Seismic safety

Seismic safety

Terms relating to the constuction of buildings that can withstand earthquakes.

Contributors in Seismic safety

Seismic safety

Those structural members or assemblies of members or manufactured elements, including braces, frames, legs, lugs, snuggers, hangers or saddles, that transmit gravity load and operating load between ...

enclosure

Construction; Seismic safety

An interior space surrounded by walls.

effective stiffness

Construction; Seismic safety

The value of the lateral force in the isolation system, or an element thereof, divided by the corresponding lateral displacement.

effective damping

Construction; Seismic safety

The value of equivalent viscous damping corresponding to energy dissipated during cyclic response of the isolation system.

drag strut (collector, tie, diaphragm strut)

Construction; Seismic safety

A diaphragm or shear wall boundary element parallel to the applied load that collects and transfers diaphragm shear forces to the vertical-forceresisting elements or distributes forces within the ...

restraint system

Construction; Seismic safety

A collection of structural elements that limits lateral displacement of seismically isolated structures due to maximum considered earthquake ground shaking.

total maximum displacement

Construction; Seismic safety

The maximum considered earthquake lateral displacement, including additional displacement due to actual and accidental torsion, required for verification of the stability of the isolation system or ...