Seismic safety

Seismic safety

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

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linear procedure

Construction; Seismic safety

Analysis based on a straight-line (elastic) force-versus-displacement relationship.

lateral-force-resisting system

Construction; Seismic safety

Those elements of the structure that provide its basic lateral strength and stiffness, and without which the structure would be laterally unstable.

lateral support member

Construction; Seismic safety

Member designed to inhibit lateral buckling or lateral-torsional buckling of a component.

landslide

Construction; Seismic safety

A down-slope mass movement of earth resulting from any cause.

king stud

Construction; Seismic safety

Full height stud or studs adjacent to openings that provide out-of-plane stability to cripple studs at openings.

inter-story drift

Construction; Seismic safety

The relative horizontal displacement of two adjacent floors in a building. Inter-story drift can also be expressed as a percentage of the story height separating the two adjacent floors.

A panel of masonry placed within a steel or concrete frame. Panels separated from the surrounding frame by a gap are termed "isolated infills". Panels that are in tight contact with a frame around ...