Can anybody describe what is exactly happen or how is it commence of the floor drift during earthquake/seismic/wind effect to a building?is there any animation that i can see from any websites?what does it mean of drift value of 4%? how does it calculate this?last question, what is the definition of cyclic load? can u giv some example?
Floor drift is movement of the floor system within tolerance by loads which occur randomly. A cyclic load is a repeating force on a body, such as the loads produced by the rotation of a turbine assembly .
