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1. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
Increase the strength of beam in shear
perpendicular
Vertical
Pink

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

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3. A major benefit of a steel stud backup wall in a in a brick veneer assembly as compaired with a CMU backup wall is its ______
Steel pipes
Lighter weight
Lug
Lighter member that spans between the girders

4. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
A reinforced-masonry frame
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

5. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
3/8
Gravel
Strip Footing
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

6. Rain screen is...
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Elevated Slabs
True

7. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Two piece wire anchors
Gravel
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
AISC Type III Connection

8. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Mock-up
3000 PSI
16'

9. In a brick veneer assembly vertical expansion joints should be provided at a maximum distance of...

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10. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
perpendicular
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Is embedded in the walls

11. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
Tougher pg 617
Immediately about a flashing
stablize joists
=change in length/original length

12. Cast Iron is formed when _______
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
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.
Is embedded in the walls
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

13. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Footing
Wide-Flange section

14. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
2in pg 645
Barrier walls
Elastic-plastic
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

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

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16. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
Open Headed joint
2in pg 645
Steel fabricator
Heavier members and spans from column to column

17. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
EAF - BOF - OHF
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Joists
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

18. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
Reinforced concrete member
4
Construction Joint
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

19. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Tube
2in pg 645
Joists
Fibrous

20. A Blast Furnace is a ______
3/8
Immediately above
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.
Weak in shear

21. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Lighter member that spans between the girders
20 ft
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Length - L - of unit

22. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Gauge number
Control joints in concrete do what?
Sloped toward the interior roof
Type N

23. Walers
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Hard coat EIFS
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

24. Working is the process by which____
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer

25. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
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.
90 to 180 degress
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
A36

26. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
3/8 in
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

27. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
T section
Elastic-plastic
Grade 50 steel

28. What is the formula for stress?
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Stress at the point of failure
3000 PSI
stress=force/area

29. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
3in
Less than it's ultimate stress
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

30. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
Capillary break
Veneer wall
2 in
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

31. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Horizontal reinforcement
Joists
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

32. The Very middle one is called _____
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
I Section
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.

33. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
16'
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Width - W - of Unit
Strands

34. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
Modular
18 to 48 in
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

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

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36. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
SJI
Scratch coat
Isolated pad footing
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

37. Capillary break is a...
I Section
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Immediately above the flashing
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

38. Galvanizing is...
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Live ends
Solid unit

39. Simple Connection is also called...
Horizontal reinforcement
AISC Type II Connection
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
False

40. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Some veneer walls
Lug

41. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
stress=force/area
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Control joints in concrete do what?

42. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Joists

43. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
stress=force/area
True
SJI
Elastic

44. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
SJI
More easily constructable.
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

45. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Pipe Section
Two flange plates
Metals that contain Iron
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

46. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
After World War 2
Stiff
Width - W - of Unit
40 ft

47. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Pile
Barrier walls

48. The dead load of brick vaneer may be borne by the wall foundation without any support at intermediate floors up to a maximum height of _____ above ground
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
30ft
40 ft
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

49. A rigid Connection is also called...
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
AISC Type I Connection
FBX
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

50. Stripping time is ___
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

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