

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the

...

direction

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orthogonal

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to

...

loading.

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Given

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a

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dynamic

...

loading

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condition,

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net

...

reactions

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are

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in

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equilibrium

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for

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both

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applied

...

loading

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and

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inertial

...

forces

...

.

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When

...

the

...

structural

...

center

...

of

...

stiffness

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differs

...

from

...

the

...

center

...

of

...

mass

...

,

...

loading

...

in

...

the

...

X

...

direction

...

may

...

generate

...

motion

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in

...

the

...

Y

...

direction.

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This

...

motion

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will

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correlate

...

with

...

a

...

set

...

of

...

inertial

...

forces

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and

...

support

...

reactions

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orthogonal

...

to

...

the

...

direction

...

of

...

loading.

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Most

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non-symmetric

...

structures

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exhibit

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orthogonal

...

reactions

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and

...

response

...

quantities

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when

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subjected

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to

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either

...

static

...

or

...

dynamic

...

loading.

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This

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behavior

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naturally

...

occurs

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as

...

a

...

structure

...

establishes

...

equilibrium.

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Design

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must

...

account

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for

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these

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orthogonal

...

forces,

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along

...

with

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all

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others

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which

...

result

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from

...

load

...

application.

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