- Industry: Government
- Number of terms: 10940
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
Solid sawn lumber or glued laminated decking, nominally two to four inches thick and four inches and wider. Decking may be tongue-and-groove or connected at longitudinal joints with nails or metal clips.
Industry:Construction
Decomposition of wood caused by action of wood-destroying fungi. The term “dry rot” is used interchangeably with decay.
Industry:Construction
A beam or girder that spans across the width of the diaphragm, accumulates the wall loads, and transfers them, over the full depth of the diaphragms, into the next bay and onto the nearest shear wall or frame.
Industry:Construction
That component action that reaches its elastic limit at the lowest level of lateral deflection, or loading, for the structure.
Industry:Construction
Short studs between header and top plate at opening in wall framing or studs between base sill and sill of opening.
Industry:Construction
Any modification of a component or element, or the structure as a whole, intended to reduce building vulnerability.
Industry:Construction
The node in the mathematical model of a building used to characterize mass and earthquake displacement.
Industry:Construction
Movable items within the building introduced by the owner or occupants.
Industry:Construction
A link between components or elements that transmits actions from one component or element to another component or element. Categorized by type of action (moment, shear, or axial), connection links are frequently nonductile.
Industry:Construction
