struc - vda - 9106 - frame
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What is a skeletal structure of relatively
slender members designed
to give shape and support to a building
or other construction?
FRAME
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What is a structural frame whose
resistance to lateral forces is provided by
diagonal or other type of bracing?
BRACED FRAME
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What is a structural frame of linear
members rigidly connected at their
joints?
RIGID FRAME
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What is a rigid frame connected to its
supports with pin joints?
HINGED FRAME
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What is a structural assembly of
two rigid sections connected to each
other and to its supports with pin joints?
3-HINGED FRAME
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What is a building constructed with a
steep triangular frame resting directly on
a foundation?
A-FRAME
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What is a rigid frame connected to its
supports with fixed joints?
FIXED FRAME
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What is a virtual hinge that develops
when all fibers are fully yielded at a cross
section of a structural member?
PLASTIC HINGE
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What is the lateral displacement
produced in a rigid frame by lateral loads
or asymmetrical vertical loading?
SIDESWAY
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What is a braced or rigid frame designed
to carry vertical and lateral loads
transverse to the length of a framed
structure?
BENT
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What is the junction of the top and either
of the uprights of a bent?
KNEE
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What is a rigid frame of
2 columns and a beam defining a single
bay, also called single-bay frame?
PORTAL
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What is a rigid frame having a
continuous beam supported by and
rigidly connected to 3 or more columns?
MULTIBAY FRAME
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What is a vertical series of
superimposed rigid frames?
MULTISTORY FRAME
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What is a discontinuous column in a
multistory frame, supported at some
intermediate level where its load is
transferred to adjacent columns?
TRANSFER COLUMN
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What is a girder supporting a transfer
column?
TRANSFER GIRDER
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What is the number of members required
to stabilize a collapse mechanism?
DEGREE OF FREEDOM
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What is pertaining to a structure
able to be analyzed completely by
means of the principles of statics?
DETERMINATE
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What is a structural member, connection,
or support not required for a statically
determinate structure?
REDUNDANCY
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What is the number of members
beyond that required for the stability of a
statically determinate structure?
DEGREE OF
REDUNDANCY
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What is pertaining to a structure having
more than the minimum number of
members, connections, or supports
needed for stability, resulting in
more unknown forces than there are
static equations for solutions?
INDETERMINATE
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What is pertaining to the difference
between the number of unknown forces
in an indeterminate structure and the
number of static equations available for
solution?
DEGREE OF
INDETERMINACY
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What is the act, process, or manner of
fitting and joining together relatively
slender members to give shape and
support to a structure?
FRAMING
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What is a skeletal structure of parts
fitted and joined together in order
to support, define, or enclose?
FRAMEWORK
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What is a system of construction utilizing
a framework of columns and beams to
transmit building loads down to the
foundation?
SKELETON
CONSTRUCTION
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What is the floor or roof construction
utilizing a framework of timber beams to
support wood planks or decking?
PLANK-&-BEAM
CONSTRUCTION
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What is the wall construction utilizing a
framework of vertical posts and horizontal
beams to carry floor and roof loads,
also called post-and-lintel construction?
POST-&-BEAM
CONSTRUCTION
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What is any large beam in a structural
frame that supports secondary beams
or joists, also called primary beam?
PRINCIPAL BEAM
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What is any beam that transmits its load
to a principal beam?
SECONDARY BEAM
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What is any beam that transmits its load
to a secondary beam?
TERTIARY BEAM
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What is a large principal beam designed
to support concentrated loads at
isolated points along its length?
GIRDER
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What is pertaining to a system of
construction employing
beams or lintels?
TRABEATE
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What is pertaining to a system of
construction employing
arches or arched forms?
ARCUATE
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What is a system of construction
employing vertical structure of pressure-
treated wood poles which are firmly
embedded in the ground as a pier
foundation?
POLE
CONSTRUCTION
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What is a house of pole construction?
POLE HOUSE
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What is a long, cylindrical, often
slender piece of wood or metal?
POLE
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What is one of several piles or posts for
supporting a structure above the surface
of land or water?
STILT
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What is a system of construction utilizing
closely spaced and sheathed members of
dimension lumber or light-gauge metal
to form the structural elements of a
building?
LIGHT FRAME
CONSTRUCTION
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What is a building frame employing a
heavy, braced framework of solid girts
mortised into solid posts the full height of
the frame, with studs one story high filling
the interstices, also called full frame?
BRACED FRAME
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What is a heavy timber serving as a
principal beam or girder, also called
summertree?
SUMMER
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What is a summer supporting a
wall over opening?
BREASTSUMMER
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What is a crossbeam or a bay formed by
crossbeams?
TRAVE
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What us a principal beam supporting the
ends of 2 sets of floor joists, also called
binding beam?
BINDER
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What is a horizontal timber connecting
the posts of a braced frame at an
intermediate level above the ground
floor?
GIRT
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What is a girt parallel to and
level with the floor joists, also called
flush girt?
RAISED GIRT
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What is a girt set below the floor joists it
supports?
DROPPED GIRT
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What is a timber framework with the
spaces filled with masonry or plaster?
HALF TIMBER
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What is timber constructed so that a
framework of timbers is exposed?
OPEN-TIMBERED
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What is a room or apartment on an upper
floor of a medieval English house?
SOLAR/SOLLER
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What is an upper story of a building
projecting beyond the one below?
JETTY/JUTTY
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What is a major vertical division of a wall,
esp. a nogged panel of half-timber
construction?
PAN
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What is one of a number of short
wooden pieces inserted between the
principal members of a half-timbered wall
to strengthen the frame and retain the
brick infill?
NOG
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What is the brick masonry used to fill
the spaces between the members of a
timber frame?
NOGGING
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What is a framework of rods or poles
interwoven with thin branches, twigs,
and reeds, used in the construction of
walls and fences?
WATTLE
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What is a form of wall construction,
consisting of wattles covered and
plastered with clay or mud?
WATTLE & DAUB
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What is a material for covering a roof, as
straw, rushes, or palm leaves, fastened
together so as to shed water and
sometimes to provide thermal insulation?
THATCH
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What is a lantern or turret on the roof of
a medieval building having slatted
apertures for the escape of smoke and
admission of air?
LOUVER
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