What's measurement of the weight supported by a building called?
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dude about that account.... whats the username?
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Weight is defined as the force of attration b/w the earth and the object.\nAs we know that the force is defined as:\nF=m*a    (Force = mass * acceleration)\n\nIn our case, this force is the wieght of the body and the acceleration is the acceleration due to gracity i.e g. So the formula becomes:\n\nw = m*g
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One of the vibration modes in an earthquake is a horizontal or side-to-side motion.  A triangular building can be thought of as an arch.  While it is better capable of handling vertical forces (i.e., the building itself), an arch can also deal with horizontal forces.\n\nA rectangular building, however, has its weight resting on vertical pillars or walls.  These stuctures are designed to hold the weight of the building that is pressing down vertically.  They can't handle too much horizontal force else the weight of the building will come down at a angle outside the footprint of the walls.\n\nAn easy example is to take a sheet of cardboard and bend it in two.  Put the free ends on a table and push the folded side back and forth.  You should see that the side towards which you're pushing will resist the force.  Now take another sheet of cardboard and make two parallel folds in it.  As before, put the free ends down on a table.  Now push one of the top edges in the same manner.  You should be able to easily flatten the cardboard.
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height by width measured in feet
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Mass is a property of a physical object that quantifies the amount of matter and energy it contains. Unlike weight, the mass of something stays the same regardless of location. In relativity, the quantity invariant mass, which is closest in content to the classical idea of mass, also does not vary between single observers in different reference frames. Mass is a central concept of classical mechanics and related subjects, and also several forms of mass appear in relativistic kinematics (see mass in special relativity).\n\nThere are three different quantities called mass:\n\nInertial mass is a measure of an object's resistance to changing its state of motion when a force is applied. An object with small inertial mass changes its motion more readily, and an object with large inertial mass does so less readily. \nPassive gravitational mass is a measure of the strength of an object's interaction with the gravitational field. Within the same gravitational field, an object with a smaller passive gravitational mass experiences a smaller force than an object with a larger passive gravitational mass. (This force is called the weight of the object. In informal usage, the word "weight" is often used synonymously with "mass", because the strength of the gravitational field is roughly constant everywhere on the surface of the Earth. In physics, the two terms are distinct: an object will have a larger weight if it is placed in a stronger gravitational field, but its passive gravitational mass remains unchanged.) \nActive gravitational mass is a measure of the strength of the gravitational field due to a particular object. For example, the gravitational field that one experiences on the Moon is weaker than that of the Earth because the Moon has less active gravitational mass. \n\nAlthough inertial mass, passive gravitational mass and active gravitational mass are conceptually distinct, no experiment has ever unambiguously demonstrated any difference between them. One of the consequences of the equivalence of inertial mass and passive gravitational mass is the fact, famously demonstrated by Galileo Galilei, that objects with different masses fall at the same rate, assuming factors like air resistance are negligible. The theory of general relativity, the most accurate theory of gravitation known to physicists to date, rests on the assumption that inertial and passive gravitational mass are completely equivalent. This is known as the weak equivalence principle. Classically, active and passive gravitational mass were equivalent as a consequence of Newton's third law, but a new axiom is required in the context of relativity's reformulation of gravity and mechanics. Thus, standard general relativity also assumes the equivalence of inertial mass and active gravitational mass; this equivalence is sometimes called the strong equivalence principle.\n\nIf one were to treat inertial mass mi, passive gravitational mass mp, and active gravitational mass ma distinctly, Newton's law of universal gravitation would give as force on the second mass due to the first mass\n\n \nNewton's third law, of reciprocal actions, shows that active and passive mass are proportional. As a result they can be defined to be equal\n\nIn the SI system of units, mass is measured in kilograms (kg). Many other units of mass are also employed, such as: grams (g), metric tons, pounds, ounces, long and short tons, quintals, slugs, atomic mass units, Planck masses, solar masses, and eV/c2.\n\nThe eV/c2 unit is based on the electron volt (eV), which is normally used as a unit of energy. However, because of the relativistic connection between (rest) mass and energy, E = mc2 (see below), it is possible to use any unit of energy as a unit of mass instead. Thus, in particle physics where mass and energy are often interchanged, it is common to use not only eV/c2 but even simply eV as a unit of mass (roughly 1.783 × 10-36 kg).\n\nBecause the gravit
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Force here in the USA is measured in Foot-pounds.\n\nEuopean measurement of force is either in Newtons or Kg-meter.\nThere is 2.2Lb per 1kg which equals 9.8N which equals 1Kp
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weight = mass * gravity\ntherefor\nmass = weight/gravity\n\nsorry naughty but you're wrong, if you go to the moon or jupiter you will have the same mass you have in earth but you'll have a different weight
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Mass is a constant; weight varies by gravitational pull.
