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1. W-Shape is also called _____
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Asymmetry
Wide-Flange section

2. Mechanical couplers are used
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
10-13 feet.
Head Joints
Type S

3. Compressive Strength Formula
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
W16X25
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

4. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
A992
Within the plane of the veneer
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

5. CMU is _____
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
2 to 4 ft
4000 psi
Cinder Block

6. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
Angle section (L)
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
2 1/2 in
True

7. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
20 ft
5 in
Beams
Joists

8. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Beams
Grouted Space
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

9. StiffBacks
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
40 ft
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

10. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Pre-tensioned concrete
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

11. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Henry Bessemer in 1855
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Stress at the point of failure

12. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Columns
Leveling Nut
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Residential

13. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Steel Grade
Each floor level
Drilled pier footing
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

14. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Sloped toward the interior roof
16 in
Rain-screen wall

15. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
2in pg 645
Lighter weight
Reservoir
A36

16. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Steel Grade
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
That it is welded

17. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Column Footing
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
After World War 2
Angle section (L)

18. What is Core Holes?
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
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.
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

19. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Fibrous
Carbon steel

20. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?
Failure stress / allowable stress
Brick ledge
More easily constructable.
Two piece wire anchors

21. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
I Section
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Capillary break
Noncohesive Soils

22. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
3000 psi
Drilled pier footing
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

23. A Tunnel form consists of...
Simple Connection
EAF - OHF - BOF
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
T section

24. Girder is...
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Steel fabricator

25. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
Continuous Stip footing
Mild
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
One piece anchors

26. The Term Tendons includes Strands
Two piece wire anchors
Pile
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
True

27. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Barrier walls
After World War 2
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

28. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
field bolting of steel member
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Compressive strength

29. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
20 ft

30. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Modular
Concrete masonry Units
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702

31. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
Barrier walls
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Concrete masonry Units
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

32. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Cinder Block
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

33. EAF full name is?
4 to 6 ft
Lug
Electric Arc Furnace
1/2 to 3/4 thick

34. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Pink
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Flying forms
Joists

35. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Composite
Bed Joints
Reservoir
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

36. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Elastic
Beams
shear force=force/area

37. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Barrier walls
True
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

38. 1 kip = ____psi
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
1kip=1000psi
Walls with overhangs
Hard coat EIFS

39. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Acrylic polymer-based mix
I Section

40. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Within the plane of the veneer
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Each course consists of Strechers

41. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
Simple Connection
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
7 in
Sloped toward the interior roof

42. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Thermal Mass
Head Joints
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

43. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Veneer wall
Scratch coat
125psi

44. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Steel
FBX
Zinc
I Section

45. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
36 ksi
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

46. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Joists
G30 - G60 - G120

47. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
50
Hard coat EIFS
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

48. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Base Plate
Peter Zumther
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer

49. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Site cast concrete slabs
Lug
Scratch coat
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

50. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
windward face
Footing
Depth of the joist in inches