Seismic safety

Seismic safety

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

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assembly

Construction; Seismic safety

A collection of structural members and/or components connected in a such manner that load applied to any one component will affect the stress conditions of adjacent components.

aspect ratio

Construction; Seismic safety

Ratio of height to width for vertical diaphragms, and width to depth for horizontal diaphragms.

allowable bearing capacity

Construction; Seismic safety

Foundation load or stress commonly used in working-stress design (often controlled by long-term settlement rather than soil strength).

Sometimes called a generalized force, most commonly a single force or moment. However, an action may also be a combination of forces and moments, a distributed loading, or any combination of forces ...

acceptance criteria

Construction; Seismic safety

Permissible values of such properties as drift, component strength demand, and inelastic deformation, used to determine the acceptability of a component’s projected behavior at a given Performance ...

acceleration-sensitive nonstructural component

Construction; Seismic safety

A nonstructural component sensitive to and subject to damage from inertial loading. Once inertial loads are generated within the component, the deformation of the component may be significant; this ...