shear wall
1Shear wall — In structural engineering, a shear wall is a wall composed of braced panels (also known as shear panels) to counter the effects of lateral loads acting on a structure. Wind and earthquake loads are the most common loads braced wall lines are… …
2shear wall — In building construction, a rigid vertical diaphragm capable of transferring lateral forces from exterior walls, floors, and roofs to the ground foundation in a direction parallel to their planes. Examples are the reinforced concrete wall or… …
3Steel plate shear wall — A steel plate shear wall (SPSW) consists of steel infill plates bounded by a column beam system. Overview When these infill plates occupy each level within a framed bay of a structure, they constitute an SPSW [Kharrazi, M.H.K., 2005, “Rational… …
4wall — less, adj. wall like, adj. /wawl/, n. 1. any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection …
5Shear — For similarly pronounced words, see sheer, Shere, or sher. Shear as a noun may refer to:*Bias (textile), in clothing design, fabric may be cut on the shear *Cosmic shear, an effect of distortion of image of distant galaxies due to deflection of… …
6shear — shearer, n. shearless, adj. /shear/, v., sheared, sheared or shorn, shearing, n. v.t. 1. to cut (something). 2. to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument: to shear wool from sheep …
7Shear stress — SI symbol: τ SI unit: pascal Derivations from other quantities: τ = F / A …
8Shear forming — Shear forming, also referred as shear spinning, is different from conventional metal spinning in that in this latter the area of the final component is approximately equal to that of the flat sheet metal blank and little or no reduction in the… …
9Wall spider — Wall spiders Oecobius navus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …
10Shear rate — is the rate at which a shear is applied.imple ShearShear rate is defined using the following equation: dot gamma = frac { u} {h} Where:*gamma = The shear rate, measured in reciprocal seconds * u = The velocity, measured in metres per second *h =… …
