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1. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Rain-screen wall
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Columns
Sloped - thinner
2. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Immediately above
Acrylic polymer-based mix
3. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
8
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Drilled pier footing
4. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
A conventional wood light frame building
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Veneer wall
3 in
5. What is the 2 arrow?
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Tube
Base Plate
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
6. Effloresecence
Stress at the point of failure
Air tight
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
8 in
7. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Isolation Joints
Porland cement - lime - and sand
8. EAF full name is?
Immediately above the flashing
Electric Arc Furnace
G30 - G60 - G120
Water Proofing
9. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
Immediately above
Base Plate
excavation
By functioning as a water reservior
10. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
4000 psi
Isolation Joints
11. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
Asymmetry
One piece anchors
Floor decks
Electric Arc Furnace
12. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Hard coat EIFS
Weep holes
Snap Tie
True
13. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Depth of the joist in inches
Flexural and Shear.
Live end
Joists
14. 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
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.
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
30ft
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
15. 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
Steel fabricator
24in
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
16. PT concrete is Also known as _______
Portland cement stucco
Pre-tensioned concrete
Pink
After World War 2
17. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Percast at the construction site
Copper and stainless steel
Some veneer walls
Simple Connection
18. A common type of Form Tie is ____
=change in length/original length
Snap Tie
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Lighter weight
19. In what order are roof componants placed:
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
perpendicular
Leveling Nut
20. Cellular-type plan is ______
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
same
Hard coat EIFS
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
21. Benefits of reinforced masonry
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.
Snap Tie
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Zinc
22. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Square - rectangular or round
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Modular
23. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
Either tension or compression
Cohesive
1/2 to 3/4 thick
16 in
24. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Capillary break
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
25. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
A horizontal butt join in cladding
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Type S
26. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
Pipe Section
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
FBX
Walls with vertical reinforcement
27. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
2in
28. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Depth of the joist in inches
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Electric Arc Furnace
Snap Tie
29. Frame Structure is defined by ________
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Pile
Concrete masonry Units
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
30. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
A continuous closure strip
Grouted Space
Either tension or compression
31. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Sloped on both sides
A 100% solid unit
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
32. Girder is...
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
High-treated carbon steel
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
PB pg 703
33. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
T section
Noncohesive Soils
S50X30
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
34. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
4000 psi
35. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Sloped - thinner
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Thermal Mass
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
36. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Steel pipes
Immediately about a flashing
W16X25
37. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Air tight
Stiff
Hard coat EIFS
Joists
38. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
39. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Bed Joints
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Favorably
Mock-up
40. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Henry Bessemer in 1855
36 ksi
3/8
Lug
41. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Structural concrete fill
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Weep holes
Basic Oxygen Furnace
42. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Isolation Joints
Each floor level
43. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Lug
44. 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
Strip Footing
30ft
Structural concrete fill
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
45. What is the Fill Made up of?
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Gravel
Open Headed joint
Flying forms
46. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Composite
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Dead End
47. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
2
Percast at the construction site
False
Tunnel Form
48. What is the 2 arrow?
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Base Plate
Solid unit
49. the GFRC skin is obtained by
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Footing
Spraying the mix over a mold
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
50. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Gauge number
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
18 to 48 in
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
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