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An earthquake-induced process in which loose or soft soils become more compact and settle in a nonuniform manner across a site.
Industry:Construction
A diaphragm component provided to transfer lateral force from the diaphragm to vertical elements of the lateral-force-resisting system or to other portions of the diaphragm.
Industry:Construction
Inclined structural members carrying primarily axial load, employed to enable a structural frame to act as a truss to resist horizontal loads.
Industry:Construction
Resistance (force or moment as appropriate) provided by member or connection; the product of adjusted resistance, the resistance factor, confidence factor, and time effect factor.
Industry:Construction
The design earthquake displacement of an isolation or energy dissipation system, or elements thereof, excluding additional displacement due to actual and accidental torsion.
Industry:Construction
A nonstructural component sensitive to deformation imposed on it by the drift or deformation of the structure, including deflection or deformation of diaphragms.
Industry:Construction
Relative displacement or rotation of the ends of a component or element.
Industry:Construction
