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1. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Gauge number
Structural concrete fill
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
2. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Reservoir
Is embedded in the walls
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
3. What does TCA stand for?
Elastic-plastic
Joists
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Rain-screen wall
4. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
4000 psi
Tension
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
3/8 in
5. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
W16X25
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Walls with overhangs
Each floor level
6. Frame Structure is defined by ________
perpendicular
8
Increase the strength of beam in shear
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
7. Site-cast is when ____
1in
The concrete is cast at the site
Capillary break
5 in
8. What is a construction joint?
At each floor level and roof level
Capillary break
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
9. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
18 to 48 in
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Grade 50 steel
10. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Fibrous
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
40 ft
11. Working is the process by which____
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Gas or arc
AISC Type III Connection
Simple Connection
12. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
3in
A reinforced-masonry frame
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Leveling Nut
13. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
3/8
The concrete is cast at the site
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
14. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
10-13 feet.
Water Proofing
3000 PSI
True
15. A joint screen is an
36 ksi
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
I Section
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
16. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
True
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
Shelf angles
After World War 2
17. The Slag is what?
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
2in
18. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Weak in shear
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Thermal Mass
19. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Expanded metal lath
Hollow structural section
Gravity - wind and surface tension
3/8
20. a backup wall is required in a...
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Veneer wall
High-treated carbon steel
stablize joists
21. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Pile
22. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
stablize joists
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.
1in
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
23. The width of an expansion joint is ___
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
3/8
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
2in
24. A snape Tie consits of...
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
True
2 1/2 in
Gravity - wind and surface tension
25. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
36 ksi
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
4 to 6 ft
26. W-Shape is also called _____
Tension
Wide-Flange section
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
27. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Pile
Veneer wall
28. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Pink
G30 - G60 - G120
240 in =20ft
29. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Fibrous
Veneer wall
A 100% solid unit
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
30. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Grouted Space
Immediately about a flashing
I Section
31. The most common used size of brick is...
Failure stress / allowable stress
T section
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
32. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
1kip=1000psi
Live end
M -S -N -O
Tougher pg 617
33. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Peter Zumther
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Percast at the construction site
34. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
False
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Floor decks
Soft-coat EIFS
35. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Pre-tensioned concrete
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Gauge number
36. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
2in
Pipe Section
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Type N
37. Walers
Veneer wall
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Weep holes
Metals that contain Iron
38. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
16 in
Isolation Joints
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
39. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
By functioning as a water reservior
Footing
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
40. Pile
Vertical reinforcing bars
Hard coat EIFS
Leveling Nut
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
41. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Structural concrete fill
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Expanded metal lath
42. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
Columns
Surface tension
Concrete masonry Units
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
43. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Surface tension
36 ksi
stablize joists
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
44. HSS can be what Shape?
Construction Joint
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Square - rectangular or round
Strip Footing
45. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
Immediately above the flashing
Isolation Joints
Joists
46. In what order are roof componants placed:
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Gravity load support to the veneer
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
2in
47. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Lighter member that spans between the girders
False
10-13 feet.
Angle section (L)
48. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
G30 - G60 - G120
Each course consists of Strechers
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Gauge number
49. A two way joist floor is also called...
A Waffle Slab
144^2 - 18ft.
5 in
7/8in
50. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
2in pg 645
24
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
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