- Industry: Fire safety
- Number of terms: 98780
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A factor assigned to each structure according to its occupancy category as prescribed in Table 35. 3. 1 and ASCE/SEI 7, Table 1-1.
Industry:Fire safety
A factor that accounts for deviations of the actual load from the nominal load, for uncertainties in the analysis that transforms the load into a load effect, and for the probability that more than one extreme load will occur simultaneously.
Industry:Fire safety
A factor that accounts for deviations of the actual strength from the nominal strength and the manner and consequences of failure (also called strength reduction factor).
Industry:Fire safety
A factor that accounts for the degree of hazard to human life and damage to property.
Industry:Fire safety
A factory assembly of conductors or cables inside a nonmetallic, smooth wall conduit with a circular cross section.
Industry:Fire safety
A factory assembly of one or more conductors insulated with a highly compressed refractory mineral insulation and enclosed in a liquid-tight and gastight continuous copper or alloy steel sheath.
Industry:Fire safety
A factory assembly of one or more conductors, each individually insulated and enclosed in a loose fit, nonmetallic flexible conduit as an integrated gas spacer cable rated 0 through 600 volts.
Industry:Fire safety
A factory assembly of one or more insulated circuit conductors with or without optical fiber members enclosed in an armor of interlocking metal tape, or a smooth or corrugated metallic sheath.
Industry:Fire safety
A factory assembly of one or more optical fibers having an overall covering.
Industry:Fire safety
A factory assembly of two or more insulated conductors enclosed within an overall nonmetallic jacket.
Industry:Fire safety
