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1. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Joists
Cranes and rails
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
3/8 in

2. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
Gas or arc
Strands
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
24

3. What does SJI stand for?
A continuous closure strip
2in
Steel Joist Institute
Gravity load support to the veneer

4. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
A36
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
20 ft

5. A typical bond beam is provided with
2
T section
Horizontal reinforcement
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

6. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Immediately above the flashing
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

7. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Residential
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

8. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Width - W - of Unit
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer

9. Most common used Veneer wall is...
3000 psi
False
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

10. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Hard coat EIFS

11. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
8 and 30 in
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Flying forms
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

12. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
EAF - OHF - BOF
Lug
Flexural and Shear.
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______

13. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
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Solid unit
2in
Compression

14. Standard CMU size
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Beams and Columns
A36

15. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
3/8
Steel pipes
90 to 180 degress
Floor decks

16. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Elevated Slabs
Bed Joints
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Tilt-up Concrete Association

17. Stress Formula
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
4 to 6 ft

18. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
Air tight
Steel pipes
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Extruded Bricks

19. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Strands
Pile

20. What is the formula for strain?
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
24in
=change in length/original length
AISC Type III Connection

21. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
structural frame
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

22. Most of the cost comes from _____
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Angle section (L)
The Framework
Immediately about a flashing

23. What is one of the Empirical rules?
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Acrylic polymer-based mix

24. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Isolation Joints
Pile
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Plortland cement-based mix

25. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Beams
FBX
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

26. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
A 100% solid unit
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
4000 psi
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

27. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Expanded metal lath
Force / Area
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
G30 - G60 - G120

28. A rigid Connection is also called...
3/8 in
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
AISC Type I Connection
Much lower

29. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Sloped - thinner
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Drilled pier footing
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

30. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
18'
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Lateral load support to the veneer
Live end

31. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Composite
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.

32. Modulus of elasticity
52-72
Electric Arc Furnace
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Stress / strain = E

33. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Alkali resistant
M -S -N -O
AISC Type II Connection
Shelf angles

34. Slagwool is _____
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

35. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Wide-Flange section
Simple Connection
Stretcher Face
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

36. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Solid unit
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
True
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

37. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
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.
Roof and Floor
Pile
Cranes and rails

38. The first coat of stucco is called...
Thermal Mass
Scratch coat
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.
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

39. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Hollow structural section
Live ends
Drilled pier footing
Structural concrete fill

40. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Reinforced concrete member
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

41. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Sloped - thinner
Adding water to the mortar
Thermal Mass
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

42. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
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
1in
Elastic-plastic
Leveling Nut

43. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Barrier walls
16'

44. If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Flying forms
Columns

45. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
CMU backed brick veneer
Mild
Henry Bessemer in 1855
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

46. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
4000 psi
Joists
Tension
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

47. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Gauge number
Lug
3/8

48. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
annealed glass
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Square - rectangular or round

49. A Simple Connection is...
Adding water to the mortar
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

50. A tube is referred to as a ____
HHS
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Control joints in concrete do what?
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.