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1. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Support Pylons
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
After World War 2
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

2. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Columns
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

3. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Air tight
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
2in

4. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
That it is welded
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Composite

5. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
Drainage Walls
2 in
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

6. A rigid Connection is also called...
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
10-13 feet.
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
AISC Type I Connection

7. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
1in
Vertical reinforcing bars
True
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

8. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
2
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

9. What is the 2 arrow?
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
3in
1kip=1000psi
Base Plate

10. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
Modular
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
True
Acrylic polymer-based mix

11. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
Weep holes
2 in
7 in
Dead End

12. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Tunnel Form
Stress / strain = E
Compression

13. What is Core Holes?
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Chairs
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Henry Bessemer in 1855

14. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
3000 PSI
Veneer wall
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Angle section (L)

15. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
AISC Type II Connection
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Bearing connection
T section

16. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
same
shear force=force/area

17. What is the formula for stress?
Peter Zumther
Compression
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
stress=force/area

18. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
4000 psi
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
7 in
Structural concrete fill

19. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Tube
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations

20. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
240 in =20ft
Live end
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Lighter weight

21. What is the Fill Made up of?
Gravel
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
8 in to 30 in
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

22. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Shelf angles
W16X25
Cohesive
Gravity load support to the veneer

23. A common type of Form Tie is ____
30ft
Snap Tie
3/8
Two flange plates

24. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Lug
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Hot Rolling
Either tension or compression

25. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Actual strength / required strength
Beams and Columns
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

26. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Residential
Live end
Structural concrete fill
Expanded metal lath

27. The purpose of flashing is to...
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
10-13 feet.
T section
Bed Joints

28. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Drainage Walls
Asymmetry
Horizontal reinforcement
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

29. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
True
Joists
Tension
Pipe Section

30. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Hollow structural section
Chairs
Leveling Nut
Lug

31. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
True
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
50

32. Wicks consist of...
Spraying the mix over a mold
Two piece wire anchors
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

33. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
G30 - G60 - G120
5000 psi
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Live ends

34. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Scaffolding
Some veneer walls
Reservoir

35. The Slag is what?
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Walls with overhangs
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
where soil is not strong.

36. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Providing an impervious barrier to water
3/8 in
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

37. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Hard coat EIFS
By functioning as a water reservior
Width - W - of Unit
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

38. The second coat of stucco is called...
Brown coat
Copper and stainless steel
Weak in shear
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

39. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Composite
Structural concrete fill
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

40. Z-flashing is effective in...
Surface tension
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Basic Oxygen Furnace
every floor

41. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Lighter member that spans between the girders
A992

42. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
Isolation Joints
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
One piece anchors
4000 psi

43. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Columns
Pile
4000 psi
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

44. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
That it is welded
EAF - BOF - OHF
Pile
Veneer wall

45. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
2in
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
Expanded metal lath
16 in

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

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47. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Structural concrete fill
Columns
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

48. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Angle section (L)
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Flexural and Shear.

49. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Spraying the mix over a mold
T section
Expanded metal lath
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

50. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
30ft
Mock-up
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
1kip=1000psi