Seismic safety

Seismic safety

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

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Storey shear

Construction; Seismic safety

The summation of design lateral forces at levels above the storey under consideration.

Any storey having its finished floor surface entirely above grade, except that a storey shall be considered as a storey above grade where the finished floor surface of the storey immediately above is ...

V-braced frame

Construction; Seismic safety

A concentric braced frame (CBF) in which a pair of diagonal braces located either above or below a beam is connected to a single point within the clear beam span. Where the diagonal braces are below ...

Unreinforced masonry (URM) wall

Construction; Seismic safety

A masonry wall containing less than the minimum amounts of reinforcement as defined for masonry (RM) walls. An unreinforced wall is assumed to resist gravity and lateral loads solely through ...

Ultimate bearing capacity

Construction; Seismic safety

Maximum possible foundation load or stress (strength); increase in deformation or strain results in no increase in load or stress.

Active fault

Construction; Seismic safety

A fault for which there is an average historic slip rate of 1 mm per year or more and geologic evidence of seismic activity within Holocene times (past 11,000 years).