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In a structure made up of multiple structural elements where the surface distributing the forces to the elements is rigid, the elements will carry loads in proportion to their relative stiffness - the stiffer an element, the more load it will attract. In a structure where the surface distributing the forces to the elements is flexible (like a wood framed structure), the elements will carry loads in proportion to their relative tributary areas.
A structure is considered to fail the chosen serviceability criteria if it is insufficiently stiff to have acceptably small [[Deflection (engineering)|deflection]] or [[dynamics (mechanics)|dynamic]] response under loading.
The inverse of stiffness is [[flexibility (engineering)|flexibility]].
{{see also|Flexibility method|Direct stiffness method}}
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