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1. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
3 in
Isolation Joints
By functioning as a water reservior
24

2. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
18'
CMU backed brick veneer
Either tension or compression

3. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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4. Shear stress formula
Force / Area
Reinforced concrete member
18'
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

5. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Zero (0)
3/8
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

6. Clay is _______
Actual strength / required strength
Plortland cement-based mix
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
cohesive

7. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
Pile
A 100% solid unit
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

8. StiffBacks
Elastic-plastic
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______

9. K series are more frequently used because they ____
A Waffle Slab
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
5000 psi
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

10. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Spraying the mix over a mold
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Strands

11. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Scratch coat
Concave
3000 PSI
Tube

12. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?

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13. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
4
Sloped - thinner
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Column Footing

14. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Support Pylons
excavation
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
stablize joists

15. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Elastic-plastic
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Cranes and rails
Beams

16. What is ultimate stress?
2in
Steel fabricator
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Stress at the point of failure

17. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Footing
8 and 30 in

18. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
90 to 180 degress
Angle section (L)
8 in

19. Rain screen is...
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Footing
Gravity load support to the veneer
Base Plate

20. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Live end
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

21. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
30 ft
40 ft
A reinforced-masonry frame
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

22. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
I Section
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
At each floor level and roof level
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.

23. What is the First arrow point at?
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Leveling Nut
Actual strength / required strength
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

24. A Soft story is a _______
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Brown coat

25. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
American Standard Shape
3in
Angle section (L)
0.0025

26. What is the bottom piece called?
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
10-13 feet.
Footing
2in

27. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Gas or arc
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Each floor level
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

28. Strain Formula
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
EAF - OHF - BOF
3000 psi

29. The minimum required width of airspace between brick veneer and CMU backup wall is...
2in
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Leveling Nut

30. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
1in
24
Flying forms
1kip=1000psi

31. Built-up sections are made by _____
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
tempered glass
AISC Type II Connection
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

32. What is ultimate stress?
Stress at the point of failure
1in
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

33. Most of the cost comes from _____
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Base Plate
Head Joints
The Framework

34. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
125psi
PB pg 703
Stiff
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

35. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Stress / strain = E
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations

36. Precast is where____
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
2 1/2 in
Either tension or compression
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers

37. K series are more frequently used because they ____
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
tempered glass
Immediately above

38. A Soft story is a _______
Pre-tensioned concrete
A325
Immediately about a flashing
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

39. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Isolation Joints
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Lateral load support to the veneer
AISC Type III Connection

40. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
Angle section (L)
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Tougher pg 617

41. Form liners are used to...
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Better
2in
Solid unit

42. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Cranes and rails
Gauge number
W - S - HP - M
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

43. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Beams
18'
4000 psi
2in

44. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
8 in to 30 in
Strip Footing
Tunnel Form
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

45. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Angle section (L)
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
shear force=force/area

46. BOF full name is _______
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

47. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Water Proofing
Cinder Block
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Weak in shear

48. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Beams and Columns
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

49. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Thermal Mass
Soft-coat EIFS
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

50. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Angle section (L)
More easily constructable.
Asymmetry