| Coarse sand of which the particles are of angular shape.
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| steel stud or strap, embedded within concrete slab, to transfer horizontal shear loads from slab to supporting structure.
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| A graphic representation of the value of the shear stresses at any point along a beam.
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| A vertical plane that resists lateral forces; see Shear Wall.
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| In heavy timber construction, a round steel plate used for connecting wood to non-wood materials.
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| The strength of an element to resist shear.
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| 1. A piece of steel welded to the top of a steel beam or girder so as to become embedded in the concrete fill over the beam and cause the beam and the concrete to act as a single structural unit. 2. Forged steel headed stud, fusion welded to horizontal structural decking, embedded within concrete slab, to transfer horizontal shear loads from slab to supporting structure.
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| 1. A wall designed to resist lateral forces parallel to the wall. 2. A wall portion of a structural frame intended to resist lateral forces, such as earthquake, wind, and blast, acting in or parallel to the plane of the wall; see Shear Panel.
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| A force effect that is lateral, perpendicular to the axis of a structure.
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| A carpet finishing operation that removes stray fibers and fuzz from loop pile, and produces a smooth level surface on cut pile.
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| The water resistant paper installed over sheathing and under siding or shingles to insulate in the house; building paper.
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| see Roof Sheathing.
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| see Wall Sheathing.
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| 1. The rough covering applied to the outside of the roof, wall, or floor framing of a structure. 2. See Gypsum Sheathing.
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| A single-pitched roof.
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| A building or dormer with a single pitched roof.
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| see Fluffing.
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| special type of gloss measured in terms of reflected light at an angle of 30 degrees or less.
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| A towed roller consisting of a steel drum with numerous protruding bulbous steel rods, used for compacting clay soil.
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| A hot mixture of asphalt cement with clean angular, graded sand and mineral filler; its use ordinarily is confined to a surface course, usually laid on an intermediate or leveling course.
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| sheet material, commonly metal, used in construction to direct the flow of water or to prevent water penetration.
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| Any type of resilient flooring material, such as linoleum, that is manufactured and installed in sheets or rolls.
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| Rainwater runoff from land or paving in a continuous sheet in contrast with channeled flow.
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| Window glass.
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| A type of metal lath formed by punching geometrical perforations in steel sheets; made from heavier gauge steel than expanded laths, they consequently have greater stiffness.
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| Cold-rolled lead in a sheet whose thickness is expressed by the weight of one square foot of the finished product.
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| A machine for flanging, bending, or folding sheet metal.
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| sheet metal that covers an object or connection.
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| A roof covering of aluminum, copper, stainless steel, or galvanized metal sheets; in high-finish applications, referred to as an architectural roof.
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