Assertion: rigid diaphragm | /r/CapableOf | behave as semi-rigid diaphragm
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text: The lateral stiffness of elements which pass through the diaphragm is sufficiently large to cause the rigid diaphragm to behave as a semi-rigid diaphragm (i.e. the translations of the joints within the diaphragm do not correspond to a uniform rotation about one point).