is the mechanical

EXCAVATION removal of the earth

material

is the grade prior to

EXISTING the grading
GRADE

is a deposit of earth
FILL material placed by
artificial means

is the vertical location

GRADE of the ground surface
 is the final grade of the
FINISH GRADE site that conforms to
the approved plan

is any excavating or N/A

GRADING filling or combination
thereof
is a designed N/A
KEY compacted fill placed
in a trench excavated
in earth material
beneath the toe of a
proposed fill slope
is an instrument which
ACCELELO- measures the velocity
GRAPH and acceleration of an
earthquake in the
ground

will cause torsion

ARTIFICIAL (twisting)
RIGIDITY
 is the level at which
BASE the earthquake
motions are
considered to be
imparted to the
structure or the level at
which the structure as
a dynamic vibrator is
supported

this level does not

necessarily coincide
with the ground level
is the total designed
BASE SHEAR, V lateral force or shear
at the base of the
structure

is a structural system
BEARING WALL without a complete
SYSTEM vertical load carrying
space frame

is an element at edges
BOUNDARY of openings or at the
ELEMENT perimeters of shears
walls or diaphragms
 is an essentially
BRACED vertical truss system of
FRAME the concentric or
eccentric type which is
provided to resist
lateral forces

is an essentially
BUILDING complete space frame
FRAME SYSTEM which provides
supports for gravity
loads

is a column element in
CANTILEVERED lateral-force-resisting
COLUMN system that cantilevers
ELEMENT from a fixed base and
has minimal moment
capacity at the top,
with lateral forces
applied essentially at
the top

is member of an
COLLECTOR element provided to
transfer lateral forces
from a portion of a
structure to the vertical
elements of a the
lateral force resisting
system
COMPONENT is a part of element of N/A
an architectural,
electrical, mechanical
or structural system

COMPONENT, a component having a N/A

FLEXIBLE fundamental period
greater than 0.06
second

COMPONENT, a component having a N/A

RIGID fundamental period
less than or equal to
0.06 second

CONCENTRIC is a braced frame in

BRACED which the members
FRAME are subjected primarily
to axial forces

DESIGN BASIS is that ground motion N/A

GROUND that has a 10 percent
MOTION chance of being
exceeded in 50 years
as determined by a
site-specific hazard
analysis or may he
determined form a
hazard map
DIAPHRAGM is a horizontal or
nearly horizontal
system (including
horizontal bracing
system) acting to
transmit lateral forces
to the vertical resisting
elements