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Construction Basics

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1. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...






2. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam






3. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically






4. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____






5. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...






6. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






7. Stripping time is ___






8. A wall footing is also called _____






9. What is the 2 arrow?






10. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.






11. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






12. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived






13. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick






14. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night






15. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that






16. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...






17. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression






18. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.






19. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?






20. A Blast Furnace is a ______






21. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______






22. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______






23. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?






24. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall






25. Flashing needs to have these qualities






26. Stack casting is used when






27. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






28. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth






29. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.






30. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?






31. Cast Iron is formed when _______






32. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel






33. What does SJI stand for?






34. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____






35. The Very middle one is called _____






36. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.






37. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____






38. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?






39. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...






40. Precast is where____






41. The Dark things in the Corner are ____






42. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret






43. The second coat of stucco is called...






44. The term FLying form refers to...






45. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints






46. Pile






47. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.






48. a curtian wal is typically used in buildings whose structural system consists of...






49. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?






50. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...