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Minimum number of stories recommended to be provided with at least 3 approved recording accelerographs.
Maintenance and service of accelerographs shall be provided by the___.
Who shall be responsible for keeping the actual live load below the allowable limits and shall be liable for
any failure on the structure due to overloading.
The period of continuous application of a given load or the aggregate of periods of intermittent application of
the same load.
Minimum area in square meters a member supports which the design live load may bereduced.
14 sqm.
Minimum height of any wall requiring structural design to resist loads onto which they are subjected.
1.50 mts.
Maximum deflection of a brittle finished wall subjected to a load of 250 Pascal applied perpendicular to said
wall.
Maximum deflection of a flexible finished wall subjected to a load of 250 Pascal applied perpendicular to said
wall.
60 sqm.
Base
A member or an element provided to transfer lateral forces from a portion of a structure to vertical elements
of the lateral force resisting system.
Collector
A horizontal or nearly horizontal system acting to transmit lateral forces to the vertical resisting elements, it
includes horizontal bracing system.
Diaphragm
Base Shear, V
Boundary Element
Braced Frame
Building Frame System
Dual System
Eccentric Braced Frame
(EBF )
Joint
Girder
An element of a diaphragm parallel to the applied load which collects and transfers diaphragm shear to
vertical resisting elements or distributes loads within the diaphragm. Such members may take axial tension
or compression.
Diaphragm Strut
The boundary element of a diaphragm or a shear wall which is assumed to take axial stresses analogous to
the flanges of a beam
Diaphragm Chord
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Essential facilities
Lateral Force Resisting
System
Ordinary Moment Resisting
Space Frame
Story Drift
The usable capacity of a structure or its members to resist loads within the deformation limits prescribed in
this document.
Strength
The lower rigid portion of a structure having a vertical combination of structural system.
Platform
Ratio of normal stress to corresponding strain for tensile or compressive stresses below proportional limit of
material.
Modulus of Elasticity
In prestressed concrete, temporary force exerted by device that introduces tension into prestressing tendons.
Jacking Force
Embedment Length
Stress remaining in prestressing tendons after all losses have occurred, excluding effects of dead load and
superimposed loads.
Effective Prestress
Length of embedded reinforcement required to develop the design strength of reinforcement at a critical
section.
Friction resulting from bends or curves in the specified prestressing tendon profile.
Development Length
Curvature Friction
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Structural Lightweight
Concrete
Bonded Tendon
Structural Steel
ASTM A514
TRUE
40 mm
Poisson's Ratio
Slenderness Ratio
Torsion
Flat Slab
Shear
Deformation
Yielding Stress
Stress
The greatest stress which a material is capable of developing without permanent deformation remaining
upon the complete release of stress.
Allowable Stress
Stress
Tie / Stirrup
Stiffness Ratio
Punching Shear
Deflection
6 inches
The sum of forces in the othorgonal directions and the sum of all moments about any points are zero.
The complete records of tests conducted (slump, compression test, etc.) shall be preserved and made
available for inspection during the progress of construction and after completion of the project for a period of
not less than.
Wood board should have a thickness specification of.
The distance from the first to the last riser of a stair flight.
A high-speed rotary shaping had power tool used to make smooth cutting and curving on solid wood.
The major horizontal supporting member of the floor system.
Wood defects are: heart shake, cup shake, star shake, and___.
Dressed lumber is referred to ___.
The other kind of handsaw other than rip-cut saw.
It refers to the occupancy load which is either partially or fully in place or may not be present at all.
The distance between inflection points in the column when it breaks.
Equilibrium
2 years
not less than 1"X4"
Run
Portable Hand router
Girder
Knots
Smoothed or planed lumber
Cross-cut saw
Live load
Effective length
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Volume
Modulus of Elasticity
Contraction joint
Total run
Bond Stress
Purlin
Size of Dead Load
Defelection
Shear Connector
Shear Stress / Shearing
Stress
Size of Dead Load
Defelection
Hook's Law
Minimum spacing of Bolts in timber connectionn measured from center of bolts parallel for parallel to grain
loading is equal to ___.
4 X diameter of bolt
According to the provisions of the NSCP on timber connections and fastenings, the lodaed edge distance for
perpendicular to grain loading shall be at least ___.
4 X diameter of bolt
NSCP specifies spacing between rows of bolts for perpendicular to grain loading shall be at least ___ times
bolt diameter for L/d ratio of 2.
2.5
Minimum diameter of bolts to be used in timber connections and fastening in accordance with NSCP
specifications.
Simple solid timber columns have slenderness ratio not exceeding ___.
12 mm
50
Nails or spikes for which the wire gauges or lengths not set forth in the NSCP specifications shall have a
required penetration of not less than ___.
11 diameters
Notches in sawn lumber bending members in accordance with the NSCP specifications shall not exceed.
Allowable stress for tension on pin connected members based on net area.
Allowable shear stress on structural steel on the cross sectional area effective in resisting shear.
For structures carrying live loads which induce impact, the assumed live load shall be increased sufficiently
to provide for same, for supports of elevators the increase shall be.
The slenderness ratio of compression members shall not exceed ___.
The slenderness ratio main members in tension shall not exceed ___.
0.45 Fy
0.40 Fy
100%
200
240
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Concrete cover for pipes, conduits, and fittings shall not be less than ___ for concrete exposed to earth or
weather.
40 mm
Concrete cover for pipes, conduits, and fittings shall not be less than ___ for concrete not exposed to earth
or weather.
20 mm
Curing of concrete (other than high-early strength) shall be maintained above 10C and in moist condition for
at least the first ___ days after placement.
If concrete in structure will dry under service conditions, cores shall be air-dried for ___ days before test and
shall be tested dry.
Curing for high-early strength concrete shall be maintained above 10C and in moist condition for at least
the ___ days after palcement.
The minimum clear spacing between parallel bars in layer shall be db (diameter of bar) but not less than ___.
25 mm
Standard hooks for stirrups and tie hooks 16mm bar and smaller.
Allowable tolerance on minimum concrete cover for depths greater than 200mm
Allowable tolerance for longitudinal location of bends and ends of reinforcement.
12 mm
50 mm
Individual bars with a bundle terminated within the span of flexural members shall teminate at different points
with a stagger of at least ___.
40db
Clear distance between pre-tensioning tendons at each end of member shall not be less than ___ for strands.
3db
Clear distance between pre-tensioning tendons at each end of member shall not be less than ___ for wire.
4db
Minimum concrete cover provided for reinforcement of cast in place against permanently exposed to earth or
weather using bars larger than 36mm.
75 mm
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