Home > Industry/Domain > Fire safety > Prevention & protection

Prevention & protection

File prevention and protection terms.

Contributors in Prevention & protection

Prevention & protection

required strength

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Strength of a member, cross section, or connection required to resist factored loads or related internal moments and forces in such combinations as stipulated by ASCE/SEI 7.

hogging

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Straining of the ship that tends to make the bow and stern lower than the middle portion.

sagging

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Straining of the ship that tends to make the middle portion lower than the bow and stern.

miscellaneous storage

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Storage that does not exceed 12 ft (3. 66 m) in height and is incidental to another occupancy use group. Such storage shall not constitute more than 10 percent of the building area or 4000 ft2 (372 ...

shelf storage

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Storage on structures that are less than 0. 75 m (21/2 ft) deep, with shelves usually 0. 6 m (2 ft) to 0. 9 m (3 ft) apart vertically and seldom exceeding 4. 5 m (15 ft) in total height.

palletized storage

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Storage of commodities on pallets or other storage aids that form horizontal spaces between tiers of storage.

palletized tire storage

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Storage on portable racks of various types utilizing a conventional pallet as a base.

Featured blossaries

7 Retro Cocktails

Category: Food   1 7 Terms

China's top 6 richest cities

Category: Travel   1 6 Terms