Are Racking Loads PC? 1

[charliealphabravo]

Hi all,

Sorry if I seem to be lowering the bar but in the interest professionalism I'd like to ask if the use of the terms "racking" or "racked" when referring to the displacement caused by lateral loading of a frame is still the preferred terminology. In the past several years I have had several reviewers object to the use of the term on grounds of politeness but I don't know how else, in a single word, to describe the failure/displacement mechanism.

Again sorry to bring the conversation down to a bathroom/lockeroom level. I guess in the practice of engineering I have gotten desensitized to the bold use of words that would make a grade school kid titter. I mean really this one is rather tame I think compared to some others in common use.

Regards
cab

 

[charliealphabravo]

haha thanks all. i think i will stick to my guns on "racking" loads and displacement. but "sway" is a good option in a pinch.
cab

 

[LonnieP]

Structural20036:
Good one. Many years ago we designed a pool enclosure for a nudist club. Of course the designers never got to supervise construction. The erectors named themselves, wait for it------ The Erection Crew.

Sorry, don't get to tell that true story very often.

LonnieP

 

[dhengr]

Charlie:

You be damn careful who you pinch, and where; that can be a face slapin offense, in many cases.

 

[rb1957]

"stick to my guns" ... carefull, guns = racks

 

[MiketheEngineer]

Steel erectors here in town goes by the name "Big Boy Steel Erection"

No Lie

 

[rb1957]

personally i like "Snap-On Tools"

 

[msquared48]

Sure doesn't take much to set you guys off, does it?

I did say "set".

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering

 

[spats]

OK, you made me do it... how about "roof mounted"?

 

[fancypants]

You know, if you use a little Metal "Richard" on those walls, it should cut down on the racking in short order.

"Richard" = Deck = hemmmmm

 

[dhengr]

So, I said “I mounted her on the roof,” when he asked about TV dish.

 

[trainguy]

True story:

Several years back, a buddy of mine and I were having dinner at a neighborhood Chinese restaurant.

As the conversation turned to Canadian politics, he mentioned a BIG ELECTION having taken place.

I immediately reminded him that such statements could get us in trouble in this type of restaurant.

tg

 

[dhengr]

Tg.... but they would have no trouble understanding you if you said 'I have a big cantirever.'

 

[rb1957]

ther's a local radio station here that would put on some joker deliberating making that well known dyslexia ... got old quick.

 

[trainguy]

dh,

You know you have a problem when your canilever becomes your cantilever...although there are pills for that.

tg

 

[dicksewerrat]

What about common name for concrete vibrators? donkey d__k

Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.

http://WWW.amlinereast.com

 

[Sparweb]

What did the aircraft ground handler do after parking the airplane, when he realized he'd accidentally scraped the vertical stabilizer on the hangar door frame?

He went out to pick up a piece of tail.


Those who like old folk songs might want to look up the "Woodbridge Dog Disaster" for a funny story about how "innocent language can sometimes sound crude".


Charlie, if the drawing checkers are getting you down, challenge them to a game of chess instead.


Steven Fahey, CET