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GENERAL
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a
absolute reference
Ad
ampersand
AND
ASD
atan
b
b
bd3/12
c
c
c
c
cc
celerity
CG
CG X
d, dX
e
E
e
Ek
Ep
f
f
F
FEM
FEM
fn
g
g
Greek C
Greek S
Hz
i
i
I
iterative solution
IXX, IYY
row 40
potential energy
1 /T, Hz, cycles per second
force as in F = ma, F = m z'', lbs
fixed end moment as opposed to pinned end with no moment resistance
fixed end moment
natural frequency, cycles per second, Hertz n /2, 1/T
row 50
gravity, 32.17 ft/sec/sec, 386.04 in/sec,
font
font
Hertz, cycles/sec
9.80621 m/sec
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GENERAL -- Continued
k
k
number of constants in an equation
k
stiffness factor, k/in
K
liquid bulk modulus of elasticity for water this is usually 300 ksi unless the water
contains a significant air bubbles as in papermill stock lines. Air bubbles are
compressible and the value of K must be reduced.
K.E.
l
kinetic energy
L
LRFD
LVDT
m
m
m
M
m, mass
moment distribution
n
n
n
NOT
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OR
P.E.
p-delta, pd, P
pline
q
Q
r
Re
right hand rule
row 70
the slope of straight line in a graph
mass, lb-ft/sec, kg-m/sec
moment
weight / gravity, k-sec/in, kg-sec/m
a method of solving multi-span beam-column moments and reactions created
by Mr. Hardy Cross, hence, also referred to as the Hardy Cross method
ro
s
S
s,
Script S
seismic
shooting method
Symap
Symath
Symbol
SymbolSH
Symeteo
row 90
row 100
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GENERAL -- Continued
t
T
period, seconds
t
time at which z' is calculated, second
tabs
TLA
three letter acronym
v
V
shear
v
velocity, in/sec
w
uniform load, k/ft
w
uniform load, lbs/inch
Xmm
overall mean denoted in text books as X with double bars on top
z'
z''
zc
velocity, in/sec
acceleration, in/sec
known as x0 in some references, resulting displacement, inch
ZIP
ZIP files (WinZip ) are condensed files for storage and transmission
deflection, inches
damping factor, unitless
PI() in Excel nomenclature, 3.142, unitless
density of the liquid, lb/ft, where water = 62.4 lb/ft
stress, k/in
duration of applied force, second
BOLTS
F/thread
Ft
Fv
H
head
K root
n
pitch
w thread
0.866 P
bolt head
least diameter of a bolt at the threads
number of threads/inch
spacing of threads, inch
actual width of thread pitch - pitch/4
row 110
row 120
row 130
D
density
dwave
tank diameter, ft
density of stored product, k/ft
wave height, ft
Fa
Fby
G
H
Ht
I
k
row 140
row 150
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S
T
tank_full
tb
ts
shell thickness, in
V
W arm
W sum
W tank
volume of tank, ft
vertical arm to lateral forces, ft
for lateral forces, k
tank shell per foot of circumference, k/ft
Wr
W s tare
WT
weight of liquid, k
Xs
Z
height to the CG of the shell usually taken as 2/3 Ht for flexible structures, ft
seismic zone coefficient, unitless
longitudinal stress at bottom of the shell, lbs/in
L-2
row 160
row 170
CONCRETE PULLOUT
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de
Edge 2
f'c
fut
fy
row 180
eX
eccentricity of all loads including dead and live loads, the slab, and moment due
to seismic or wind forces located from the geographical center of gravity CG X, ft
IXX
Mot X
Mrt X
Mu
MX
qx
soil pressure along the loaded top or bottom edge, ksf, working in the opposite
direction of Mot x, k-ft
row 190
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SEISMIC
ap
Ca
Ct
Cv
Fp
hr
hx
Ip
m
n
n1
n2
Na
Nv
SA
SB
SC
SD
SE
SF
soil
T
Z
row 200
*W
row 210
row 220
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STATISTICS
b
CM
df
F statistic
k
m
MSE
MST
n1
n2
R Square, r2
s, s coefficient
SS Residual, SSE
ssreg
standard error se
Syx
t
two tail
V
Xm Ym
Xmm
the Y-axis intercept the point at which the line starts for a given value of X and Y
along the slope m
correction for the mean
degrees of freedom n - k
MST / MSE the chance relation between data groups and within a group the F
statistic determines whether the observed relationship between dependent and
independent variables occurs by chance. Always positive
number of constants in the equation
the slope of a straight line in y = mx + b
mean square for error
mean squares for treatment
factor for the groups in the F statistic
factor for the number of observations within a number of groups
the correlation of estimated and actual y values. A measure correlation varies
from 0 to 1 with 1 being the best correlation
standard deviation, standard measure of dispersion
sum of squares for error = S( Y - Ym )
row 240
Yc
row 230
the sum of the squared differences for the actual values and the average y
values for each point
the standard error values for the coefficients m1, m2, etc.
Standard Error of Estimate of the dependent variable Y regressed against the
independent variable(s) X
Student's t -- describes the sampling distribution of a deviation from the
population mean divided by the standard error
excluded areas of a Gaussian curve in statistics
lateral force, * W
the mean value(s) of X and Y
Y = mX + b
y intercept
row 250
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VORTEX
CD
coefficient of drag
CL
coefficient of lift
D
d
d
D cantilever
d_mean
Dr
Ds
E
E heat
E_ASD
fn
fv
Fy
g
Hr
k
K 1'
K 1' '
L
L_
M vortex
M.F.
M.F.
m_air
mass
q critical
qwind
Re
s
S
Sm
t
t, t'
Tn
V
V_1
V_wind
V_wind
W
damping
_air
row 260
row 272
row 282
row 292
row 302
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WIND
Ce
Cq
pressure coefficient
Exposure
I
P wind
qs
Qs
V wind
V_basic
row 312
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