LATERAL LOAD RESISTING SYSTEMS
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CATEGORIES OF LOADS Vertical Loads Dead Loads Live Loads
Lateral Loads Wind Loads Earthquake Loads Earth Pressure
Other Loads Differential Settlement Temperature Changes Impact Vibrations
CATEGORIES OF SYSTEMS Vertical Load System
Floor Slab Systems Beams & Frames Columns & Walls Foundation
Lateral Load System
Shear Walls & Coupled Shear Walls Cores Frames and Tabular frames In addition to all Vertical Load Systems
Special Elements
Tanks & Swimming Pools Ramps & Stairs Different Machinery Foundation Shoring & Retaining Walls
CATEGORIES OF SYSTEMS Vertical Elements
Columns Walls Bracing
Foundation
Footing & Raft Pile Caps Piles
Horizontal Elements (Framing)
Slabs Beams Transfers
Details
Tanks & Swimming Pools Ramps & Stairs Different Machinery Foundation
SHEAR FRAMES
Braced Frames
Rigid Frames
Infilled Frames
INTERACTING SYSTEMS
Shear Walls
Coupled Shear Walls
Shear wall – Frame Interaction
Outrigger Braced Systems
TUBULAR SYSTEMS
Framed Tubes
Tube in Tube
Braced Tube
OTHER SYSTEMS
Suspended Systems
Core Only Systems
Space Systems
Hybrid Systems