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Serviceability failure

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A serviceability failure is when a structure does not collapse, but during a certain period of time it does not meet the properties it was pretended for (e.g., when severe wind causes an excess of vibration at a pedestrian bridge and it may not be not crossed safely, with comfort, or when during a storm,