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1. Fine Grained soles are______ with water
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
90 to 180 degress
Dead End
Cohesive

2. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
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.
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Actual strength / required strength

3. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
American Standard Shape
Much lower
Head Joints
Immediately above the flashing

4. What is the 2 arrow?
Peter Zumther
Base Plate
Tension
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

5. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
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
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

6. a backup wall is required in a...
Joists
Veneer wall
3/8 in
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

7. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Fibrous
Isolation Joints
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

8. A pour stop is generally used with
shear force=force/area
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Floor decks

9. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
K-series - LH series - DHL series
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Columns
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

10. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
I Section
50
Type N
More easily constructable.

11. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
connection beam flanges
General contractor
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

12. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
2in
Continuous Stip footing
A325
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

13. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
1kip=1000psi
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Lug
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

14. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Zinc
Sloped - thinner
Composite
2 in

15. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Horizontal reinforcement
Stiff
One piece anchors
That it is welded

16. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately
Gravel
Alkali resistant
Adding water to the mortar
2in

17. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
Cross bearing Walls plane
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
True
Electric Arc Furnace

18. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
8 in to 30 in
That it is welded
Live end
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

19. What is the formula for stress?
1in
Cranes and rails
Simple Connection
stress=force/area

20. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
excavation
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Stress at the point of failure
Heavier members and spans from column to column

21. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
S50X30
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
3 in

22. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Construction Joint
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Steel fabricator

23. What is an Isolation Joint?

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24. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Barrier walls
G30 - G60 - G120
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.

25. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
True
4
Columns

26. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
2 in
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete
10-13 feet.

27. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
A992
1in
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Gravel

28. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Asymmetry
Peter Zumther
50
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

29. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
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
tempered glass
One piece anchors
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

30. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Beams
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Thermal Mass
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

31. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Beams and Columns
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

32. What is the formula for stress?
Structural concrete fill
Thermal Mass
Zero (0)
stress=force/area

33. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
Isolation Joints
Barrier walls
every floor
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

34. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Extruded Bricks
10-13 feet.
Within the plane of the veneer
36 ksi

35. What is the bottom piece called?
Peter Zumther
Footing
Immediately above the flashing
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

36. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Sloped on both sides
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

37. In a Flemish-bonded wall
Either tension or compression
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

38. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
True
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

39. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
perpendicular
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

40. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
I Section
T section
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.
windward face

41. K-series has a depth range of?
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
8 in to 30 in
Isolated pad footing

42. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___
144^2 - 18ft.
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
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.
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

43. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Zero (0)
Control joints in concrete do what?
K-series - LH series - DHL series
structural frame

44. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Sloped - thinner
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Elevated Slabs

45. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
Tube
At each floor level and roof level
Isolation Joints
8 in

46. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Weep holes
Compressive strength
True

47. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Noncohesive Soils
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
3000 PSI

48. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Capillary break
2 to 4 ft
Bearing connection
3000 PSI

49. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Isolation Joints
Water Proofing
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
I Section

50. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Tilt-up Concrete Association
24
Joists
Surface tension