Across
- 3. Shortening or pushing together of a material resulting in a reduction in size or volume
- 4. number system to rate a ceiling's efficiency as a barrier to sound intrusion beteen two closed rooms
- 6. A building's vertical extension above ground
- 8. Linear vertical structural members like columns
- 10. Full name of NRC
- 13. Number system used to evaluate the transmission loss of the assembly
- 14. Vertical structural member
- 15. Term used for wood column made from a single tree trunk
- 17. Design to spread a load over its entire surface
- 18. The perpendicular distance a beam is bent down when a load is placed on it
- 20. Loads change over time
Down
- 1. A horizontal structure supported on one side
- 2. Full name of AC
- 5. Firmly fixed or established, not easily moved, unbalanced or destroyed
- 7. Time it takes for sound level to decrease 60 dB after the source has stopped producing sound
- 9. A linear horizontal structural member placed over a door or window to transfer the load around the window opening
- 11. Supports floor and anchors rest of building
- 12. The reaction of a material to stresses stretching or pulling on a material along the direction of its length
- 16. The prollongaction of sound as it repeatedly bounces off hard surfaces
- 19. Forces acting on a building