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Roof wall diaphragm connection unknown [RWC99]

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jcgomezz edited this page Jun 18, 2018 · 1 revision

It is not known if there are any connections between the roof diaphragm and the walls that are capable of transferring in-plane forces from roof to wall and restraining outward displacements of walls. There is insufficient information available or the connections are not visible from a survey.

It is often difficult to assess whether floor-wall connections are present based on the exterior view alone - an interior inspection is required (S. Brzev)

Floor-wall and roof-wall connections in stone masonry buildings are usually not exposed at the exterior (S. Brzev)

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Extended GEM Building_taxonomy for Multi-risk assessment

1. DirectionDIRECTION

2. Material of Lateral Load Resisting System MAT_TYPE

3. Lateral-Load Resisting System LLRS

4. Height HEIGHT

5. Date of construction or retrofit DATE

6. Occupancy OCCUPCY

7. Shape of the Building Plan PLAN_SHAPE

7.1. Building Position within a Block POSITION

8. Structural Irregularity STR_IRREG

9. Non- Structural Exterior Walls/ Openings NONSTRCEXW

10. Roof ROOF

11. Floor FLOOR

12. Foundation FOUND

Expanding the former towards an Exposure Database for Multi-Hazard Risk Analysis EXP-MULTI-H-R-An

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