Seismic safety

Seismic safety

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

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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.

Gravity load (W)

Construction; Seismic safety

The total dead load and applicable portions of other loads.

Dead load

Construction; Seismic safety

The gravity load due to the weight of all permanent structural and nonstructural components of a building such as walls, floors, roofs, and the operating weight of fixed service equipment.

Joint

Construction; Seismic safety

That portion of a column bounded by the highest and lowest surfaces of the other members framing into it.

Isolator unit

Construction; Seismic safety

A horizontally flexible and vertically stiff structural element of the isolation system that permits large lateral deformations under design seismic load. An isolator unit is permitted to be used ...