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Seismic safety
Terms relating to the constuction of buildings that can withstand earthquakes.
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Seismic safety
Timbers
Construction; Seismic safety
Lumber of nominal five or more inches in smaller cross-section dimension.
Tie-down system
Construction; Seismic safety
The collection of structural connections, components, and elements that provide restraint against uplift of the structure above the isolation system.
Target displacement
Construction; Seismic safety
An estimate of the likely building roof displacement in the design earthquake.
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.
Hold-down
Construction; Seismic safety
Hardware used to anchor the vertical chord forces to the foundation or framing of the structure in order to resist overturning of the wall.
