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1. What is the formula for shear force?
Column Footing
Pile
30 ft
shear force=force/area

2. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Extruded Bricks
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Beams
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

3. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Peter Zumther
K-series - LH series - DHL series
tempered glass

4. Strain Formula
Capillary break
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Air tight
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

5. A Tunnel form consists of...
Dead End
Live end
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.
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

6. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

7. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Is embedded in the walls
Steel Joist Institute
Cinder Block
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

8. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
2
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
True

9. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
4 to 6 ft

10. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Reservoir
16 in
Compression

11. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Rain-screen wall
Is embedded in the walls
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

12. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
Zinc
30 ft
Peter Zumther
8 in to 30 in

13. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Within the plane of the veneer
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
That it is welded

14. What does HHS stand for?
Hollow structural section
Steel Joist Institute
EAF - OHF - BOF
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

15. What is the formula for strain?
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
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.
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
=change in length/original length

16. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
4
excavation
Live end
After World War 2

17. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
A continuous closure strip
HHS
Sloped - thinner
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

18. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
Head Joints
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
excavation
4000 psi

19. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
False
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
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.

20. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Elastic-plastic
Grouted Space
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Length - L - of unit

21. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Square - rectangular or round
Square - rectangular or round
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Roof and Floor

22. Cold formings is when __
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
1in
Stretcher Face
W - S - HP - M

23. a backup wall is required in a...
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
True
Isolated pad footing
Veneer wall

24. Shores are used for...
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

25. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
3/8 in
Grouted Space
144^2 - 18ft.
4 to 6 ft

26. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Steel fabricator
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

27. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
Tougher pg 617
24
Spraying the mix over a mold
Sloped toward the interior roof

28. What is the bottom piece called?
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Favorably
Footing
3 in

29. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
3 in
Live end
General contractor
Copper and stainless steel

30. Clay is _______
Tube
cohesive
Asymmetry
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

31. The most common used size of brick is...
Air tight
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
tempered glass
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

32. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
10-13 feet.
Weep holes
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
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

33. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
connection beam flanges
Leveling Nut
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
1in

34. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
True
4000 psi

35. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
0.0025
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Live end

36. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
Flying forms
4 to 6 ft
90 to 180 degress
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

37. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
30 ft
perpendicular
False
That it is welded

38. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Extruded Bricks
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Composite
Providing an impervious barrier to water

39. DLH series has a depth range of...
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
52-72
2 in
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

40. What is the Fill Made up of?
Gravel
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Acrylic polymer-based mix
field bolting of steel member

41. Benefits of reinforced masonry
3/8
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
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.

42. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
2 to 4 ft
Hot Rolling
AISC Type II Connection
1/2 to 3/4 thick

43. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
windward face
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
5000 psi
Noncohesive Soils

44. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Water Proofing
Within the plane of the veneer
Pink

45. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Depth of the joist in inches
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
52-72
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

46. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Continuous Stip footing
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Support Pylons
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

47. What is one of the Empirical rules?
Lighter member that spans between the girders
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Reinforced concrete member
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

48. Site-cast is when ____
4 to 6 ft
4 to 6 ft
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
The concrete is cast at the site

49. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Immediately above
connection beam flanges
Joists
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

50. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Isolated pad footing
3/8
Air tight