Split-Ring and Shear-Plate Connectors
These are metal devices used with bolts or lag screws for producing joints with fewer fasteners without reduction in strength. Several […]
Specifications and Standards for Flooring
Federal specifications are written to establish minimum standards for purposes of competitive bidding and to ensure that government agencies will receive
Special Electrical Systems
Enhancing the functions performed by the power and lighting systems, the special systems in a building serve the life safety, communication,
Specified seismic fault and design seismic motion
Analysis and consequent account of initial accelerograms transformation will become the basis for site effect analysis at strong seismic loadings (fig.
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Specific Gravity of soil
To facilitate working problems across different sets of units, it is convenient to express the unit weight and density of
Specification issues in Standard EN 12620
Satisfactory history of use of an aggregate in conditions similar to those proposed can often be used to deem an
Specifications of Clay Masonry Units
Clay masonry units are specified in accordance with the required appearance and durability (refer to the summary table at the
Space Frames
These represent one of the more efficient uses of structural materials. Space frames are threedimensional lattice-type structures that span in
Span Lengths and Deflections
Many designers believe that steel girders, because of their lower weight per foot, should have longer spans than concrete beams for