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Drinking fountains 14.14 14.20
Drip cap
Ductility:
11.88
defined 3.14
effect of dynamic loading on 5.141
relation to energy absorption 3.14
Ductwork:
air flow in 13.33
circle-rectangle equivalent 13.35
defined 13.3
design of 13.33 13.79
double-duct 13.81
sizing example for 13.45
Dumbwaiters 16.1 16.45
Dummy unit-load method 5.7
Dynamics:
approximate design for 5.159
of beams 5.140 5.148 5.154
in elastic-plastic range 5.15 5.154 5.155
of simple structures:
dynamic load factors for 5.151 5.152
modeling of 5.147
multidegree-system 5.14 5.153
one-degree-system 5.143 5.152 5.153 5.156
(See also Loads,dynamic; Fatigue;
Impact; Vibrations) Earth (see
Soils)
Earth pressure:
weight 5.8
(See also Soils)
Earthquakes:
allowances for displacements in 3.14
bracing against (see Bracing)
cause of 3.11
characteristics of 3.11
design against:
to avert collapse 3.11
to control drift 3.6 3.14 5.164 5.165
to dampen oscillations 3.10 3.13 5.164 5.165
equivalent static forces for 5.162 5.163 5.169
to limit damage 3.11 5.162 5.163
to maintain integrity 3.14
to prevent overturning 5.178
for torsion 5.178
for uplift 5.178
(See also Cantilever method; Loads
seismic; Portal method)