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Yes, as Nate says a measuring tape is most commonly used and is really the only perfectly accurate answer.\n\nHowever the answer your teacher wants is 'clinometer'. A clinometer doesn't actually MEASURE the height of a building or tree, it just measures the angle to the top. You can then use a measuring tape and trigonometry to CALCULATE the height from that angle.\n\nSo the question is badly worded, but 'clinometer' is probably the answer you are expected to give, even though it is wrong.
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When the pendulum reaches the 90 degree point in the motion, the force of gravity and the applied force are equal for an infintesimal moment. \n\nThat means there is no "weight" to support. Weight is a function of mass and the force of gravity. Since gravity = 0 relative to the object, then weight = 0
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Well, you didn't say whether you're building a building, a bridge, a trestle, a tower, or other structure.  But you could start with some general articles, like this Wikipedia article, which has links to specific sites which give some specifications.\n\nThe other link gets properties for different I-beam sizes--I presume you understand the terminology well enough to read the resulting tables.
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Mass is the amount of matter present in a body and is an intrinsic property of the body. Mass of an object remains the same always at any place.\n\nWeight on the other hand is the force which a given mass feels due to the gravity at its place. Weight is measured in units of Force like Newton (which is the SI unit of Force).\nIf your mass is 60 kgs then your weight is approximately 60 x 10 = 600 Newtons. This is because\n\nForce = mass x acceleration (From Newton's second Law)\n\nThus, weight = mass x acceleration due to gravity
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There is a detailed (perhaps too detailed) explanation at the following location:\nhttp://www.france-property-and-information.com/metric-system-and-history.htm\n\nYou will also find at this location several pages which will discuss other aspects of your question.\n\nIn terms of capacity, the metric system and the USA/Imperial systems simply use different units. The situation is a bit more complex for weight/mass. \n\nWeight is how much something ways, whereas mass is the amount of matter. We say that a kilogram (mass) is equal to 2.2 pounds (weight). However, this is true (roughly) only on Earth. For example, something that is 100kg. (220 pounds) on Earth would still be 100 kg. on the moon but only about 37 pounds on the moon. That is because mass is constant whereas weight depends on gravity. For most of this, the distinction is unimportant as we all live and work on the earth. However, scientific purposes (e.g. space travel) weight and mass are very different.
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Foundations for buildings are generally designed based on the ground conditions which are obtained from a sub soil investigation (soil mechanics) The criteria obtained from a soil investigation will detirmine the type of foundations to be used for a particular building. In many cases it is known that once constructed a building will "settle" on it's foundations or rather the foundations settle with the loads now imposed by the structure.\nThis may only be a matter inches but to check that the settlement is in accordance with the designed assumtions this can be checked at regular intervals which is called monitoring.
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gravity and air resistance.
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a city block is not a standard unit of measurement, so your question cannot be answered accurately.
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While determining the world's tallest structure has generally been straightforward, the questions of what is the world's tallest building or the world's tallest tower have often been controversial, both because of disputes over what should be counted as a building or a tower, and further disputes over how to measure the height of these. Questions of national or local prestige may cause different people to adopt different definitions which favour their own structures.\n\n Warsaw radio mastIn terms of absolute height, most of the tallest structures are dozens of radio and television broadcasting towers that are around 600 meters (2,000 feet) tall. There is, however, some debate about:\n\nwhether structures under construction should be included in the list \nwhether structures rising out of water should have their below-water height included. \nFor towers, there is debate about:\n\nwhether guy-wire-supported structures should be counted \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_tallest_structures#Tallest_structure_by_category\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower\n\nNOTE: This list includes only towers.1 For buildings, see World's Tallest Tower  \nCanadian National (CN) Tower, \n Toronto  1975 553 1,815