Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Embedment effects

English answer:

effects of being embedded

Added to glossary by Peter Simon
Jul 25, 2016 06:14
7 yrs ago
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English term

Embedment effects

English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering
Embedment effects of the main buildings in the site response to seismic loads and the soil– structure interaction effects in the dynamic response of the structures, systems and components.
Change log

Jul 25, 2016 08:01: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering"

Jul 30, 2016 05:54: Peter Simon changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1642331">Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani's</a> old entry - "Embedment effects"" to ""effects of being embedded""

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher

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Discussion

Peter Simon Jul 25, 2016:
Dear Masoud, thank you for your explanation. You're right about using the family name in E for respect but only like Mr. S, or some other title, like President Obama. But thanks again.
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani (asker) Jul 25, 2016:
@Peter I DO know your name is Peter. However, in Iranian culture, we usually use the family name to show more respect to those who are not our intimate friends. And, I also think that it is the case in English-speaking countries. I just wanted to be more polite.
Peter Simon Jul 25, 2016:
Dear Kakoli ;), I see. But my name is Peter for you as your name is Masoud I guess. It is only in Hungarian that I have to put Simon (my family name) first.
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani (asker) Jul 25, 2016:
@ Dear Simon it is a part of a list like this:
Thus, the factors that are usually taken into account for the decision on the main plant grade level include the following:
1. Embedment effects of the main buildings in the site response to seismic loads and the soil– structure interaction effects in the dynamic response of the structures, systems and components.
2. .....
3. .....
Peter Simon Jul 25, 2016:
Dear Masoud, if this is not a title, it should look like a sentence, but then, where is the verb I wonder - effects can't be a verb AND followed by "of"

Responses

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effects of being embedded

Is this the title of a chapter? I discount this being a sentence.

Anyway, I think it is about the way/strength of the main buildings being embedded in the site is reflected in their response to seismic loads and the soil. But I feel that "response" is something strange in this non-sentence, although I could explain it as sg. like 'effect of embedment on the site's response to...' or 'effect of embedment felt/shown/detectable in the site response'. But this probably doesn't affect the meaning of the phrase requested.
Note from asker:
it is not a title
I also felt that "response" is strange here!
Peer comment(s):

agree Yvonne Gallagher : "effects" is a noun here. Read it as "...site's response" and then it's clear //But you said it was wrong in your 11.04 discussion comment. There's nothing "strange" about "response" at all
38 mins
Thanks, Gallagy. Just as I suggested in my second sentence, not in my discussion point, I said, "I could explain it as sg. like 'effect of embedment on the site's response to...'", hardly saying it was wrong, but another interpretation, don't you think.
agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
53 mins
Thank you!
agree Veronika McLaren
2 hrs
Thank you!
agree acetran
5 hrs
Thank you!
agree Jörgen Slet
18 hrs
Thank you!
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