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Wood shear walls with an aspect ratio (height to width) greater than two to one.
These walls are relatively flexible and thus tend to be incompatible with other building components, thereby taking less shear than would be anticipated when compared to wider walls.
Industry:Construction
The weight of the water in wood expressed as a percentage of the weight of the ovendried wood.
Industry:Construction
Fifteen common building types used to categorize expected deficiencies, reasonable rehabilitation methods, and estimated costs. See Table 10-2 for descriptions of Model Building Types.
Industry:Construction
The average period of time, in years, between the expected occurrences of an earthquake of specified severity.
Industry:Construction
The maximum earthquake displacement of an isolation or energy dissipation system, or elements thereof, excluding additional displacement due to actual or accidental torsion.
Industry:Construction
An extreme earthquake hazard level used in the formation of Rehabilitation Objectives.
Industry:Construction
A structural panel designation representing panels manufactured in a mat-formed process, such as oriented strand board and waferboard.
Industry:Construction
The assemblage of masonry units, mortar and possibly grout and/or reinforcement. Types of masonry are classified herein with respect to the type of the masonry units such as clay-unit masonry, concrete masonry, or hollow-clay tile masonry.
Industry:Construction
The product of the sawmill and planing mill, usually not further manufactured other than by sawing, resawing, passing lengthwise through a standard planing machine, crosscutting to length, and matching.
Industry:Construction
Lumber is typically referred to by size classifications. Additionally, lumber is specified by manufacturing classification. Rough lumber and dressed lumber are two of the routinely used manufacturing classifications.
Industry:Construction
