struc - vda - 9106 - frame

Reference: Visual Dictionary of Architecture by FDK Ching

SAMONIAN DIGITAL LIBRARY

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

What is a skeletal structure of relatively

slender members designed

to give shape and support to a building

or other construction?

FRAME




What is a structural frame whose

resistance to lateral forces is provided by

diagonal or other type of bracing?

BRACED FRAME




What is a structural frame of linear

members rigidly connected at their

joints?

RIGID FRAME




What is a rigid frame connected to its

supports with pin joints?

HINGED FRAME




What is a structural assembly of

two rigid sections connected to each

other and to its supports with pin joints?

3-HINGED FRAME




What is a building constructed with a

steep triangular frame resting directly on

a foundation?

A-FRAME




What is a rigid frame connected to its

supports with fixed joints?

FIXED FRAME




What is a virtual hinge that develops

when all fibers are fully yielded at a cross

section of a structural member?

PLASTIC HINGE




What is the lateral displacement

produced in a rigid frame by lateral loads

or asymmetrical vertical loading?

SIDESWAY




What is a braced or rigid frame designed

to carry vertical and lateral loads

transverse to the length of a framed

structure?

BENT




What is the junction of the top and either

of the uprights of a bent?

KNEE




What is a rigid frame of

2 columns and a beam defining a single

bay, also called single-bay frame?

PORTAL




What is a rigid frame having a

continuous beam supported by and

rigidly connected to 3 or more columns?

MULTIBAY FRAME




What is a vertical series of

superimposed rigid frames?

MULTISTORY FRAME




What is a discontinuous column in a

multistory frame, supported at some

intermediate level where its load is

transferred to adjacent columns?

TRANSFER COLUMN




What is a girder supporting a transfer

column?

TRANSFER GIRDER




What is the number of members required

to stabilize a collapse mechanism?

DEGREE OF FREEDOM




What is pertaining to a structure

able to be analyzed completely by

means of the principles of statics?

DETERMINATE




What is a structural member, connection,

or support not required for a statically

determinate structure?

REDUNDANCY




What is the number of members

beyond that required for the stability of a

statically determinate structure?

DEGREE OF

REDUNDANCY




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




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




What is the act, process, or manner of

fitting and joining together relatively

slender members to give shape and

support to a structure?

FRAMING




What is a skeletal structure of parts

fitted and joined together in order

to support, define, or enclose?

FRAMEWORK




What is a system of construction utilizing

a framework of columns and beams to

transmit building loads down to the

foundation?

SKELETON

CONSTRUCTION




What is the floor or roof construction

utilizing a framework of timber beams to

support wood planks or decking?

PLANK-&-BEAM

CONSTRUCTION




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




What is any large beam in a structural

frame that supports secondary beams

or joists, also called primary beam?

PRINCIPAL BEAM




What is any beam that transmits its load

to a principal beam?

SECONDARY BEAM




What is any beam that transmits its load

to a secondary beam?

TERTIARY BEAM




What is a large principal beam designed

to support concentrated loads at

isolated points along its length?

GIRDER




What is pertaining to a system of

construction employing

beams or lintels?

TRABEATE




What is pertaining to a system of

construction employing

arches or arched forms?

ARCUATE




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




What is a house of pole construction?

POLE HOUSE




What is a long, cylindrical, often

slender piece of wood or metal?

POLE




What is one of several piles or posts for

supporting a structure above the surface

of land or water?

STILT




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




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




What is a heavy timber serving as a

principal beam or girder, also called

summertree?

SUMMER




What is a summer supporting a

wall over opening?

BREASTSUMMER




What is a crossbeam or a bay formed by

crossbeams?

TRAVE




What us a principal beam supporting the

ends of 2 sets of floor joists, also called

binding beam?

BINDER




What is a horizontal timber connecting

the posts of a braced frame at an

intermediate level above the ground

floor?

GIRT




What is a girt parallel to and

level with the floor joists, also called

flush girt?

RAISED GIRT




What is a girt set below the floor joists it

supports?

DROPPED GIRT




What is a timber framework with the

spaces filled with masonry or plaster?

HALF TIMBER




What is timber constructed so that a

framework of timbers is exposed?

OPEN-TIMBERED




What is a room or apartment on an upper

floor of a medieval English house?

SOLAR/SOLLER




What is an upper story of a building

projecting beyond the one below?

JETTY/JUTTY




What is a major vertical division of a wall,

esp. a nogged panel of half-timber

construction?

PAN




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




What is the brick masonry used to fill

the spaces between the members of a

timber frame?

NOGGING




What is a framework of rods or poles

interwoven with thin branches, twigs,

and reeds, used in the construction of

walls and fences?

WATTLE




What is a form of wall construction,

consisting of wattles covered and

plastered with clay or mud?

WATTLE & DAUB




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




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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