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Seismic safety
Terms relating to the constuction of buildings that can withstand earthquakes.
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Seismic safety
storage racks
Construction; Seismic safety
Include industrial pallet racks, movable shelf racks, and stacker racks made of cold-formed or hot-rolled structural members. Does not include other types of racks such as drive-in and drive-through ...
site class
Construction; Seismic safety
A classification assigned to a site based on the types of soils present and their engineering properties as defined in Sec. 4.1.2.
shear panel
Construction; Seismic safety
A floor, roof, or wall component sheathed to act as a shear wall or diaphragm.
shallow anchors
Construction; Seismic safety
Anchors with embedment length-to-diameter ratios of less than 8.
seismic forces
Construction; Seismic safety
The assumed forces prescribed herein, related to the response of the structure to earthquake motions, to be used in the design of the structure and its components.
seismic-force-resisting system
Construction; Seismic safety
That part of the structural system that has been considered in the design to provide the required resistance to the shear wall prescribed herein.
seismic design category
Construction; Seismic safety
A classification assigned to a structure based on its Seismic Use Group and the severity of the design earthquake ground motion at the site.
