Question of the Day #1196

Design Wind Speed for Buildings and Facilities With Non-Standard Design Life in Canadian Wind Climates

From the headline of this article at Frontiers.

  上記の文で、design lifeの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "design life" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

設計寿命

もっと簡単にいうと「ある部品や製品の使用が開始されてから消耗・故障するまで期間」です。

 

Answer

According to Definitions.net:

The design life of a component or product is the period of time during which the item is expected by its designers to work within its specified parameters; in other words, the life expectancy of the item.

 

Examples

1. The design life of buildings essentially means the life expectancy, or how long they can be expected to last based on the materials, products, techniques used – etc.
2. Many products employ design life as one factor of their differentiation from competing products and components.
3. What “design life” means will depend on the particular facts and terms of each contract.
4. We're working these airplanes beyond their design life so that when they do have to go in for maintenance they stay there longer because there are more problems to fix.
5. If you are not designing these structures for the seismic intensity that they may face in their design life, these structures may not perform well.

   

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