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    This document defines key terms related to seismic design and analysis of buildings, including: - Appendage, base, braced frame, building frame system, concentric braced frame, damping, diaphragm, eccentric braced frame, fundamental period of vibration, horizontal bracing system, moment resisting frame, redundancy, shear wall, soft story, structure, supplemental element, and vertical resisting elements. It provides concise definitions of architectural and structural components involved in resisting seismic forces on buildings.

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    Glossary: GAP.2.0.9.1.A

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    GAP.2.0.9.1.

    GLOSSARY

    Appendage - An architectural component such as a canopy, marquee or ornamental balcony.


    Base - The level at which the horizontal seismic ground motions are considered to be imparted to the
    building.
    Braced frame - An essentially vertical truss, or its equivalent, of the concentric or eccentric type that
    is provided in a building frame or a dual system to resist lateral forces.
    Building frame system - A structural system with an essentially complete space frame providing
    support for vertical loads, with shear walls or braced frames providing support for lateral loads.
    Concentric braced frame - A braced frame in which the members are subjected primarily to axial
    forces.
    Damping - The internal energy absorption characteristic of a structural system that acts to attenuate
    induced free vibration.
    Diaphragm - A horizontal, or nearly horizontal, system designed to transmit lateral seismic forces to
    the vertical elements of the seismic resisting system.
    Eccentric braced frame - Braced frame where at least one end of each brace intersects a beam at a
    point away from the column-girder joint.
    Fundamental period of vibration - The time it takes the predominant mode of a structure to move
    back and forth when vibrating freely.
    Horizontal bracing system - A horizontal truss system that serves the same function as a
    diaphragm.
    Moment resisting frame - A structural system frame providing support for vertical loads with
    members and joints are capable of resisting lateral forces primarily by flexure.
    Redundancy - The presence of multiple alternate load paths such that when one significant element
    fails there is another to take over its load in the lateral force resisting system.
    Shear wall - A wall, bearing or nonbearing, designed to resist seismic forces acting in the plane of
    the wall.
    Soft story - Story in which the lateral stiffness is less than 70% of the stiffness of the story above.
    Structure - An assemblage of framing members designed to support gravity loads and resist lateral
    forces.
    Supplemental element - A member added to an existing lateral-force-resisting subsystem that
    shares in resisting lateral loads with existing members of that subsystem.
    Vertical resisting elements - Part of the structural system located in a vertical or near vertical plane
    that resists lateral loads, typically a moment frame, shear wall or braced frame.

    GAPS Guidelines
    A Publication of Global Asset Protection Services LLC

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